Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba this Saturday (04.03.2022) demanded that the International Criminal Court (ICC) be sent to the Kiev district of Pucha after hundreds of civilian bodies were found.
Guleba called on the ICC and other international organizations to go to Bucha and other Russian-controlled areas north of the capital to gather evidence of possible war crimes. “The Pucha massacre was deliberate. The Russians want to expel as many Ukrainians as they can,” the minister said on Twitter, urging the international community to impose catastrophic sanctions on Moscow.
Pucha Mayor Anatoly Fedoruk announced that the streets of the suburbs were overflowing with dead civilians after the withdrawal of Russian troops. “Some were lying on the sidewalk, others near a car or bicycle,” he said in a video posted on Facebook in which he said 280 bodies had already been buried in the public cemetery as the municipal cemetery could not be used. ..
There were particularly bloody battles in the area as Russian troops tried to encircle Q, and people suffered a difficult humanitarian situation due to supply cuts. On March 13, local health services in Pucha announced that at least 67 civilians had already been buried in a mass grave.
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Ukraine: War continues and destruction intensifies
The longer the war, the greater the poverty
When this old woman looks out the window of her damaged house in Q, the Ukrainian people are increasingly aware of the dire consequences of the war. According to UN estimates, if a series of invasions occur in the next twelve months, about 90 percent of the population will be living in poverty. The country is likely to lag behind economically in nearly two decades.
Ukraine: War continues and destruction intensifies
There is no hunger
In Kharkov, Ukraine’s second largest city, starving people looted a shopping mall in the Saltivka district. The situation is dangerous in the northeastern and eastern cities of Kharkov, Chernikiv, Sumi and Okhtarka. People continue to be subjected to the Great Rocket Launcher fire and aerial bombardment.
Ukraine: War continues and destruction intensifies
Comfort between ruins
In Kiev, a firefighter tries to comfort a resident outside his home destroyed by a Russian bombing. This is a rule shared by other Ukrainians. According to official Russian reports, the invaders are not only attacking military targets, but reports and pictures of civilian casualties and the destruction of residential buildings are confirmed daily.
Ukraine: War continues and destruction intensifies
Born in the dark
A mother and her newborn baby in the basement of the Kharkov maternity ward: anyone giving birth these days in Ukraine would have to do so in makeshift cellars. Many hospitals have already been bombed by the Russian military. Many were particularly shocked by the attack on the maternity and children’s hospital in Mariupol a week ago.
Ukraine: War continues and destruction intensifies
Hall of Despair
In Mariupol, in southeastern Ukraine, wounded in a grenade attack lay on the sidewalk of a hospital. The situation in the besieged port city for several days is said to be catastrophic. This also applies to the Northeast, which is besieged by the Russian army. The Ukrainian government has said it is looking for ways to supply food and medicine to the occupied cities.
Ukraine: War continues and destruction intensifies
Finally want to eat something
Locals are receiving humanitarian aid in the town of Volnovaka, which is controlled by pro-Russian separatists in the Donetsk region. The eastern part of Ukraine, Lukansk and Donetsk are the main arenas of war. Reports from separatists and the Russian Defense Ministry indicate that new villages have been captured daily.
Ukraine: War continues and destruction intensifies
Peace and sorrow
Relatives mourn the death of fallen Ukrainian soldiers in western Lviv. Numerous civilians were also killed. The death toll from the February 24 invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops is 726, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Among them were 42 children and young people.
Ukraine: War continues and destruction intensifies
Everything is ruined, now what?
This employee seems to be useless in cleaning up the remnants of his shop damaged by the Russian shelling in Kiev. When can you reopen the store? When will everyday life return? The future for the Ukrainians is utterly uncertain for now. (RML)
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