Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Iryna Venicetova said on Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is the “chief war criminal of the 21st century”. Today, Russia’s invasion of the country completes 69 days.
“Putin must be tried because he is the chief war criminal of the 21st century. Remember Chechnya, Georgia and now Ukraine. As Commander-in-Chief, he is responsible for war crimes committed in all these areas.” said. General during the trip to Irpin.
He said the bodies of 290 civilians had been found after the withdrawal of Russian forces in one of the cities that had been under Russian control for more than a month.
“A total of 40 died by firearms, 35 by shrapnel, and five by starvation. The wounds of the other 210 are still being analyzed to determine the cause of death,” he said.
CNN announced today that Russia intends to declare official war on Ukraine on May 9, commemorating the overthrow of the Nazis in the country in 1945. The information was released after the report allegedly had access to an intelligence report.
So far, Russia has avoided using the term “war”, describing the conflict as a “special operation”.
Mariupol
Russian soldiers launched an offensive today against the Azovstal complex, a steelworks in Mariupol, where the last stronghold of the Ukrainian resistance is located.
The head of the patrol police department in Mariupol, Mykhailo Vershinin, said Russian forces “raid the factory in several places”. The attacks were also confirmed by Russia.
On Sunday, nearly a hundred civilians were evacuated from the facility in an action coordinated by the UN. The evacuated group arrived in Zaporizhzhia this afternoon.
Mariupol mayor Vadym Boichenko said at least 200 civilians took shelter at the factory. He also announced that two women died during the bombings on the steel mill this morning.
Also today, Ukrainian officials noted:
- At least ten people were killed and 15 injured as a result of the Russian bombing of a factory in Avdiivka;
- At Lyman, at least three people were attacked by the Russians while they were fetching water;
- A 15-year-old teenager died in Odessa, who was trying to save his elderly neighbors from an airstrike.
With information from AFP, ANSA and Reuters
source: Noticias
