Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the head of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, He will stop at nothing to rule forever, including committing crimes in Ukraine, for which he called for the president to be sent to the International Criminal Court (ICC).
“This imitation of ‘elections’ has no legitimacy, nor can it have. This person must end up on the bench in The Hague. This is what we must ensure. “Everyone in the world values life and decency,” he said in his traditional nightly speech to the population.
Zelenskiy stressed that “everything Russia is doing in the occupied territories is a crime” and that therefore “there should be a right response to everything that Russian killers have done in this war.” to ensure Putin’s eternal leadership.”
According to the Ukrainian head of state, it is not a bad thing that Putin is not committed to maintaining his personal power.
“There is only one thing that scares him more (than losing power): responsibility,” Zelensky said of Putin, who he said is “drunk with power” and ““He will stop at nothing to rule forever.”
War
On the battlefield, Russian anti-aircraft defense yesterday shot down four more drones over the Belgorod region and prevented a new incursion by Ukrainian troops into that border territory, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
“The anti-aircraft defenses destroyed four Ukrainian drones on the Belgorod region,” reads the military note.
This morning the Defense reported that three more Kiev unmanned devices had been shot down in that border region.
Additionally, the Russian army reported a new incursion attempt by Ukrainian troops into the Belgorod town of Kozinka, which resulted in the deaths of “up to 65” enemy soldiers. Yesterday, authorities in Belgorod reported the death of a 16-year-old girl following the impact of a Ukrainian projectile.
According to Russian media, another attack during the day caused the second death in the region, information that has not yet been officially confirmed. Russia reported this on Saturday it had repelled two other incursions border crossings by the Ukrainian army, coinciding with the second day of presidential elections in this country.
Russian President Vladimir Putin blamed Ukraine on Friday of trying to torpedo the elections in which he seeks re-election to a fifth term.
Since the beginning of the Russian war in Ukraine, more than one hundred civilians have died in Belgorod due to Ukrainian attacks.
Source: Clarin
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