The United States and more than 40 other countries agreed on Thursday to coordinate investigations into alleged war crimes in Ukraine, after Kiev said there was a Russian missile strike that killed civilians far from the front lines.
Russian missiles hit two community centers in western Ukraine, killing 20 people, including three children, and injuring many more, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said at an international conference.
Russia has repeatedly denied involvement in war crimes or deliberately targeting civilians since its invasion of Ukraine in February. He claims to have launched a “special military operation” to protect Russian speakers and root out dangerous nationalists. Ukraine says Moscow is waging a war of conquest for no reason.
“This morning, Russian missiles hit our ordinary and peaceful town of Vinnytsia,” Zelenskiy said via video link. Cruise missiles hit two community facilities, houses were destroyed, a medical center was destroyed, cars were set on fire. “This is a Russian terrorist act.”
The Russian Ministry of Defense did not immediately comment on the news about Vinnytsia.
On Thursday, at the conference in The Hague, the headquarters of the International Criminal Court (ICC), 45 countries signed a political statement to work together on the investigation of war crimes in Ukraine.
Countries include European Union countries, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Mexico and Australia.
They also pledged €20 million to support the efforts of the ICC as well as the Office of the Prosecutor General in Ukraine and the United Nations (UN).
source: Noticias
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