UN selects General Santos Cruz to investigate war crimes in Ukraine

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The UN summit decided to call on the Brazilian General Santos Cruz to head a fact-finding mission about the explosion at the detention center. Olenivka, in the Donetsk region. Dozens of people lost their lives in the incident that took place on July 29.

While some reports indicate that more than 50 prisoners may have been killed, accusations by both sides speak of a war crime. One of the versions is that the location of the prisoners of the Azov regiment may have been attacked by the Ukrainians to prevent the prisoners from revealing information about their activities.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the attack as “a deliberate war crime of the Russians”.

It will be up to the Brazilians to try to draw conclusions about the events and who might be responsible for the attacks.

The column found that the option for the Brazilian stemmed from his experience in other UN actions such as Haiti and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and not being part of the Brazilian government currently questioned by the international community.

Speaking in Ukraine this Thursday, Guterres confirmed that he had decided to call the Brazilian.

“I decided to set up a mission to find out the truth,” he said. “It was shared with Ukraine and the Russian Federation, along with the Mission Statement and the composition of the team. It is my intention to appoint General Carlos dos Santos Cruz from Brazil to this mission,” he said.

According to him, Santos Cruz is “a respected officer with more than 40 years of national and international experience in the field of public and military security, including the commander of UN peacekeeping operations”.

“We will continue to work to obtain the necessary guarantees to provide secure access to Olenivka and other related sites,” Guterres said. Said. “A fact-finding mission should be free to find facts. The team should be able to gather and analyze the necessary information,” he insisted.

“First of all, this means safe, secure and unrestricted access to people, places and evidence without anyone’s interference,” Guterres said. Said.

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08/18/2022 14:16updated on 08/18/2022 14:16

source: Noticias
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