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Zelenskyy condemns the Russian attack on Vinnytsia as “an open act of terrorism.”
Ukraine war: Five key developments to know about from the conflict with Russia. More than 20 people were killed and around 90 more were injured when Russian missiles targeted a city in central Ukraine on Thursday, according to Ukrainian authorities. Another 40 or more people were said to be missing.
The attack in Vinnytsia distant from the front lines on the country’s civilian population in places with little military importance was referred to by the president of Ukraine as “an open act of terrorism.”
According to OSCE, Russia kills or “disappears” some inmates in filtration camps
Ukraine war: Five key developments to know about from the conflict with Russia. According to a report released on Thursday, the OSCE is “gravely worried” about the way Moscow is treating civilians from Ukraine in “filtration camps” meant to find people who may have ties to the Kyiv government.
According to a study by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, some people who have been relocated to the self-declared rebel republics of Luhansk and Donetsk “disappear,” are arrested, or are killed.
The purpose, according to the statement, is to ascertain whether the individuals served on the Ukrainian side, have relations to the Azov regiment or the Ukrainian government, or both.
The three writers of the 115-page dossier, reviewed by AFP, claimed that witnesses had stated that the process “involves rigorous interrogations and humiliating body searches.” The specialists called it a “alarming” development, two of whom traveled to Ukraine to complete their investigation.
Those fleeing Russian-occupied territory or Ukrainians being evacuated from besieged towns like the vital port of Mariupol are required to pass via these centres.
In the study from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, it is said that “their personal data is logged there, their fingerprints collected, and their identity documents copied.”
According to the report, Russia is allegedly utilizing the separatist territories to evade its commitments under international law. The test takers are frequently deported to Russia “with or without their consent.”
Once there, they will be guaranteed free housing and employment. They are undoubtedly free to roam around, but according to the research, “they frequently do not have enough information, money, or a telephone” to escape the nation.
While Moscow tells us that its main purpose is to allow people to “evacuate” from “dangerous places,” Kyiv has been criticizing the “deportations” that have harmed more than a million Ukrainians for several weeks.
Zelenskyy demands a special war crimes court to investigate the Russian invasion
Speaking at an international conference on war crimes in Ukraine in The Hague on Thursday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy demanded the creation of a “special tribunal” to look into the Russian invasion.
45 nations have committed to working more closely with the International Criminal Court (ICC) to prosecute war crimes committed in Ukraine by Russia.
Oleg Sentsov, a filmmaker from Ukraine, switches his camera for a gun.
Internationally renowned director of films Oleg Sentsov, who was formerly imprisoned by Russia, is now fighting for Ukraine.
After relocating his family to safety in the western city of Lviv, the director of the critically acclaimed 2011 film “Gamer,” a previous recipient of the Sakharov Prize of the European Parliament, took up arms.
While Ukraine is honored on Bastille Day, Macron issues a dire warning.
In the customary Bastille Day presidential interview, Emmanuel Macron attempted on Thursday to prepare the French for a harsh autumn and winter due to the war in Ukraine.
“We must all be equipped to fight for the long haul. Without a sure, the summer and the beginning of the fall will be very difficult, the president warned, referring to the “war economic” condition “that the nation is experiencing.
The closure of the Russian Nord Stream pipeline to Europe, which was officially done for maintenance purposes, was referred to as “the true change in the previous few days (…)” by the speaker.
The head of state declared, “Russia is utilizing energy, as it does food, as a weapon of war.” He urged everyone to get ready for the possibility that Russian gas will be completely unavailable.
Thursday’s Bastille Day celebrations in France were heavily influenced by the conflict in Ukraine, with thousands of French troops and their allies from Eastern Europe parading along the Champs-Elysees avenue.
