Russian attacks on Mariupol are a “crime against humanity”, says Zelensky

The Russian attacks against the city of Mariúpol are a “crime against humanity”, assured this Tuesday the president of Ukraine, Volodomyr Zelenskyin a message to the Danish parliament.

“What the Russian troops are doing in Mariupol it is a crime against humanity, which is happening live before the eyes of the world,” he said in a videoconference speech, accusing them of deliberately bombing civilian shelters in the besieged port.

The Ukrainian president accused Russian troops of attacking “shelters knowing that there were hidden civilians, women, children and the elderly”, in a hearing attended by the prime minister and deputies of the Nordic country.

On Tuesday morning, in southern Ukraine, a Russian bombardment hit the Mikolaiv regional government building near Odessa.

“According to what we know at the moment, seven people died, 22 were injured and there are still people searching through the rubble,” he said. Zelensky.

The Ukrainian president claimed that there were no military targets in Mikolaiv.

“The inhabitants of Mikolaiv did not represent any threat against Russia and despite this, like all Ukrainians, they became targets of Russian troops,” the Ukrainian leader denounced while talks between the two sides are taking place in Istanbul.

Faced with this situation Zelensky he called on Europe and Denmark to defend their values ​​against Russia.

“What can be said about the protection of human rights and freedom on the European continent? He asked himself, stating that there is no crime against humanity that the Russians have not committed, especially accusing the troops of rape.

The International Criminal Court (ICC), based in The Hague, opened an investigation on 3 March into accusations of war crimes in Ukraine.

Source: Elcomercio

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