Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced what he called Russia’s attempt to eliminate “the whole nation” during an appearance Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” saying, “this is genocide.”
Driving the news: The International Criminal Court last month launched an investigation into allegations of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide committed in Ukraine.
– Zelensky has previously called certain acts of Russian aggression, such as the shelling of a children’s hospital and maternity ward in Mariupol, proof of genocide.
– As Ukrainian forces retook the Kyiv region on Saturday, officials and independent photographers have reported bodies of civilians — some with their hands tied behind their backs — strewn in the streets of the city of Bucha.
What they’re saying: Asked if Russia’s actions amount to genocide, Secretary of State Antony Blinken told CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday that the U.S. “will look hard and document everything that we see, put it all together, make sure the relevant institutions and organizations looking at this — including the state department — have everything they need to assess what took place in Ukraine, who’s responsible and what it amounts to.”
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Zelensky: "This is genocide" https://t.co/GSJ89AOnfv
— Axios (@axios) April 3, 2022
Russian Orthodox patriarch Kyrill speaks today in front of the army in the “Army Central Cathedral”, urges a destruction of Ukraine. “We have broken the Fascism’s backbone once, we will do it again”, he says, clearly meaning Ukrainian must be destroyed as Nazi Reich once. pic.twitter.com/t3cZMcKg7w
— Sergej Sumlenny (@sumlenny) April 3, 2022
Putin has destroyed Russia's relations with the world for generations to come. Maybe that was his intention. https://t.co/JnrB7J4Bwv
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 3, 2022
President Zelensky is telling it like it is. So it makes Russia mad. Tough.
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