Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said on Monday that Ukraine and Russia will find it more difficult to negotiate in the future once the scale of the atrocities of Russian troops is over.
Several countries are calling for an investigation into the events in Bushan, near Kiev. Ukraine accuses Russia of executing civilians in Bocha near Kiev. Russia has denied the allegations.
The horrors experienced by civilians began to unfold as Russian troops withdrew from the area.
The United States and Britain are calling for Russia to secede from the UN Human Rights Council
The United States is demanding the separation of Russia from the UN Human Rights Council. One of the tasks of a UN body is to ensure that human rights treaties are respected.
– Russia’s participation in the Human Rights Council is a farce, the US ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield commented on the matter, according to Reuters on Monday.
According to Thomas-Greenfield, it is now time for the Council to vote on whether Russia can continue as a member. Also the British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss expressed on Monday that Russia should be ousted from the council.
The UN Human Rights Council has 47 regularly rotating members. The decision to secede Russia would require a two-thirds majority.
The office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Sunday that the mass graves in Bushan raise serious questions about possible war crimes.
The EU is preparing additional sanctions against Russia
The EU is urgently preparing additional sanctions against Russia. This is stated in the Union’s common position, which was announced as leading the way in external relations Josep Borrellin in the name of Monday.
The statement condemns the atrocities committed by Russia in Ukrainian cities. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba estimates yesterday on Sunday that Russian forces have also committed crimes in other villages and towns in the Kiev region.
President of the European Council Charles Michel on Sunday, the EU promised to increase sanctions on Russia and support Ukraine.
The President of France Emmanuel Macron has said it is in favor of sanctions on energy imports to Russia following the dozens of deaths in Bocha.
Macron said the new sanctions should be extended to Russia’s oil and coal supplies as a matter of urgency.
The United States has also indicated that it is considering new sanctions on Russia.
Assistance in the investigation of crimes and the prosecution of perpetrators
Britain, among others, has called the events in Bushan a war crime. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson Russia’s attacks on civilians in Butcha provide further evidence that Russian forces are committing war crimes, the BBC said on Sunday.
According to Johnson, Britain supports the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) investigation into war crimes in Ukraine.
President of the United States Joe Biden insists in turn, the commencement of war crimes trials for the events in Bushan. Biden called on the Russian president Vladimir Putinia again a war criminal.
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday that the EU is ready to send an investigation team to Ukraine to gather evidence of possible war crimes in the region.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi also estimates on Monday that the actions of Russian forces will overshadow peace talks between Ukraine and Russia.
“These are war crimes and the world will regard them as genocide,” Zelenskyi told Reuters.