The Council approved the recognition of Russia's war in Ukraine as genocide of the people

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine at its sitting in <... Thursday passed a resolution recognizing Russia's war in Ukraine as genocide against the Ukrainian people. Yaroslav Zheleznyak, a People's Deputy from the Voice faction, announced this in a telegram following the meeting. p>The authors of the document stressed that the Russian leadership has repeatedly stated that one of the goals of their military aggression is the so-called “Denazification” of Ukraine, and by “Nazis” the Russian leadership means those who speak Ukrainian, feel Ukrainian and want to live in an independent Ukrainian state.

“Obviously, the Russians deny Ukrainians the very right to self-determination, which is a fundamental principle of international law and order, “the authors of the resolution said.

In the resolution, the parliament appeals to the United Nations, the European Parliament, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, governments and foreign parliaments to recognize the Russian Federation's genocide of the Ukrainian people and crimes against humanity. territory of Ukraine.

“The UN Charter stipulates that the peoples of the United Nations are determined to save future generations from the scourge of war and to establish faith in fundamental human rights,” the document said.

The word “genocide” in Russia's war against Ukraine is quite justified , because the crimes of Russian troops in Ukraine are in full agreement with the statements of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who systematically denies the existence of Ukraine as an independent state and Ukrainians as a separate people and sees it only as part of the Russian Empire or Soviet Union.

According to the Convention on the Prevention of the Crime of Genocide, the crime of genocide is an attempt to destroy a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, in whole or in part. At the same time, people and countries that commit genocide “should be punished”

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Based on materials: ZN.ua

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