Russian forces attacked a kindergarten and an orphanage in an act of “war crimes” and in violation of the Rome Statute, foreign law of Ukraine minister said Friday.
“Together with the bureau from the Attorney General, we are collecting this and other facts, which we will immediately send to The Hague. Accountability is inevitable,” Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said. on Twitter, referring to the United Nations International Court of Justice.
Tensions began to rise late last year when Ukraine, the United States and their allies accused Russia of accumulate tens of thousands of troops on the border with Ukraine.
They claimed that Russia was preparing to invade son western neighbour, allegations systematically rejected by Moscow.
Defy threats of sanctions by the West, Moscow earlier this week officially recognized Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states, followed by the start of a military transaction in Ukraine on Thusday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said the operation aims to protect people “subjected to genocide” by Kyiv and to “demilitarize and denazify” Ukraine while calling on the Ukrainian army to pose down his arms.
