Never has the UN Human Rights Council sat for so long. A six-week session of the body opens in Geneva (Switzerland), Monday, February 27, to discuss human rights violations in several countries. The Russian invasion of Ukraine will be at the heart of these exchanges, culminating in the publication of an investigation into war crimes committed since the beginning of the conflict. Follow our live.
vladimir Putin accuses NATO of participating in the war. “They [l’Otan] send tens of billions of dollars worth of weapons to Ukraine. This is really participation”said the Russian president on Sunday in an interview with the Rossiya-1 channel. “This means that they are taking part, albeit indirectly, in the crimes of the kyiv regime”he estimated.
Nearly 1,900 towns and villages occupied by the Russians. The Russian army is currently occupying 1,877 Ukrainian towns and villages, Volodymyr Zelensky reported on Saturday, during an online solidarity event organized by the German government. These localities are mainly in the east and south of the country, according to the daily Kyiv Independent (in English).
Volodymyr Zelensky again promises to recover Crimea. “Nine years ago, Russian aggression began in Crimea. By reclaiming Crimea, we will restore peace. It is our land and our people, our history”said the Ukrainian president on Telegram.