Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez spoke on Monday of a possible “genocide” in Ukraine after the massacre of civilians uncovered in Boutcha, near Kyiv, following the withdrawal of Russian troops.
“We will do everything possible to ensure that those who perpetrated these war crimes do not go unpunished and can appear before the courts, in this specific case before the International Criminal Court, to answer for these alleged cases of crimes against humanity. , war crimes and, why not say it also, genocide”, declared Mr. Sanchez during an economic forum.
He denounced the “unjustified aggression” on the part of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who “brought the war to the doorsteps of the European Union again”.
The images of dozens of corpses in mass graves or strewing the streets around the Ukrainian capital this weekend, following the Russian withdrawal, revolted Westerners.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday accused Russia of committing “genocide” in Ukraine, the day after the discovery of numerous bodies in Boutcha.
Mr. Sanchez is one of the first European leaders to use the term “genocide”, with his Polish counterpart Mateusz Morawiecki, who on Monday called for the establishment of an international commission of inquiry into “the genocide” in Ukraine .