DISINFO: France, and other Western countries will face war crimes charges in Donetsk
SUMMARY
There is no military unit in Donetsk. Bombings are crimes committed mainly with French and American weapons. One day or another, France and other countries will have to answer for these crimes. They are indirectly involved.
RESPONSE
A pro-Kremlin narrative about civilian casualties in Ukraine trying to deflect blame away from Russia onto France and Western countries.
It is incorrect both to say that no Russian military units are defending Donetsk and that Ukrainians target civilians in this city. On the contrary, Donetsk is highly militarised and the Ukrainian army aims exclusively at military targets.
This claim that western countries are committing war crimes in Ukraine is a smokescreen to deflect responsibility away from war crimes committed in Ukraine by Russian forces. Such claims were also recently formulated by a former high rank Russian official injured in Donetsk. Earlier, bodies of tortured and executed civilians were found in Bucha and Irpin, cities liberated from Russian occupation during spring 2022. Many Russian war crimes in Ukraine have been investigated and are documented, others are under investigation.
On 19 January 2023, the European Parliament adopted a resolution to establish a special international tribunal that will prosecute Russia’s political and military leadership and its allies for “the crime of aggression against Ukraine.” The European Parliament stated that "the atrocities committed by Russian forces in Bucha, Irpin and many other Ukrainian towns reveal the brutality of the war and underscore the importance of coordinated international action to bring those accountable to justice under international law. MEPs urge the EU, in close cooperation with Ukraine and the international community, to push for the creation of a special international tribunal to prosecute Russia’s political and military leadership and its allies".
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