Mariupol Bombing is “Proof of Genocide”
Mariupol bombing is “proof of genocide” according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. In a video message through Telegram, he said that the bombing of the maternity hospital is proof of genocide.
The hospitals are ruined, the schools are ruined, the churches are ruined, ordinary buildings and all the dead people, dead children, he said. He added, “a strike on a maternity hospital is a final proof, proof of a genocide of Ukrainians taking place.”
“Europeans you won’t be able to say you haven’t seen what was going on to the Ukrainians, what was going on in Mariupol, to the residents of Mariupol, you have seen it and you know what’s going on so you have to strengthen sanctions against Russia in a manner that leaves it no more chance to continue this genocide,” he said.
He asks that sanctions against Russia be increased to stop the further invasion.
Chemical Weapons
Wendy Sherman, Deputy Secretary of State tweeted she is “horrified, outraged, and heartbroken by credible reports that a Russian airstrike destroyed a maternity and children’s hospital in Mariupol. How much more devastation will Putin’s senseless war of choice bring to the people of Ukraine? He must stop these heinous acts now.”
The White House sends a warning of the use of chemical weapons in Ukraine. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki claims Russia could use it as a false flag.
“Now that Russia has made these false claims, and China has seemingly endorsed this propaganda, we should all be on the lookout for Russia to possibly use chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine, or to create a false flag operation using them. It’s a clear pattern.”
Psaki also noted Russia’s “long and well-documented track record of using chemical weapons”. Also, its pattern of “accusing the West of the very violations that Russia itself is perpetrating.”