The Battle for Kyiv
The battle for Kyiv and “war crime” calls have filled the news as Ukraine continues to face the Russian invasion. New photos and videos fill the internet of the aftermath of the destruction as many cities lay in ruin.
Ukraine’s Azov Battalion uploaded a video showing the destroyed buildings in the city of Mariupol. Thick smoke can be seen at a distance coming from what were once were apartment complexes. Epicenter K shopping center is borne open as explosions and fire devastate the remaining buildings.
Ukraine’s military has carried out an airstrike on Russians positioned on the forests just outside of Kyiv. The village of Ozera and the northern end of the runway at Antonov Air Base is visible on the video. Both show significant destruction of properties.
“War Crimes”
In a message of President Volodymyr Zelensky, he said that the Russian military has a “responsibility for war crimes.”
“Responsibility for war crimes of the Russian military is inevitable,” Zelensky said early Tuesday. “Responsibility for a deliberate humanitarian catastrophe in Ukrainian cities is inevitable.”
In an agreed humanitarian corridor, he reports that the Russians have violated the cease-fire on these areas. “Mariupol. Kharkiv. Chernihiv. Sumy. Okhtyrka. Hostomel. Irpin. In all our cities.”
“Our convoy with 100 tons of what is most necessary for Mariupol is still kept in Berdyansk. For three days already. But we will try. We will do everything to ensure that Mariupol residents receive food, water, and medicine,” he said.
“Everyone who is responsible for the war. Everyone is responsible for the destruction of democracy”. He added, “everyone is responsible for repression against people. Everyone will get an answer. The answer of the world. And this is just the beginning,” he said.
“Every aggressive action of the invaders only pushes the world to new sanctions.”
“Our delegation also worked on this in negotiations with the Russian party. Pretty good, as I was told. But let’s see. They will continue tomorrow,” he said.