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More photos from Ukraine-Russia war massacre in Bucha, devastation in Mariupol
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Extra disturbing photographs are surfacing exhibiting the bloodbath of civilians in and round Bucha, outdoors the capital of Kyiv, Ukraine, as Russian forces are reportedly regrouping within the southeast to resume their offensive in opposition to the already badly bombarded Mariupol, in addition to the breakaway Donetsk and Luhansk areas.
In an in a single day tackle, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated greater than 300 folks had been tortured and killed in Bucha, as satellite tv for pc imagery appeared to again up Ukrainian claims about Russian troopers taking pictures and killing civilians left mendacity within the streets and out of doors properties.
The Kremlin has claimed that the our bodies have been staged after Russian troopers pulled again from the capital area, allegations Ukraine and the West say is misinformation meant to displace blame for such conflict crimes.
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Russian forces on Tuesday have been getting ready for an offensive in Ukraine’s southeast, the Ukrainian navy stated, as Zelenskyy ready to speak to the U.N. Safety Council amid outrage over proof Moscow’s troopers intentionally killed civilians.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s authorities is pouring troopers into Ukraine’s east to realize management of the commercial heartland generally known as the Donbas. That follows a Russian withdrawal from cities across the capital, Kyiv, which led to the invention of corpses and prompted accusations of conflict crimes and calls for for more durable sanctions on Moscow.
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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated Tuesday that Russia shouldn’t be against a gathering between Putin and Zelenskyy, however confused Moscow would solely attend if a doc is agreed on beforehand, based on Reuters. Russian information company Interfax stated discussions between Ukrainian and Russian officers are persevering with through video hyperlink Tuesday, citing a deputy Russian overseas minister.
Russian forces are centered on seizing the cities of Popasna and Rubizhne within the Donetsk and Luhansk areas, and the Black Sea port of Mariupol, Ukraine’s Common Workers stated on its Fb web page. Donetsk and Luhansk are managed by Russian-backed separatists and acknowledged by Moscow as unbiased states. The Common Workers stated entry to Kharkiv within the east, Ukraine’s second-largest metropolis, was blocked.
“The enemy is regrouping troops and concentrating its efforts on getting ready an offensive operation within the east of our nation,” the assertion stated. “The objective is to determine full management over the territory of Donetsk and Luhansk areas.”
Zelenskyy, talking from Ukraine, deliberate to handle U.N. Safety Council diplomats Tuesday amid calls for for an investigation of doable conflict crimes.
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Germany and France reacted by expelling dozens of Russian diplomats, suggesting they have been spies. President Biden stated Putin must be tried for conflict crimes.
Earlier than Zelenskyy speaks, essentially the most highly effective U.N. physique is because of be briefed by Secretary-Common Antonio Guterres; his political chief, Rosemary DiCarlo; and U.N. humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths, who’s making an attempt to rearrange a cease-fire. Griffiths met with Russian officers in Moscow on Monday and is because of go to Ukraine.
Related Press journalists in Bucha counted dozens of corpses in civilian garments and apparently with out weapons, many shot at shut vary, and a few with their palms certain or their flesh burned.
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After touring neighborhoods of Bucha and chatting with hungry survivors lining up for bread, Zelenskyy pledged in a video tackle that Ukraine would work with the European Union and the Worldwide Felony Court docket to establish Russian fighters concerned in any atrocities.
“The time will come when each Russian will be taught the entire fact about who amongst their fellow residents killed, who gave orders, who turned a blind eye to the murders,” he stated.
Among the many useless was the mayor of the village of Motyzhyn, Olga Sukhenko, her husband and her grownup son, whose tortured our bodies have been present in a shallow grave on a plot of land close to homes used as makeshift barracks by occupying Russian troops, based on Ukrainian officers. The three of them reportedly had been kidnaped by Russian forces days earlier than.
Russian Overseas Minister Sergey Lavrov dismissed the scenes outdoors Kyiv as a “stage-managed anti-Russian provocation.” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov stated the pictures contained “indicators of video forgery and varied fakes.” Russia has rejected earlier allegations of atrocities as fabrications by Ukraine.
In an preliminary rely Sunday, Ukrainian prosecutor-general’s workplace stated the our bodies of not less than 410 civilians have been present in cities round Kyiv that have been recaptured from Russian forces, describing one room found in Bucha as a “torture chamber.” In a press release, it stated the our bodies of 5 males with their palms certain have been discovered within the basement of a youngsters’s sanatorium the place civilians have been tortured and killed.
The our bodies seen by AP journalists in Bucha included not less than 13 in and round a constructing that native folks stated Russian troops used as a base. Three different our bodies have been present in a stairwell, and a bunch of six have been burned collectively.
The useless witnessed by the information company’s journalists additionally included our bodies wrapped in black plastic, piled on one finish of a mass grave in a Bucha churchyard. A lot of these victims had been shot in automobiles or killed in explosions making an attempt to flee the town.
About two-thirds of the Russian troops round Kyiv have left and are both in Belarus or on their manner there, in all probability getting extra provides and reinforcements, stated a senior U.S. protection official who spoke on situation of anonymity to debate an intelligence evaluation.
Greater than 1,500 civilians have been capable of escape Mariupol on Monday, utilizing the dwindling variety of non-public automobiles accessible to depart, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk stated. The besieged southern port metropolis has seen among the heaviest preventing of the conflict.
However amid the preventing, a Crimson Cross-accompanied convoy of buses that has been thwarted for days on finish in a bid to ship provides and evacuate residents was once more unable to get inside the town, Vereshchuk stated.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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Sudan’s Military Recaptures Key City From Paramilitary Accused of Genocide
The Sudanese military recaptured a key city in Sudan’s breadbasket region on Saturday, chasing out a paramilitary group that the United States accused last week of genocide.
Sudan’s information minister said the army had “liberated” the city, Wad Madani, while the military said that its troops were working to “clear the remnants of the rebels” from the area.
If the army can hold on to the city, it would be its most significant victory since the war started nearly two years ago. Experts said it would most likely shift the focus of the war northward to Khartoum, the capital.
Videos circulating online showed the army entering Wad Madani, which lies about 100 miles south of the capital. Local media reported that fighters with the paramilitary group, known as the Rapid Support Forces, or R.S.F., were fleeing the city.
The group’s leader, Gen. Mohamed Hamdan, admitted defeat but vowed to soon recapture the city. “Today we lost a round; we did not lose the battle,” he said in an audio address to his fighters and the Sudanese people.
The victory brought joyous scenes in army-held parts of the country among Sudanese who hoped it might signal a turning point in a ruinous civil war that has led to massacres, ethnic cleansing and a spreading famine in one of Africa’s largest countries.
People massed on the battle-scarred streets of Khartoum, while church bells pealed in Port Sudan, the wartime de facto capital where many Sudanese have fled the fighting. Celebrations also erupted among exiled Sudanese in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
The R.S.F. defeat came just over a year after the group seized Wad Madani in a victory that forced tens of thousands of people to flee and sent shock waves across Sudan. The group’s fighters went on to capture swaths of the country, far from their stronghold in Darfur in western Sudan.
But much of the most brutal fighting was in Darfur, where R.S.F. fighters massacred members of rival ethnic groups, according to human rights groups and the United Nations. Last week the United States formally determined that those killings constituted genocide, and it imposed sanctions on the R.S.F.’s leader, General Hamdan, who is widely known as Hemeti.
The United States also imposed sanctions on seven companies in the United Arab Emirates that it accused of trading gold and buying weapons on behalf of the R.S.F.
In recent months, the tide of the fight appeared to turn as the R.S.F. ceded territory in Khartoum and in parts of the east of the country. The military launched a counteroffensive in the area around Wad Madani, culminating in the recapture of the city on Saturday.
Still, it was too early to say if the victory would fundamentally change the course of the conflict. Since the first shots were fired in April 2023, the momentum of the fighting has swung back and forth, sometimes wildly.
The army and the R.S.F. were once allies, and their leaders joined to mount a military coup in 2021. But in the war between them, they have enjoyed the backing of different foreign powers.
The R.S.F. is supported by the United Arab Emirates, a wealthy Gulf sponsor that has supplied it with weapons and powerful drones, mostly smuggled into Sudan from neighboring countries.
The Sudanese military has obtained or bought weapons from Iran, Russia and Turkey. Both sides mine the country’s vast reserves of gold to finance the fight.
For ordinary Sudanese, the war has brought only misery, death and destruction, killing tens of thousands of people, scattering 11 million from their homes and setting off one of the world’s worst famines in decades.
The global authority on hunger, known as the I.P.C., reported last month that famine had spread to five areas in Sudan and was expected to reach another five in the coming months. In all, 25 million Sudanese suffer from acute or chronic hunger.
Both sides have committed atrocities and war crimes, according to the United Nations and American officials, although only the R.S.F. has been accused of ethnic cleansing.
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Biden admin slammed for ‘waiting’ to declare genocide in Sudan
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – The Biden Administration has been blasted by the incoming Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho., for “waiting” until the outgoing President had only 13 days left in office before declaring rebel actions in Sudan, a country torn apart by 21 months of bitter war, to be “genocide.”
Earlier this week, Secretary of State Antony Blinken declared that members of the Sudanese rebel group, the Rapid Support Forces or RSF, “have committed genocide in Sudan.”
In a statement, Blinken said, “The United States is committed to holding accountable those responsible for these atrocities. We are sanctioning RSF leader Mohammad Hamdan Daglo Mousa, known as Hemedti, for his role in systematic atrocities committed against the Sudanese people.”
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Blinken made his rulings, he stated, because “the RSF and RSF-aligned militias have continued to direct attacks against civilians, have systematically murdered men and boys—even infants—on an ethnic basis, and (have) deliberately targeted women and girls from certain ethnic groups for rape and other forms of brutal sexual violence.”
The Secretary continued, “Those same militias have targeted fleeing civilians, murdering innocent people escaping conflict, and prevented remaining civilians from accessing lifesaving supplies.”
Blinken added that the African nation is suffering through “a conflict of unmitigated brutality that has resulted in the world’s largest humanitarian catastrophe, leaving 638,000 Sudanese experiencing the worst famine in Sudan’s recent history, over 30 million people in need of humanitarian assistance, and tens of thousands dead.”
Risch has held out that the situation in Sudan has been catastrophic for well over a year, and called into question the timing of Blinken’s declaration. In a statement earlier this week, he wrote, “It has been nearly a year since I introduced a resolution calling the atrocities in Sudan what they are: a genocide. Additionally, I first called for Global Magnitsky sanctions to be imposed against the RSF and Hemedti 263 days ago – and yet these sanctions still have not been leveraged.”
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Risch spoke to Fox News Digital, declaring, “The Biden Administration waited until it has less than two weeks in office to sanction RSF-affiliated companies and Hemedti for their crimes and to call atrocities in Sudan a genocide.”
Risch said, “This neglect to address the crisis in Sudan weakened America’s influence in the region and the world years ago. If the Biden Administration backed its rhetoric with action, Sudan would be in a better position today, more lives would be saved, and the foreign proxies exacerbating this conflict would be kept at bay.”
Risch added, “This war must end. Further instability in Sudan will only breed terrorism and regional turmoil, threatening global security. The U.S. and our allies must seek to end the killing and atrocities, end the malign actions by proxies, manage migration pressures from mass displacement and protect strategic interests like the Red Sea corridor.”
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In a statement to Fox News Digital, the U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan, Thomas Perriello, said “Making an atrocity determination is an immense responsibility that the Secretary takes seriously. Such determinations are based on a careful review of the facts and the law. It requires information not only of certain acts but also that those acts were done with the specific intent to destroy, in whole or in substantial part, a racial, ethnic, national, or religious group. Information demonstrating intent is often difficult to find and assess.”
“Since the start of the conflict the United States has taken repeated action to promote accountability of the RSF for its atrocities conduct. The U.S. already had sanctioned five RSF leaders, including two of Hemedti’s brothers. We also determined in December 2023 that members of the RSF committed ethnic cleansing, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. So the designation of Hemedti and the genocide determination reflect a consistent effort to document and call out atrocities, acknowledge the suffering of victims and survivors, and pursue justice and accountability.”
In his declaration, Blinken announced new sanctions stating, “We are also sanctioning seven RSF-owned companies located in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and one individual for their roles in procuring weapons for the RSF.”
The Treasury Department also sent out a statement, virtually simultaneously to the one from State, saying “the RSF’s ability to acquire military equipment and generate finances continue to fuel the conflict in Sudan.” Treasury stated one particular company in the UAE, owned by a Sudanese national “has provided money and weapons to the RSF.”
Other UAE companies sanctioned this past week have been accused by the Treasury Department of handling financial transactions, of being “an essential part of the RSF’s efforts to finance its operations”, and of importing IT and security equipment .
One gold company in the UAE has been sanctioned because it has allegedly “purchased gold from Sudan, presumably for the benefit of the RSF, and subsequently transported it to Dubai.” Additionally, Treasury claimed “the RSF’s procurement director and brother of RSF leader Hemedti maintained access to (the gold company’s) bank account in the UAE, which held millions of dollars.”
“The United States continues to call for an end to this conflict that is putting innocent civilian lives in jeopardy,” Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo stated. “The Treasury Department remains committed to using every tool available to hold accountable those responsible for violating the human rights of the Sudanese people.”
In response to Fox News Digital questions involving UAE registered companies an official from its foreign ministry fired back, stating. “The UAE’s primary focus in Sudan remains on addressing the catastrophic humanitarian crisis. We continue to call for an immediate cease-fire and a peaceful resolution to this man-made conflict. In this regard, the UAE has already made absolutely clear that it is not providing any support or supplies to either of two belligerent warring parties in Sudan.”
The official continued, “the UAE takes its role in protecting the integrity of the international financial system extremely seriously. We remain committed to combating financial crime globally, enhancing international cooperation and developing strategies to address emerging risks.”
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Soldiers' arrest 'evidence' of North Korean involvement in Ukraine war
Comments come after Ukrainian forces detained two North Korean soldiers fighting in Russia’s Kursk region who have since reportedly been sent to Kyiv for questioning.
A spokesperson for the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has said the arrest of two North Korean soldiers in Russia’s Kursk region is “indisputable evidence” of Pyongyang’s involvement in the war.
The two unnamed men were captured by Ukrainian forces and have since reportedly been sent to Kyiv for questioning.
“They are held in proper conditions that meet the requirements of international law. The prisoners do not speak Ukrainian, English or Russian, so communication with them takes place through Korean interpreters in cooperation with South Korean NIS. At the time of his capture, one of the foreigners had a Russian military ID card issued in the name of another person registered in the Republic of Tuva,” said Artem Dekhtyarenko.
He also said that both men were receiving “full medical care”.
In his nightly video address, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the two North Koreans are being questioned by investigators with the help of Korean translators.
Zelenskyy said their capture was “not easy”, claiming that Russian and North Korean forces have tried to conceal the presence of North Korean soldiers on the battlefield, including by killing wounded comrades to avoid their capture and interrogation by Kyiv.
“Both are alive and have already been brought to Kyiv. Now these two are…talking to SSU investigators,” he said.
Zelenskyy went on to say their presence is proof of Russia, “doing everything to prolong and escalate the war.”
There has been no comment from Pyongyang about the capture of the two soldiers but North Korea hasn’t publicly confirmed it has sent troops to support Russia’s war effort.
A senior Ukrainian military official said last month that around 200 North Korean troops fighting alongside Russian forces in Kursk have been killed or wounded in battle.
The official was providing the first significant estimate of North Korean casualties, which came several weeks after Ukraine announced that Pyongyang had sent 10,000 to 12,000 troops to Russia to help it in its almost 3-year war against its much smaller neighbour.
The White House and Pentagon last month confirmed that the North Korean forces have been battling on the front lines in largely infantry positions. They have been fighting with Russian units and, in some cases, independently around Kursk.
Meanwhile, Zelenskyy spoke to outgoing US President Joe Biden following the announcement of a new sanctions package on Russia’s critically important energy sector, according to Zelenskyy’s Telegram account.
The sanctions target more than 180 oil-carrying vessels that are suspected to be part of a shadow fleet utilized by the Kremlin to evade oil sanctions, as well as Russian energy majors, traders, oil field service firms and energy officials. Several of the vessels targeted are also suspected of shipping sanctioned Iranian oil, according to the Treasury Department.
“It is very important that America has now struck at Russia’s shadow tanker fleet and at companies such as Gazprom Neft and Surgutneftegaz, which accumulate money for Putin personally. He must feel the price of his war, losing from his wallets,” Zelenskyy said, referencing two Russian energy giants blacklisted along with dozens of subsidiaries.
In response to the sanctions, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that “Washington’s hostile actions will not go unanswered,” but did not provide details of any planned countermeasures.
Cross-border strikes
And in Russia, Ukrainian drones slammed into apartment blocks in western Tambov province overnight, blowing out windows and damaging balconies in two five-story blocks, acting regional Governor Yegveniy Pervyshov said.
There were injuries, he said, without giving details.
Russia shot down 85 Ukrainian drones, mostly targeting the south and west, the Defence Ministry reported on Saturday.
At the same time, Russia attacked Ukraine with 74 drones overnight into Saturday, according to Ukraine’s air force.
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