40th day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine: The United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas Greenfield, announced today (Monday) that she will seek to suspend Russia from the UN Human Rights Council, thus concluding a special session of the General Assembly.
According to her, Russia’s presence on the council in light of its actions in Ukraine is a ‘farce’, adding that “Russia’s presence on the council undermines its credibility and it is wrong.” Also, the European Union and Ukraine will join forces in favor of Russia’s investigation on suspicion of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Meanwhile, the President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zlansky, Visited the town of Bocha, a suburb near Kiev, from which in recent days harsh images of corpses lying around the city have been circulated. He called on world leaders to come to his country to feel the horrors, adding: “They need to see how the ‘flirtation’ with Russia will end.”
The war in Ukraine: heavy damage to the besieged Mariupol following the shelling by the Russians (Photo: Reuters)
Earlier today, the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin An order imposing visa restrictions on citizens of countries that Moscow considers “unfriendly” in response to sanctions imposed on it. The order, which came into effect, effectively suspends the process of issuing Russia’s visas with Norway, Switzerland, Denmark, Iceland and Liechtenstein.
In addition, Putin instructed the Foreign Ministry to send messages to EU representatives and embassies and impose personal restrictions on entry into Russia for foreigners and stateless persons “who commit unfriendly acts.”
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Recall that last night, in parallel with the grim photos received from Bucha, the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Irina Wendiktova, who is investigating a suspicion of war crimes in the country, announced that 410 bodies were found when 140 of them were taken for examination.
Russia, which has been asked to respond in light of the harsh images released, has denied Ukraine’s allegations of civilian killings in Bocha. The Russian Defense Ministry issued an official statement claiming that the photos circulated showing bodies lying in the streets, “are another provocation” and noted that Russian forces had left the city on March 30.