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Subject of ICC arrest warrant denies claims she unlawfully deported children to Russia
Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights has rejected International Criminal Court (ICC) allegations that she is responsible for unlawfully deporting children from Ukraine.The ICC has issued arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and children’s commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova for the war crime of hundreds of children allegedly being taken from orphanages and children’s care homes in areas of Ukraine claimed by Russia. Some children, the ICC said, had been given up for adoption in Russia.But Ms Lvova-Belova told reporters on Tuesday that her commission had acted on humanitarian grounds to protect children in a militarised area, and had not moved anyone against their will or that of their parents or legal guardians, whose consent was always sought unless they were missing.Children were not given up for adoption but were placed with temporary legal guardians in foster homes, she insisted.“As far as the ICC’s accusations are concerned, we don’t understand what we are accused of. Give us the facts and we will look into it. So far, it all looks like a farce without specifics and is incomprehensible,” she said.The ICC had not submitted any documents to her office, Ms Lvova-Belova said, noting that Russia did not recognise the court’s jurisdiction anyway. Ukraine has not sent any official requests regarding children allegedly separated from their parents, she claimed. Source:
Apr 4, 2023
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UN council extends Ukraine inquiry into crimes since Russia's invasion
The United Nations Human Rights Council has overwhelmingly voted in favour of extending the mandate of an investigative body probing possible war crimes committed since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.Twenty-eight countries voted in favour of extending the mandate of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine by a year. Seventeen abstained and two voted against the body, which Ukraine says is essential for keeping Russia accountable for its crimes.“The scope and brutality of Russia’s atrocities in Ukraine are simply beyond any human comprehension,” Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, Yevheniia Filipenko, told the Council ahead of the vote.“We strongly believe that the continued work of the Commission in further investigating, documenting and reporting human rights violations and international crimes committed against the people in Ukraine could save more innocent lives (and) could contribute to accountability for perpetrators and justice for victims.”In a report published last month, the commission found that some crimes committed by Russian forces in Ukraine, including the use of torture and attacks against the country’s energy infrastructure, could constitute crimes against humanity. Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-putin-finland-nato-b2313588.html#post-1134172
Apr 4, 2023
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Finland's president says it's a great day for his country
Finland’s president has said that “it is a great day for Finland” and “an important day for Nato” as his country joined the military alliance.Speaking at a joint news conference with Nato general secretary Jens Stoltenberg, Mr Niinisto said Finland’s most significant contribution to Nato’s common deterrence and defence would be to defend its own territory.There is still significant work to be done to coordinate this with Nato, he said. Source: https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/30/ukraine-war-live-updates-latest-news-on-russia-and-the-war-in-ukraine.html&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwi35cre_4P-AhVMwQIHHZLwAuIQ0PADegQIBxAL&usg=AOvVaw0kaKKxU2GaVBVELRLhCOvK
Apr 4, 2023
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Paranoid Putin stays in bunker because he 'fears for his life', says ex-security guard
Vladimir Putin is a “war criminal” who is “pathologically afraid for his life”, a former protection officer of the president who defected from Russia has said.In an incendiary interview with Dossier, Gleb Karakulov, 35, a captain in the Federal Guard Service, pleaded with his former colleagues to come forward with evidence against Putin and end the war in Ukraine.“I would like to address Russian officers, including the FGS officers,” Karakulov, who escaped to safety via Istanbul, said. “You have information that is not broadcast on television. I have only seen a tiny part of it. Come forward, support me [with more evidence]. You will help our citizens to learn the truth.”He went on: “How many nameless victims of this war are there, how many of them are children? How many more such victims are required before you stop putting up with it?“What is happening now in Ukraine, all this destruction, this war of aggression, terrorism, and genocide of the Ukrainian people – there is no other word for it – all this is a criminal offence.“Our president has become a war criminal.” In a message to the Russian people, Karakulov said Putin had “lost touch with the world” having lived in an “an information cocoon for the past couple of years, spending most of his time in his residences, which the media very fittingly call bunkers.”Putin is “pathologically afraid for his own life,” he said, explaining that the president “surrounds himself with an impenetrable barrier of quarantines and an information vacuum.“He only values his own life and the lives of his family and friends. The lives of your family and friends are of no interest to him.“By tearing men from their families and sending them to be slaughtered in sovereign Ukraine, he shows he does not care in the least about what is happening to our country and Ukraine, about the fact that he brings trouble, destruction, and death to the brotherly people of Ukraine and to us.”In his closing remarks, Karakulov declared that Putin’s “criminal war” must be ended as soon as possible.“Life is the highest value. We have forgotten it in this country. People are considered cannon fodder.“This will continue to be the case as long as we remain silent. This war has to end and it is time to break the silence.” Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-putin-finland-nato-b2313588.html#post-1134110
Apr 4, 2023
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Lithuania bans Russians from purchasing real estate
Lithuania bans Russians from purchasing real estateLithuania’s parliament has moved to ban Russian nationals from purchasing real estate in the Baltic country, citing risks to national security.The ban, which will be in place until 2024, would not apply to Russians who are granted residency in the country. Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-putin-finland-nato-b2313588.html#post-1134107
Apr 4, 2023
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Russian defence minister says Finland joining Nato raises risk of conflict
Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu has said that Finland’s accession to the Nato military alliance and the bloc’s move to boost its own combat-readiness increased the risk of conflict.Shoigu also said that some Belarusian military jets were now capable of carrying nuclear warheads and that Iskander rocket systems had been transferred to Belarus, which could be used to carry conventional or nuclear missiles. Source: https://twitter.com/NATOpress/status/1642977613462355970?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1642977613462355970%7Ctwgr%5E2a5b92a740cf42d98c9d108b2aa0133dee590041%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fd-34080839363447366616.ampproject.net%2F2303151529000%2Fframe.html
Apr 4, 2023
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Russia claims it has accepted over 5 million refugees from Ukraine
Russia has accepted more than 5 million refugees from Ukraine‘s Donbas region, including 730,000 children, since February 2022, Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights has claimed.Maria Lvova-Belova, the Russian commissioner for children’s rights, said that the children came with their parents or guardians.She told a Moscow news conference her commission was not aware of a single case of a child from eastern Ukraine being separated from their blood relatives and being transferred to a foster home. Lvova-Belova was responding to allegations from the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) which on March 17 issued arrest warrants for her and President Vladimir Putin for the war crime of unlawfully deporting children from areas of Ukraine occupied by Russian forces.Lvova-Belova said the allegations were false. Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-putin-finland-nato-b2313588.html#post-1134098
Apr 4, 2023
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Putin ally accuses Western leaders of having blood on their hands
Russia’s parliament speaker says that Western leaders have blood on their hands for supporting Ukraine‘s president and that support has led to the creation of a “terrorist state” in Europe’s centre.Vyacheslav Volodin, an ally of president Vladimir Putin, said that the killing of prominent war blogger Vladlen Tatarsky in St Petersburg over the weekend was a “terrorist act” committed by Kyiv. “The support of Washington and Brussels for the Kyiv authorities has led to the creation of a terrorist state in the centre of Europe,” Volodin said on the Telegram messaging app.“The blood of the dead and wounded is on the hands of (US president Joe) Biden, (president Emmanuel) Macron, (German chancellor Olaf) Scholz and other heads of state who support the Zelensky regime.” Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-putin-finland-nato-b2313588.html#post-1134080
Apr 4, 2023
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Finland to officially join Nato today Today is the day that Finland finally joins Nato.
A ceremony, the main proceedings of which begin at 2pm, will see Finland’s blue and white flag raised among those of its partners outside the alliance’s Brussels headquarters.It falls on Nato’s very own birthday, the 74th anniversary of the signing of its founding Washington Treaty on 4 April 1949. It also coincides with a meeting of the alliance’s foreign ministers. 10am: Doorstep statement by Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg10.10am: Ministers’ arrivals and doorstep statements11.30am: Joint statement from Mr Stoltenberg and the minister of foreign affairs of Ukraine (Dmytro Kuleba)12.30pm: Joint statement of from Mr Stoltenberg and the US secretary of state (Antony Blinken)2pm: Brief press point by the Mr Stoltenberg and the Finnish president Sauli Niinistö.2.35pm: Ceremony for Finland’s accession to Nato3pm: Meeting of the Nato-Ukraine Commission with Finland and Sweden Finland has a 1,300km (810 miles) border with Russia, meaning Nato’s direct frontier with Russia will roughly double in length. Its membership, first sought in May last year, was ratified by Turkey last week, lifting the last hurdle to accession. Tuesday will mark the first enlargement of the defence bloc since North Macedonia joined in 2020.Moscow immediately responded by pledging to boost troop numbers in its western and northwestern regions. Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-putin-finland-nato-b2313588.html#post-1134081
Apr 4, 2023
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With no peace in sight, NATO countries eye more Ukraine help
Ukraine’s Western allies have sent the country 65 billion euros ($70 billion) in military aid to help thwart Russia’s full-scale invasion, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday, and with no peace negotiations on the horizon the alliance is gearing up to send more.“We cannot allow Russia to continue to chip away at European security,” Stoltenberg told a news conference in Brussels, adding “there are no signs that (Russian President Vladimir) Putin is preparing for peace. He is preparing for more war.”NATO foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on Tuesday “will discuss how we can step up our support, including by continuing to strengthen Ukraine’s armed forces,” Stoltenberg said. “Our support is for the long-haul.” Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-war-map-russia-putin-nuclear-bakhmut-b2313070.html#post-1133819
Apr 3, 2023
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Jailed US reporter's defense appeals his arrest
Lawyers for an American reporter for The Wall Street Journal arrested in Russia on espionage charges have appealed his arrest, a court in Moscow announced Monday.Evan Gershkovich, 31, was detained last week in Yekaterinburg, Russia’s fourth-largest city. It was the first time a U.S. correspondent had been detained on spying accusations since the Cold War. The Journal has said it “vehemently denies” the charges and demanded his release.At a hearing Thursday, Moscow’s Lefortovsky District court quickly ruled that Gershkovich would be kept behind bars for two months pending the investigation. Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-war-map-russia-putin-nuclear-bakhmut-b2313070.html#post-1133819
Apr 3, 2023
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Zelensky commemorates ordeal of villagers held captive in basement
President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday paid tribute to the courage of nearly 400 residents of a village in north Ukraine who were held in a school basement under Russian occupation for 27 days before they were set free a year ago.The Ukrainian leader travelled to Yahidne, where he gave an emotional speech recalling how villagers were kept captive in a space less than 200 square metres during the first month of Russia’s February 2022 invasion.He said that 11 people died during the ordeal."These people somehow lived and waited for Ukraine in the dark," said Zelenskiy who appeared visibly moved on the anniversary. "They lived standing and sitting."Mr Zelensky was joined on the visit to Yahidne, a village in Chernihiv region, by German vice-chancellor Robert Habeck and Council of Europe Secretary General Marija Pejcinovic Buric. Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-war-map-russia-putin-nuclear-bakhmut-b2313070.html#post-1133784
Apr 3, 2023
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Oil producers’ cuts could boost gasoline prices and help Russia
Major oil-producing countries led by Saudi Arabia said they’re cutting supplies of crude — again. This time, the decision was a surprise and is underlining worries about where the global economy might be headed.Russia is joining in by extending its own cuts for the rest of the year. In theory, less oil flowing to refineries should mean higher gasoline prices for drivers and could boost the inflation hitting the U.S. and Europe. And that may also help Russia weather Western sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine at the expense of the U.S.The decision by oil producers, many of them in the OPEC oil cartel, to cut production by more than 1 million barrels a day comes after prices for international benchmark crude slumped amid a slowing global economy that needs less fuel for travel and industry. Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-war-map-russia-putin-nuclear-bakhmut-b2313070.html#post-1133812
Apr 3, 2023
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Wimbledon drops ban on Russian and Belarusian players
Wimbledon has lifted a ban on Russian and Belarusian tennis players from competing at this summer’s championships, with the All England Club admitting it has been forced into an “incredibly difficult decision”.Players from the two countries will be asked to sign declarations of neutrality and have been told they must not support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine if they are to compete.The club’s decision sees Wimbledon fall back in line with the rest of the sport, where players from Russia and Belarus have been allowed to compete under neutral flags since the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-war-map-russia-putin-nuclear-bakhmut-b2313070.html#post-1133812
Apr 3, 2023
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Russia ‘very far’ from capturing Bakhmut - Ukraine
Ukraine said on Monday that Russian forces were "very far" from capturing the eastern town of Bakhmut and that fighting raged on around the administration building where the Wagner mercenary group claimed to have raised the Russian flag.A spokesperson for Ukraine's eastern military command told Reuters that it was unclear where Russian forces had raised their flag and that they had falsely claimed to have captured the city."They raised the flag over some kind of toilet. They attached it to the side of who knows what, hung their rag and said they had captured the city. Well good, let them think they've taken it," the official, Serhiy Cherevatyi, said by telephone.Bakhmut has been the scene of one of the bloodiest battles of the war, now in its second year, with huge casualties on both sides and much of the eastern city destroyed by bombardments. Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-ukraine-war-putin-bakhmut-battle-b2312854.html#post-1133653
Apr 3, 2023
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ICYMI: Windows designed by Cambridge student ‘make homes liveable’ in war-torn Ukraine
Plastic windows designed by a Cambridge PhD student are transforming uninhabitable houses in war-torn parts of Ukraine into liveable homes, local residents have said.Engineer Harry Blakiston Houston created the Insulate Ukraine project to replace bullet and bomb-damaged windows with plastic ones of his own design, pausing his studies to concentrate on the initiative.Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-ukraine-war-putin-bakhmut-battle-b2312854.html#post-1133653
Apr 3, 2023
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Von der Leyen, Macron to meet in Paris ahead of China trip
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will meet with French President Emmanuel Macron for a working lunch on Monday, said the commission, as the two prepare for a joint trip to China later in the week.Commission chief spokesperson Eric Mamer said in a tweet that the two leaders will discuss issues including Russia’s war on Ukraine, the energy sector and preparations for their trips to China, including their joint meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.Ahead of her visit to China this week with Macron, von der Leyen delivered a sober assessment of Chinese policies, saying China was becoming more repressive at home and more assertive abroad, replacing an era of reform and opening with one of security and control, where companies in China were required to assist state intelligence-gathering operations. Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-ukraine-war-putin-bakhmut-battle-b2312854.html#post-1133623
Apr 3, 2023
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Woman named in media put on wanted listed after blogger killed
Russia’s interior ministry on Monday placed a woman Russian media have described as a suspect in the killing of war blogger Vladlen Tatarsky on its wanted list, the Interfax news agency reported.Vladlen Tatarsky, whose real name was Maxim Fomin, was killed in a bomb blast at a cafe in St Petersburg on Sunday.A woman called Darya Trepova was identified by some Russian media as a suspect online, though the interior ministry made no reference to the Tatarsky killing on its site which showed she had been put on its wanted list.Fomin, who had 560,000 followers on the messaging app Telegram, was one of the most prominent of Russia’s war bloggers - a mixed group of war veterans and correspondents who have championed Russia’s campaign in Ukraine, while also offering stinging criticism of the Russian military leadership. Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-ukraine-war-putin-bakhmut-battle-b2312854.html#post-1133623
Apr 3, 2023
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Zelensky thanks Bakhmut defenders
Fighting around the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut remained "particularly hot", President Volodymyr Zelensky said, giving no indication the city had finally fallen to Russia as claimed by the founder of the Wagner mercenary force.Yevgeny Prigozhin said his troops, involved in a months-long effort to encircle and capture the bombed-out city, had raised a Russian flag on its administrative building.Ukraine’s military said in a Monday update Bakhmut and several other towns including Avdiivka were at the "epicentre of hostilities"."The enemy continues its assault on the city of Bakhmut. However, our defenders courageously hold the city," the military said.Zelenskiy, in his Sunday night video address, thanked soldiers fighting in Avdiivka, Maryinka, and Bakhmut."Especially Bakhmut. It is especially hot there," he said. Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-ukraine-war-putin-bakhmut-battle-b2312854.html#post-1133578
Apr 3, 2023
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Wagner’s Prigozhin says Russian flag raised in Bakhmut as Zelensky calls fight ‘particularly hot'
Volodymyr Zelensky has called the military situation was “particularly hot” around Bakhmut last night, with no letup in a months-long drive to seize the city, the most protracted battle in the Russian invasion.On the other hand, the founder of Russia‘s Wagner mercenary force, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said his troops had raised a Russian flag on the administrative building in the city.But there was no indication from Ukrainian officials or military commands that Bakhmut had fallen into Russian hands. Prigozhin has previously made claims that were premature.“Thank you to our soldiers who are fighting in Avdiivka, Maryinka, and Bakhmut. Especially Bakhmut,” Zelensky said in his nightly video address. “It is especially hot there.”Russian forces have for months been trying to encircle and capture Bakhmut, a town of 70,000 before the Russian invasion launched over a year ago. Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-ukraine-war-putin-bakhmut-battle-b2312854.html#post-1133578
Apr 3, 2023
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