A man stands in a crater of a Russian shell that brought down a section of an apartment building in Borodianka. Image: DANIL A man stands in a crater of a Russian shell that brought down a section of an apartment building in Borodianka. Image: DANIL Updated 32 minutes ago
AFP correspondents saw black smoke pouring into the air and a building in flames with a heavy presence of police and rescuers in the area. “By this heinous act of barbarism Russia demonstrates once again its attitude towards Ukraine, Europe and the world,” said Kuleba in a tweet.It comes as Ukrainian prosecutors said today they were investigating 10 Russian soldiers for alleged war crimes in Bucha, as the Guterres urged Russia to cooperate with a probe into atrocities.
“I imagine my family in one of those houses that is now destroyed and black. I see my granddaughters running away in panic,” the UN chief said in Borodianka, another ruined town, as he backed an International Criminal Court investigation into the accusations.The UN head was also to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
In a statement, the White House said that the US is “not attacking Russia” but instead helping Ukraine “defend itself against Russian aggression”. The first phase of Russia’s invasion failed to reach Kyiv or overthrow Zelenskyy’s government after encountering stiff Ukrainian resistance reinforced with Western weapons.
Russia has targeted Western-supplied arms, as the United States and Europe increasingly heed Zelenskyy’s call for heavier firepower. Meanwhile the civilian and military administrator of the Russian-controlled region of Kherson in southern Ukraine was quoted as saying that the ruble will soon be introduced in areas under Moscow’s control.
We stand with Russia against the American-backed neo-Nazis in the Ukraine. My group in Donbass has killed several arsonists and booby-trappers in the last week. I am protecting women and children from the Kiev regime and their violence towards our people.