“Of course, only Russia and no one else is the cause of the humanitarian catastrophe in Ukraine, this is only their responsibility and their paranoid leader. They think that we do not understand what is happening, but we understand everything very well. You kill thousands of people, destroy buildings, and then you come with humanitarian aid. This is cynical, but it is quite in line with Russian thinking and actions,” he said.
Geler also emphasized that the Russian population is under the complete control of propaganda and fake news.
“Yes, many are already informed about what is really happening, but at the same time, very many do not know. If all Russians knew about what is happening on the streets, about atrocities and outrages, but they have been brainwashed for years, prepared to all this nonsense that their propaganda is pouring in. Yes, the task is difficult, but they will wake up like the Germans after the war – many then could know the truth, but did not want to. But the truth will come out, and we hope their leader will be overthrown,” the politician said.
On the morning of February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the invasion Russian troops in Ukraine. He stated that the goal of the Russian Federation is “the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine.” At about 05:00 Russian armed forces attacked Ukraine from the south, north (including from the territory of Belarus) and east. They started shell Ukrainian positions in the Donbasslaunched rocket and bomb strikes on a number of airfields and other military facilities. Russian troops attack residential areas, kindergartens And hospitals. According to the Ukrainian side, the Russian Federation applies in Ukraine multiple launch rocket systems “Grad” and “Uragan”.
The victims of Russian aggression were, as of February 28, 352 civilians2040 people were injured (authorities did not report newer data). On March 2, 21 children died.
According to information President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, the losses of the invaders as of March 2 amounted to about 9000 people. Russia officially recognized the death of 498 Russian servicemen, another 1597, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense on March 2, were injured.
The President of Ukraine said that the invaders from the first hours of the invasion hit on civilian infrastructure. According to the president, actions of the Russian occupation troops in Ukraine have signs of genocide.
February 27 Ukraine filed a lawsuit against Russia in the International Court of Justice, demanding “to bring Russia to justice for distorting the concept of genocide to justify aggression.” Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim Khan personally initiated an investigation into the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Western countries have imposed sanctions on Russia. Restrictions apply in particular large Russian banks, the Russian oil market and a number of businessmen, officials and their children close to Putin. After Russia refused to stop the aggression against Ukraine, the EU, US, UK and Canada decided include Putin himself in the sanctions list. Besides, sanctions imposed against the Central Bank of Russia (it was banned from operations related to the management of reserves and assets, after which the ruble collapsed to a historic low), and some Russian banks turned off from the international interbank system SWIFT.
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