Dmytro Kouleba: ‘Atrocities committed by Russia should be called genocide’

Published on: 04/15/2022 – 19:48 In an interview granted to France 24, the head of Ukrainian diplomacy Dmytro Kouleba considers that it is difficult for Russia to admit what happened on Thursday April 14 to its cruiser “Moskva”: “The truth is that the flagship is at the bottom of the Black Sea.” The Minister encourages all countries, including France, to follow the example of the United States by increasing the shipment of defense equipment to his country. For him, “the atrocities committed by Russia should be qualified as genocide”. According to Dmytro Kuleba, Russia hit several Ukrainian cities with missiles, including the capital kyiv, overnight from Thursday to Friday. Ukraine’s foreign minister dismisses view it’s response to sinking of ‘Moskva’, Russia’s flagship in Black Sea; he points out that Russia does not need reasons since it has been waging war on Ukraine for weeks. that Ukraine is not afraid to hit targets that pose a threat. He stresses that Vladimir Putin “must be defeated by all means – militarily, politically and economically”. evidence of his crimes using mobile crematoria. He admits such crimes complicate talks with Russia, saying current talks have made no progress, Vladimir Putin is now focused on a military solution and the future of the war will be decided on the battlefield not at the negotiating table. Dmytro Kouleba explains that Ukraine’s international partners, in particular the United States, are now delivering more and better weapons. He particularly welcomes the delivery of artillery shells to NATO standards and urges the other countries of the Alliance to deliver sophisticated weapons. Believing that “Germany can do much more” in this regard, he urges the German government to authorize the supply of heavy weapons to his country. The diplomat welcomes France’s decision to bring its embassy back to kyiv and wishes also that Paris delivers more weapons. France gave him the impression that it would be in favor of an oil embargo against Russia at the level of the European Union, he also assures. For him, the policy of certain European countries considering before the war that it was crucial to continue to speak to Vladimir Putin failed. “We ask Berlin and Paris to reconsider this policy. It is time to take a firm stand against Putin. Now is not the time to try to please him. It is time to change the French approach to Russia .”