Bodies discovered in Ukraine: the EU presidency wants a war crimes tribunal – Le Figaro

About 450 tombs were discovered on the outskirts of Izyum, a city recently liberated by Ukraine. Some of the bodies exhumed showed signs of torture. eastern Ukraine, where fighting continues. “In the 21st century, such attacks on the civilian population are unthinkable and heinous,” Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky, whose country holds the rotating presidency, said on Twitter. of the European Union. “I call for the rapid creation of a special international tribunal.” Ukrainian authorities reported on Friday “450 bodies of civilians bearing traces of violent death and torture” buried in a wood on the outskirts of Izyum. Read alsoIn the ruins of Izyum, the Ukrainians celebrate their liberation: the story of the special envoy of Le FigaroThe Ukrainian human rights officer, Dmytro Loubinets, spoke of “probably more than 1000 Ukrainian citizens tortured and killed in the liberated territories and Ukrainian police chief Igor Klymenko reported the discovery of 10 “torture rooms”. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced the crimes of an army of “torturers”. The announcement of this macabre discovery raised a new wave of indignation in the West, just over five months after the discovery of numerous Russian abuses, in particular in the locality of Boutcha. “The world must react” “The world must react to all that. Russia repeated in Izyoum what it had done in Boutcha,” President Zelensky said in a video message. The UN has dispatched a team to the scene to join the Ukrainian investigation. the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell.To read alsoWith the Belarusian fighters who defend Ukraine while waiting to liberate their country from the dictatorshipPresident of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen wanted Russian President Vladimir Putin to appear before the international justice for war crimes.US President Joe Biden for his part once again warned his Russian counterpart against the use of chemical or nuclear weapons in Ukraine.On the ground, the fighting continuesOn the ground, where the Ukrainian forces, armed by the West, have taken back thousands of square kilometers thanks to a counter-offensive in the North-East, fighting and bombardments continue. In Kupyansk, recaptured last week by Ukrainian forces, clashes continue with the Russian army entrenched on the east side of the Oskil River. during the day four missile strikes and 15 airstrikes, as well as more than 20 multiple rocket launcher strikes on civilian and military sites in Ukraine”. Russians” on Saturday September 17 in Mykolaivka, said Pavlo Kyrylenko, the governor of the Donetsk region on Telegram, leading to fires and cuts in drinking water. “The occupiers are deliberately targeting infrastructure in the region to try to inflict as much damage as possible, first and foremost on the civilian population.” Read also War in Ukraine: Should the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant be stopped? In the neighboring region of Dnipropetrovsk, “the Russians fired all night on the district of Nikopol with Grad, multiple rocket launchers, and heavy artillery”, affirmed the local governor Valentin Reznitchenko, indicating that there was no casualties, but significant material damage. The Russian army, which denies targeting civilian infrastructure or residential areas, claims to have carried out “high precision” strikes against Ukrainian positions in the Mykolaiv and Kharkiv regions.