War in Ukraine, live: exhumations continue in Izium, according to Volodymyr Zelensky – Le Monde

Cover image: It is in a forest located at the western entrance to the city of Izioum that 446 tombs were discovered. For 48 hours, the bodies have been carefully exhumed and listed by the Ukrainian national police and forensic doctors. Izium, Ukraine, September 17, 2022. SAMUEL GRATACAP FOR “THE WORLD The Czech Presidency of the European Union called on Saturday, September 17, for the creation of a special international tribunal after the discovery of hundreds of bodies buried near Izium Izioum, a city recaptured from the Russians in eastern Ukraine, where the 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 of the European Union, said on Twitter on Saturday. reported Friday of “450 bodies of civilians bearing traces of violent death and torture” buried in a wood on the outskirts of Izioum. In his daily address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Saturday evening that “the exhumation process is continuing”. “New evidence of torture has been found,” he added. Ukrainian human rights official Dmytro Lubinets spoke of “probably more than 1,000 Ukrainian citizens tortured and killed in the liberated territories.” States and the European Union expressed their outrage, holding the Russian leadership responsible. Moscow will have to “be accountable”, assured the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said she wanted Russian President Vladimir Putin to appear before international justice for war crimes. warns his Russian counterpart against the use of chemical or nuclear weapons in Ukraine. “It would change the course of the war, as never since the Second World War (…) Don’t do it, don’t do it, don’t do it”, urged Mr. Biden on CBS, promising a “substantial” response from the United States if this step were to be taken. On the ground, where the Ukrainian forces armed by the West have taken over thousands of km2 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, noted journalists from Agence France-Presse A thermal power plant was “bombarded by the invaders Russians” on Saturday morning in Mykolaivka, said Pavlo Kyrylenko, the governor of the Donetsk region (East), on Telegram, indicating that Ukrainian firefighters were fighting the fire and that the bombardment had caused drinking water cuts. The army Russian, 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. The Zaporizhia nuclear power plant has been reconnected to the Ukrainian network, which makes it possible to secure the cooling of the installations, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced on Saturday. Clashes between Russians and Ukrainians near the plant in recent weeks had led to the shutdown of all its reactors. Find our direct from yesterday by clicking on this link. Read all our articles, analyzes and reports on the war in Ukraine Decryption. Serial executions of pro-Russian Ukrainian collaborators Narrative. Macabre discovery at Izioum, after the withdrawal of the Russians Enquête. Moscow deliberately targets civilian infrastructure Testimonials. Ukrainian and Russian exiles in France: “The day of the new school year, I was very stressed” Decryption. The Foreign Weapons That Enabled Ukraine to Stand Against the Russians Story. Six months of Russian occupation in Kupyansk Video. In Izioum, the discovery of a “mass grave” after the departure of the Russians Interview. Anna Colin Lebedev and Andreas Kentendre: “Ukrainians and Russians are no longer brothers. They are enemies” Podcast. Ukrainian counter-offensive: the turning point of the war? Infographics. The map of the war in Ukraine, day by day