Russian destruction of Ukrainian cultural heritage declared genocide
Russian destruction of Ukrainian cultural heritage declared genocide
The Council of Europe has declared that Russia’s destruction of Ukrainian cultural heritage is consistent with genocide.
“Noting that more than a thousand cultural sites had been damaged or destroyed since the beginning of the war, the Congress underlined that the targeting and looting of cultural sites appeared to reflect a systematic policy aimed at erasing Ukraine’s historical and cultural identity, consistent with a genocidal intent,” the Council said.
It’s not the first time Russia's war in Ukraine has been designated a genocide by international authorities. Multiple European national parliaments have already done so with the Council of Europe deeming Russia’s forced transfer of children as an act of genocide in 2023.
And yet they still won’t call the destruction of Palestine a genocide…
Which angers me as a Ukrainian. Yes, circumstances are different and I despise misinformation coming from a loudly obnoxious subset of pro-Palestinian side, but Israel officials had been clearly stating genocidal intent from the early days.
When picking which genocide to support, the correct answer is „none”. But support for Israel kinda aligns with „Russia cannot lose” approach, so I guess things are consistent in that regard.
And that quite a lot of Ukrainians support Israel and don't see the similarities between their struggle and the Palestinian's — I don't get it.
E: and to the down voters, I am Ukrainian diaspora and lived in Kyiv until the war and visit regularly. I have these conversations frequently when I'm there.
Pretty sure they will. The ICJ already said its likely in a preliminary finding, but they need to finish reviewing the mountain of evidence, which will take time
Is Israel's strategy to just keep creating so much evidence the ICJ is swamped?
If the European council has enough evidence to call what’s happening in Ukraine a genocide, then they should have more than enough information to call what’s been happening in Palestine a genocide even before Oktober 7th of last year. They didn’t need a ICJ ruling for Ukraine, and they don’t need one for Palestine.
no, because according to the other site Israel are the "good guys".
The Council of Europe is a bunch of wanks that'd declare their own grandmother a genocide if they'd think it'd help Ukraine without them having to actually lift a finger
a systematic policy aimed at erasing Ukraine’s historical and cultural identity
Absolutely. Since before the war started, Putin has been calling Kyiv the home of the Russian people.
I'd say if he really wanted to trace the origins of the Russian people and ignore the fact that most of the Russian people's ancestors most likely already lived in Russia before there was a Russia and just act like the ruling class was everyone, go with Stockholm.
Biden needs to green-light the Ukrainian use of western weapons on targets inside Russia. The US is still tying Ukraine's hands in the third year of this war! If Russia didn't want to be shot at, they should not have invaded. This has gone on for much too long.
I wonder if Putin would ever relent, or if they would have to essentially siege Moscow and St. P to get an agreement?
If the economy goes down, putin does do too, and the economy is on its deathbed.
Or as they say, the revolution is theee meals away.
Standard United States operating procedure is to arm the side doing the genocide, let's appreciate their restraint
23 comments and only one top level comment is talking about anything related to the actual link.
I agree, and want to applaud you for saying this even considering my own contributions to discussion down the comments that were not relevant to the article. It is a duty in my opinion to counter misinformation where it is.
I wanted to say this myself but opted not to (based on perhaps unfounded fears of how it would be received), and I regret not doing so sooner. Thank you for pointing this out.
To clarify, this is not an undermining or comparison of both conflicts. This is more so to provide an alongside image to hold news stations accountable for what they determine as "crossing a line".
https://interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2024/gaza-before-after-satellite-images/
Are you suggesting that the genocide of Muslims in china is also happening, or are you going to deny it?
Keep trying.
That sounded sarcastic. I'm sure it wasn't though.
What's the difference between the Council of Europe and the EU Parliament?
It’s not part of the EU. It’s what rules the European Court of Human Rights. Switzerland, UK, Turkey etc are members.
Declared genocide but where are the ML to pretend it’s not happening?
Every single time white people have to try to steal the spotlight.
How dare Ukrainians not want to checks notes be genocided by their much larger neighbor!
That's nice dear. They're receiving more support than all other genocide victims.