With Mateusz Morawiecki made such an appeal to the EC Chairman Ursula von der Leyen and the head of the European Council Charles Michel. The Russian Defense Ministry previously called the published photos and videos from Bucha a provocation
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki called on the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and the head of the European Council Charles Michel to convene the European Council soon to discuss the events in the Butch Kiev region and sanctions against Russia. Facebook Facebook Instagram and Facebook owner Meta has been recognized as extremist in Russia and banned.
The Russian Defense Ministry called the published photos and videos about the crimes of Russian servicemen in the city of Bucha, Kiev region, a provocation. The ministry claims that the Russian military is not involved in the killings of civilians. The troops left the city on March 30, and during the time it was under their control, “not a single local resident was injured,” they said.
On April 3, the media, in particular Reuters and AFP, as well as the adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, Mikhail Podolyak, published photos from Bucha with bodies imprinted on them. According to the mayor of the city Anatoly Fedoruk, after the Butch returned to the control of the Ukrainian military, “280 more people were buried in mass graves”.
After the publication of photos and videos, which, according to the Ukrainian authorities and Western media, show civilian casualties, the European Union announced its intention to tighten sanctions against Russia because of the military operation in Ukraine.
According to the Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN Dmitry Polyansky, the Russian side demanded the convening of a meeting of the organization’s Security Council on April 4 because of the “blatant provocation of Ukrainian radicals in the Butch”.
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