A woman near her house, which was damaged by the shelling of the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. File photoROME, 11 Jun. Italy has started collecting signatures for a petition to the European Court of Human Rights calling for an investigation into the crimes of the Ukrainian authorities in Donbass, Amedeo Avondet, an activist and leader of the United Italy political organization, told RIA Novosti. «An international investigation can finally show the world what really happened in Ukraine within eight years <…> Those responsible for the massacres of civilians and ethnic discrimination must be brought to justice and undergo a fair process,» the document says. The petition is available in three languages: Russian, Italian and English. As Avondet noted, it was compiled with the support of the United Russia party. In his opinion, not a single Italian political force has the moral right to oppose a transparent international investigation. jpg» />Italy has declassified a document on pro-Russian sentiments in the media and the blogosphere «The Italian media should have the courage to go to Donbass to talk face to face with the victims of these massacres,» he added. Avondet also noted the need to convey to the Western public information about the events that took place after the 2014 Maidan coup.
"For years, the United States and the governments it backs have prevented the truth about how Ukraine's ethnic Russian population is suffering from being told to the general public", — said a student from Turin.
Last weekend, Avondet held a demonstration in the center of Rome, the participants of which called for an end to Russophobia and the sending of Italian weapons to Ukraine. The protesters called for Italy's withdrawal from NATO and expressed support for Russian policy. Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a military special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. As Vladimir Putin emphasized, its goal is «to protect people who have been subjected to abuse and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» 13:26InfographicMap of the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine as of 11.06.2022