Ukrainian military in the city of BuchaMOSCOW, April 3 Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba demanded tougher sanctions as part of the EU's fifth package, after the Ukrainian authorities published videos from the city of Bucha, which the Russian Defense Ministry called fake. According to the minister, he knows what sanctions are contained in the EU's fifth package, but considers them insufficient.
The HRC called the video from Bucha «Goebbels propaganda» techniques «The European Union cannot accept the fifth package of sanctions in any way … EU sanctions must be tightened. As part of the fifth package, new Russian banks must be disconnected from SWIFT, measures are needed aimed at embargoing Russian oil, gas and coal, as well as to close EU ports for Russian ships and goods,» the diplomat said during a Twitter broadcast. Kuleba said he would like to use diplomatic language calling for sanctions, but «after the footage from Bucha,» he can «only demand.» The minister also said that Ukraine is already working on «persecution of all those involved in these crimes.» «It will take time, but we will work ourselves, as well as with partners and the International Criminal Court, to hold everyone accountable,» Kuleba added. Earlier, Ukrainian authorities and the media published a video allegedly filmed in Bucha, Kiev region, where people lie on the road the bodies of the dead. Users noticed that the «corpses» move their arms and remove their limbs so as not to fall under the wheels of military equipment. Also, in the rear-view mirror of the operator's car, you can see how one of the «dead» gets up as soon as the car passes by.Russia convened the UN Security Council after the provocation of Ukrainian radicals in BuchaThe Russian Defense Ministry said that these photo and video materials, allegedly showing the crimes of the Russian military in Bucha, are another provocation of the Kiev regime. As noted in the Russian military department, during the time the city was under the control of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, not a single local resident suffered from any violent actions. The ministry noted that all Russian units left Bucha on March 30, the day after the Russian-Ukrainian talks in Istanbul. Exits from the city in the northern direction were not blocked, while the southern outskirts, including residential areas, were shelled around the clock by Ukrainian troops. or local residents shot in the streets with their hands tied. Therefore, it is not surprising that all the so-called «evidence of crimes» in Bucha appeared only on the fourth day, when SBU officers and representatives of Ukrainian television arrived in the city, the Russian Defense Ministry noted. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine.» According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, and as of March 25, they completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was the liberation of Donbass. At the moment, the strategically important regional center of Volnovakha south of Donetsk has been liberated in the DPR, and battles are underway for Mariupol, the largest city on the coast of the Sea of Azov. In the LPR, according to a statement by the Russian Ministry of Defense on March 25, 93% of the territory of the former Lugansk region was taken under control. Only the cities of Severodonetsk and Lisichansk, as well as a number of other settlements of this agglomeration, remain under the rule of Kyiv. «
