Mr. Biden accused Russia of ‘genocide’, Moscow objected
US President Biden called Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine “genocide”, while the Kremlin criticized his comments as “unacceptable”.
“Your family’s living expenses, your ability to buy a full tank of gas, no matter what, depends on whether a foreign leader declares war and commits genocide halfway around the world. or not”, President America Joe Biden speaks in Menlo, Iowa, on April 12, when talking about the effects of conflict Ukraine to Americans suffering from rising gas and food prices.
The White House boss later told reporters that he intentionally used the word “genocide” in his remarks, but added that he would leave it up to lawyers to decide internationally whether the word was appropriate. . “But for me it is so,” said the US President.
The United Nations defines genocide as “actions committed with the aim of destroying in whole or in part a country, people, race or religious group”.
Russia has criticized Biden’s comments. “We consider this attempt to distort the situation as unacceptable,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a news conference today.
“It is difficult to accept that this is the statement of a president of the United States, a country that has committed many notorious crimes in recent times,” the spokesman added.
US President Joe Biden speaks in Menlo, Iowa, on April 12. Image: Reuters.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed his US counterpart Biden’s comments, calling them “true words of a real leader”.
Meanwhile, French President Emmanuel Macron refused to call the Russian military’s actions in Ukraine “genocide”, stressing that the escalation in the statements would not help stop the war. Macron said the terms should be used with caution, especially when “Ukrainians and Russians are brotherly peoples”.
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on April 13 accused Russia of “violating human rights and international humanitarian law” during its military operation in Ukraine. The OSCE report addresses allegations of attacks on civilian targets in the southern port city of Mariupol.
Russia has not commented on this information. Since the start of the operation on February 24, Moscow has repeatedly insisted that it only attacks military targets, not civilians.
The International Organization for Migration estimates that more than 4.6 million Ukrainians have been displaced abroad, and 7.1 million have been displaced within Ukraine. The United Nations says at least 1,842 civilians have been killed and 2,493 injured in Ukraine related to the conflict, but the actual number is likely much higher.
Ngoc Anh (According to AFP)
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