Ukraine accused the Soviet Union of starting WWII
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and the Polish Sejm have adopted a joint declaration of memory and solidarity. According to information on the parliament’s website, 243 deputies voted in favor, including one representative from the “opposition bloc.” The only deputy who voted against it was a member of the “Radical Party.”
Introducing the document, the chairman of the parliament, Andriy Parubiy, stated that the Polish Sejm will vote for the same document at the same time as the Ukrainian …
The Russian Federation says they will return to PACE only when all their rights are restored
The delegation of the Russian Federation will only return to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) if their rights are restored, including their right to vote. According to TASS, this was said by the chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, Vyacheslav Volodin.
“Our delegation can of course return but only if our rights are not violated and if we have a right to our own position. We also want the right to express our point of view and, of course, the right to …
The President of the European Parliament: Russia violates international law
Speaking at the EU summit in Brussels, the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, accused Russia of violating all principles of international law by bombing the city of Aleppo in tandem with the Syrian government. The President of the European Parliament stated that Russia maintains a painful status quo in Syria as well as in Ukraine.
“Russia is a country that poses a threat to the architecture of world security and established principles of international law,” Schulz stated, as …
Hug: OSCE has seen soldiers wearing Russian insignias in the Donbas
The Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE SMM, Alexander Hug, said that monitors continue to face difficult circumstances in eastern Ukraine.
During an interview with Libération, Hug said that the soldiers “in the field say that we cannot be let through for the sake of our own security as the area has landmines”.
“It is also a violation of the agreements. These restrictions are always aimed at preventing us from seeing what they do not want us to see,” Hug continued.
He called the situation in …
Belgian MoD: Russia's evidence that Belgian fighters bombed Aleppo was 'fabricated'
Belgian Defense Minister Steven Vandeput has said that evidence provided by Russia showing that a Belgian F-16 aircraft attacked a village near Aleppo was fabricated, Novaya Gazeta reported.
According to a press release issued by the Belgian Ministry of Defense, the Defense Attaché of the Embassy of Belgium in Moscow was given a map with a flight trajectory of the F-16s, allegedly showing that Belgian F-16s were responsible for the air strike that caused a number of civilian casualties.
“From …