Status: 4/4/2022 1:58 am
In his video message, Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy attacked former Chancellor Merkel for her “failed Russia policy”. In Butscha she could get an idea of it. Selenskyj fears further atrocities.
In view of the serious atrocities in Bucha, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj invited former German Chancellor Angela Merkel to visit the city. In the Kiev suburb, Merkel – like former French President Nicolas Sarkozy – could get an idea of their failed Russia policy in recent years, Zelensky said in a video message on Sunday evening.
In 2008, the NATO countries, including Germany, promised Ukraine membership, but then backed down out of consideration for Russia. Merkel was Chancellor from 2005 to 2021. “I invite Ms. Merkel and Mr. Sarkozy to visit Bucha and see what the policy of concessions to Russia has led to in 14 years,” said Zelenskyy. “You will see the tortured Ukrainians with your own eyes.”
Selenskyj fears even more abuse
In his video speech, Zelenskyj expressed concern that “more terrible things could happen” than what has become known so far about the crimes in the city of Bucha. Other regions of the country are still under Russian control. “More deaths and mistreatment” could become known there, said Selenskyj.
“Because that’s the nature of the Russian military that has come to our country. They’re monsters who don’t know how to do it any differently,” said Zelenskyy. He wants every mother of a Russian soldier to see the bodies of the people killed in Bucha and other cities. “What did they do? Why were they killed? What did a man riding a bicycle down the street do?” Zelenskyy asked. “
Why were ordinary civilians tortured to death in an ordinary peaceful town? Why were women strangled after ripping earrings out of their ears? How could they rape women and kill them in front of the children? Mocking their bodies even after they die? Why did they run over people’s bodies with tanks? What did the Ukrainian city of Bucha do to your Russia?
conflicting parties as a source
Information on the course of the war, shelling and casualties provided by official bodies of the Russian and Ukrainian conflict parties cannot be directly checked by an independent body in the current situation.
Scores of civilians killed in Bucha
He also said that Ukraine really shouldn’t have asked for weapons abroad. “All the weapons we needed should have been made available to us – without being asked. Because they knew very well what evil was imminent and what it would entail.”
The pictures from Bucha, where numerous bodies of residents were found on the streets after the withdrawal of Russian troops, caused international horror on Sunday. Ukraine blames the massacre on Russian troops who until recently occupied the small town. Moscow denies that.