🎙Read excerpts from the statement of Russian Deputy Permanent Representative of to the OSCE Maxim Buyakevich “On International Humanitarian Law in the OSCE region”
💬 The declared commitment to #IHL by a number of #OSCE countries raises reasonable doubts - their geopolitical adventures in recent years in the OSCE area and beyond suggest otherwise
◽️Widespread violations of international humanitarian law in #Ukraine did not begin in 2022, but in April 2014 with the launch of the military operation to forcefully suppress political dissent in #Donbass by the post-Maidan #Kievregime
◽️Behind the loud rhetoric defending #IHL and Helsinki principles, many Western #OSCE participating States seek to cover up their share of responsibility for encouraging their longstanding violations in #Ukraine
❗️We demand a principled response to the killing and torture of Russian servicemen in #Ukraine - we are outraged that these obvious crimes in violation of #IHL norms do not find a proper reaction from the #OSCE leadership
💬 The declared commitment to #IHL by a number of #OSCE countries raises reasonable doubts - their geopolitical adventures in recent years in the OSCE area and beyond suggest otherwise
◽️Widespread violations of international humanitarian law in #Ukraine did not begin in 2022, but in April 2014 with the launch of the military operation to forcefully suppress political dissent in #Donbass by the post-Maidan #Kievregime
◽️Behind the loud rhetoric defending #IHL and Helsinki principles, many Western #OSCE participating States seek to cover up their share of responsibility for encouraging their longstanding violations in #Ukraine
❗️We demand a principled response to the killing and torture of Russian servicemen in #Ukraine - we are outraged that these obvious crimes in violation of #IHL norms do not find a proper reaction from the #OSCE leadership