Lithuania goes to International Criminal Court over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine / Article

Lithuanian Minister of Justice Evelina Dobrovolska has stated that immediate action is needed.

Previously, the President of Latvia Egils The Levites announcedthat he has worked on four applications to international courts, including the International Criminal Court in The Hague in connection with the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine on Sunday already has formally lodged a claim against Russia at the United Nations (UN) International Court of Justice in The Hague.

Meanwhile, the German defense minister has expressed concern about the highlights threats to the use of nuclear weapons on behalf of Vladimir Putin. According to her, Germany is raising the issue at the NATO level as well.

French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to receive both German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and European Commission President Urzula von der Leien on Monday evening to discuss both Ukraine and European sovereignty.

On Monday morning, news was received that the city of Berdyansk on the shores of the Azov Sea in Ukraine had fallen into the hands of enemies, but later a video was released where the Ukrainian flag was still flying above the city administration building and the people were singing the Ukrainian anthem while standing next to Russian armor.

Russia’s defense ministry said it had gained full control of Ukraine’s airspace by actively reporting on the liquidation of Ukraine’s air defense systems. The news came at a time when Mariupol mayor Vadim | Boichenko announced the shooting down of a Russian plane bombing a local village.

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In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Western countries imposed sanctions against the Putin regime, including the disconnection of Russian banks from the international payment system SWIFT, the ban on all transactions of the Central Bank of Russia and the freezing of all its assets.

Russian President Vladimir Putin recognizes Donetsk and Luhansk “People’s Republics” on February 21 independence from Ukraine. Putin threatened Ukraine by demanding that Ukraine immediately cease hostilities against the separatists, “otherwise all responsibility for the possible continued bloodshed will rest entirely with the conscience of the ruling regime in Ukraine.”

But on February 24, Putin announcedthat Russia has launched a “military operation” in Ukraine and called on the Ukrainian army to “lay down its arms”. This caused the democratic world even more condemnation and the next steps in sanctions against Russia.

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