European Council President Charles Michel is in Ukraine to see the alleged atrocities committed by Russian forces.
Michel, who is expected to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky later on Wednesday, according to the Washington Post, called the country the “heart of a free and democratic Europe.”
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“In Borodyanka,” he said on social media, “like Bucha and too many other towns in Ukraine. History will not forget the war crimes that have been committed here. There can be no peace without justice.”
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Once Russian forces withdrew from the suburbs of the capital of Kyiv, Ukrainians found a mass grave filled with hundreds of bodies, while other civilians were found shot and killed with their wrists bound behind them. The atrocities renewed and heightened accusations of war crimes.
Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office said last week they have begun investigating roughly 5,800 allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by Russian forces. Iryna Venediktova, the prosecutor general, said her office has 500 suspects whom they’re investigating, including “top politicians, top military, top propaganda agents of the Russian Federation,” she explained.
In Borodyanka.
Like Bucha and too many other towns in #Ukraine
History will not forget the war crimes that have been committed here.
There can be no peace without justice. @ZelenskyyUa pic.twitter.com/9as6Qk4lGe
— Charles Michel (@CharlesMichel) April 20, 2022
The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, labeled Ukraine a “crime scene” shortly after he visited Bucha.
“In terms of human casualties, the worst situation is in Borodyanka,” Zelensky said a couple of weeks ago in reference to another suburb of Kyiv, this one roughly 30 miles northwest of the capital. “There’s a lot to process.”
Residents of Borodyanka were returned to what was left of their homes after Russian troops withdrew earlier this month. Video footage shows locals sobbing in the streets as they process the destruction — buildings turned to rubble, homes with windows blown out, without electricity and water, according to the Washington Post.
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Michel is the latest European official to visit Ukraine. Before him, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as well as the prime ministers of the Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovenia all visited. President Joe Biden has visited Poland and expressed an interest in going to Ukraine, but no such trip is scheduled at present.
