The Estonian president said more and more evidence detailing murders and sex crimes against Ukrainian citizens emerged from towns around Kyiv as “war crimes” with “genocide elements”. “, after he visited several locations last week.
“It’s horrible. I’m speechless. I mean, kill civilians, children, rape women and you see the results,” Alar Karis told CNN on Thursday. “It’s a war crime, it’s a crime against humanity.”
When asked about whether what he saw was genocide, he replied: “Well, certainly elements of genocide.”
Along with the leaders of Poland, Lithuania and Latvia, Karis met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on April 13. They talked about the ban on Russian oil and gas and how to bring in large amounts of grain from Ukraine. out of the country.
“One suggestion is that we could, [use] Our ports are in [the] Baltics and in Poland and use trains to deliver grain to different countries. And of course, another option is to try to keep the Odesa gate open [so] that we can provide this kind of humanity [aid] to countries,” said Karis.
Estonia has called on the European Union to impose sanctions on Russian oil and gas shipments, but Karis is reluctant to criticize Germany for its decision to continue importing fuel.
“But [a] Of course like Germany, it’s a huge country. It’s not like Estonia because we decided with the Baltic states that we [would] Stop buying gas from Russia by the end of this year. But for Germany, it’s probably very difficult,” Karis told CNN.
The US State Department suggested on Wednesday that NATO allies could actively engage in Ukraine to help implement evacuation corridors. Karis thinks such a move is unlikely unless Russia starts using chemical weapons.
Russia is closing the Latvian consulates in St.Petersburg and Pskov, as well as the consulates-general of Estonia and Lithuania in St. Thursday. Karis was undeterred by the decision, saying only that “this is how diplomats do it.”
