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Russian missiles and artillery have destroyed more than 152,000 residential buildings since the start of the invasion, Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said in a televised interview.
Ukraine has already registered 66,300 criminal proceedings of the alleged crimes committed by Russian troops from the start of full-scale invasion, according to Klymenko. “Most of the crimes are violations of the laws and rules of war,†he said.
Russia carried out more than 40,000 shelling attacks on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure since February of last year, he said.
The US and the European Union pledged to step up the enforcement of sanctions on Russia and further choke off supplies and technology for its military. “We’re making Russia pay for its atrocious war,†European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said during a meeting with US President Joe Biden.
Ukraine doesn’t see a link between ongoing discussions about safety guarantees with the UK, Germany, France and the US and the start of possible peace talks with Russia, Vice Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna told the Journal du Dimanche in an interview. “It is possible that this is debated among allies, but there can’t be preconditions to these talks,†she told the French weekly newspaper.
At this stage, the country believes the guarantees would strengthen the nation’s defense capacities so that neither Russia nor any another country could attack Ukraine in the future, she said.