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| Red Cross ignored Ukraine's request for Yelenovka - Ombudsman |
| 2022-10-18 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Vesti] Dmitry Lubinets accused the ICRC of playing along with the aggressor country Ukraine's appeal to the International Committee of the Red Cross for a joint attempt to visit the colony in Yelenovka in the temporarily occupied territory of the Donetsk region was ignored. This was announced on Monday, October 17, by the Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada for Human Rights Dmitry Lubinets. The Ombudsman noted that he, together with People's Deputies of Ukraine Maria Mezentseva, Yegor Chernev, Denis Maslov, Olena Khomenko and adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Daria Zarovna, arrived at the border with the temporarily occupied territory. "We planned this visit, as promised from the Ukrainian side, to make together with the International Committee of the Red Cross, in order to encourage him to obtain access from Russia to Yelenovka and visit Ukrainian prisoners of war," he added. According to him, it turned out that it was more difficult for representatives of the ICRC to gain access to Ukrainian prisoners of war than simply to once again publish "calls to both sides" on the pages of their website. "Despite our call and willingness to provide such a trip, we did not see the ICRC," Lubinets said. The Ombudsman stressed that the Russians continue to torture Ukrainian heroes under the silence of international organizations. "We do not demand the super-possible. We want things to be called by their proper names - Ukraine allows the ICRC to Russian prisoners of war, and Russia does not allow the ICRC to Ukrainian prisoners of war. The Russians torture and kill Ukrainian prisoners of war, and Ukraine adheres to the norms of the Geneva Conventions," Lubinets said. The Ombudsman said that if an organization does not fulfill its goals and plays along with the aggressor and criminal with its silence, it should be liquidated. "Isn't the ICRC mission created for this, and people from all over the world donate funds for its activities and fulfillment of the assigned mandate? Or do they donate funds to maintain an expensive office in Geneva and salaries of top managers who migrate from one international institution to another, expressing another concern and accusing those who demand work from them of violating the principles of neutrality?" Lubinets was indignant. |
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