Updated on 07/14/2022 00:12
- Ukrainian President Zelensky is confident that the blockade on grain exports will soon come to an end.
- Selensky campaigned in The Hague for thorough prosecution of war criminals.
- Ukrainian Maryna Wiasowska was awarded the Order of Merit by Selensky for her courageous words in Moscow.
The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Selenskyj sees good chances that the blocked grain exports will soon be unblocked. “The Ukrainian delegation has informed me that there is some progress,” Zelenskyy said in his video address on Wednesday. He was referring to the negotiations in Turkey on lifting the Russian naval blockade of Ukrainian ports. If the Russian threat to shipping in the Black Sea can be eliminated, the global food crisis will become less acute, Zelenskyy assured. the Ukraine was one of the largest grain exporters in the world before the war.
Selensky pleads in The Hague for just punishment of war criminals
In his video address, the Ukrainian President also referred to his planned appearance at a forum in The Hague on the prosecution of war crimes in Ukraine on Thursday. “We have to coordinate our efforts in such a way that everyone who is guilty receives their just punishment,” Zelenskyj said. Since the start of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, numerous war crimes have also been recorded against the civilian population. Zelenskyj was convinced that the perpetrators would be brought before an international court.
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37-year-old Maryna Wiasowska awarded the Order of Merit
The 44-year-old also gave detailed praise to Maryna Wiasowska, the winner of the Fields Medal from Ukraine, the equivalent of the Nobel Prize in mathematics. Wiasowska not only showed outstanding achievements in mathematics, but also helped Ukraine in its defense against Russian aggression. The 37-year-old mathematician had during the Fields Medal ceremony Moscow War against Ukraine condemned. Selenskyj distinguished Wiasowska with the Order of Merit. (jst/dpa)
Updated on 3/8/2022 at 3:39 p.m
Ukraine has taken Russia to the International Court of Justice in The Hague over the war. The International Criminal Court is also located there. There is also the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, which are violated in every war. An international law expert explains who is responsible. (Teaser picture: picture alliance / Daniel Kalker) © ProSiebenSat.1