The incitement to war and the public denial of the Ukrainian people’s right to exist as a national group testify to the genocidal intent behind Russian atrocities. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, wrote about this in an article for Der Spiegel,
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“The Russian leadership, officials and public figures have been laying the ideological basis for genocide for a long time. A year ago, in July 2021, Russian President Vladimir Putin published an essay “On the historical unity of Russians and Ukrainians”, where he once again stated that Ukrainians and Russians – ” one people, one whole.” In the essay, he also claimed that “modern Ukraine is a complete product of the Soviet era,” and “true sovereignty of Ukraine is possible only in partnership with Russia,” Kuleba said.
The minister noted that the Russian leader never hid his intentions, stating that the existence of Ukraine as a state is a mistake that needs to be corrected, and Ukrainians are, in fact, Russians, so they will either agree to be “one nation” with the Russians, or subject to destruction.
In addition, direct public incitement to genocide is contained in a number of articles by Russian state media, posts by high-ranking Russian officials on social networks, or in their statements on television.
Source: Ukrgate
