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Headlines: Russia accused of 'war crimes', new Western sanctions to come
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Dozens of bodies litter the streets of Boutcha, near kyiv, on April 2.
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"
The horror and barbarity in Boucha arouse the indignation of Westerners
", headlines the
Washington Post
which, like all of the international press, publishes on the front page these images of massacred civilians, "
haunting images of corpses littering the streets
", writes the
Post
"
to which are added the reports of summary executions
".
"
These images that we thought we would (never) see again on European soil
", emphasizes
Le Temps
"
clearly suggest war crimes
".
By withdrawing from the north of the country, "
the Russian army has left horror and dishonor behind it
", further comments the Swiss daily for which "
Russia has finished discrediting entirely 'its' war, just as it has finished dishonor itself
”.
While Moscow denies responsibility for the massacres, and denounces "
a manipulation ordered by the United States
", the
Guardian
argues that "
the modus operandi
" of these atrocities nevertheless bears the mark of the master of the Kremlin, "
a mixture of force brutality and indiscriminate use of artillery
", notes the British daily "
as he had done in Grozny, completely destroyed in 2003 and as during the battle of Aleppo in Syria in 2016
”.
"
It is not simply a campaign of destruction, it is a campaign of annihilation that is being waged against Ukraine
", also comments the
Suddeutsche Zeitung
for which Putin will one day have to "
answer for these crimes before an international tribunal
" .
.
Westerners prepare new sanctions against Russia
And the shock wave of the Boutcha massacre is such "
that the Europeans could even decide on an embargo on Russian gas
", underlines the
New York Times
"
despite their strong dependence on Russian energies
", and despite the impact that such a measure "
would have on their savings
".
The German Minister of Defense in any case mentioned yesterday "
the stoppage of the supply of Russian gas
", reports
Die Welt
"
evoking the need for a strong reaction, not to let such crimes go unpunished
".
While the Europeans must now consult together urgently, the United States is also considering a toughening of sanctions "
which would target in particular the countries which continue to trade with Russia
", reports the
Washington Post,
which insists on the will of the House -Blanche “
to cut Russia even more radically from the world economy
”.
The objective is "
to intensify the pressure until the Kremlin gives
in", argues the spokesperson for the State Department.
Sending arms to Ukraine to counter Russian offensive in the south
The Boutcha massacres show that there is an urgent need to implement "
all possible means to stop Russia's murderous machine as quickly as possible
", explains
Le Temps
, as the Russian army left the north of the country to strengthen its offensive in the east and south of the country.
"
The transfer of arms to Ukraine must therefore be accelerated
", underlines the
Washington Post
in particular to ensure the defense of Odessa, the strategic port city in the south-west of the country "
bombarded for several days from the Black Sea
".
"
Westerners must move up a gear
", also believes the United Kingdom, which is pushing to "arm
Ukraine with anti-ship missiles in order to sink Russian warships which are pounding coastal cities
", reports for its part. the
Guardian.
The British daily which explains that it is necessary at all costs "to
prevent Odessa from experiencing the same fate as Mariupol
, which has
also been bombarded in the past two weeks by Russian ships, and now more than 80% destroyed
".
“
Mariupol, the martyr city where thousands of people are still deprived of aid, waiting for a Red Cross convoy which still does not manage to reach the city
”, underlines for its part the
Washington Post
.
A new flag for Russian anti-war protesters
It is a tricolor Russian flag but "
deprived of its red band, replaced by white
", reports
The Observer
which explains the Russian anti-war demonstrators thus wanted to "
remove "the blood" from the flag
", and c It is therefore with a “white, blue and white striped flag” that they demonstrate their opposition to the war in Ukraine.
A new banner "
of peace and freedom
" which has been adopted on social networks, also by supporters of Alexei Navalny, and then around the world "
where demonstrations of support for Ukraine are organized
".
This new flag irritates the Kremlin so much, underlines the British weekly, “
that Russian officials proposed last week to ban it as an “extremist
” symbol.
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