Sajid Javid: The world must act to stop 'mass murder' in Ukraine

Sajid Javid: The world must act to stop 'mass murder' in Ukraine
April 6, 2022, 9:55 am

UK health minister Sajid Javid/Official Facebook page

The Anews reported, citing Reuters, British Health Secretary Sajid Javid said on Wednesday (6 Apr), the world must act to stop the mass murder in Ukraine, comparing reports of civilian killings by Russian troops to a 1995 genocide in Bosnia.

Since Russian troops withdrew from towns and villages around the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, Ukrainian troops have been showing journalists corpses of what they say are civilians killed by Russian forces, destroyed houses and burnt-out cars.

He told BBC television: "This is mass murder on an unprecedented scale in Europe. We haven't seen the likes of this I think since 1995."

In July 1995, Bosnian Serb forces overran a United Nations "safe zone" in Srebrenica and massacred men and boys in what is widely seen as Europe's worst atrocity since World War II.

This little girl was evacuated from from Bucha Hospital, Kyiv Oblast some time ago. During the incessant bombings and attacks on Irpin, Bucha and Hostomel, she lost her left arm (File photo and text: Euromaidan Press)

Javid said: "I don't want to be commemorating another genocide in Europe years from now. We have the power, the world has the power to stop this, and it must act."

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Source: anews

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