On the 49th day of war, tensions have not eased in the country, especially in the east, where Ukrainians are awaiting an imminent attack by the Russian army.
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The cruiser Moskva, flagship of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, was “severely damaged” by an ammunition explosion caused by fire, Russian state agencies reported Thursday, citing the Defense Ministry. “Due to a fire, ammunition exploded on board the missile cruiser Moskva. The ship was badly damaged,” according to the ministry quoted by the Tass and Ria Novosti agencies.
The crew was fully evacuated and an investigation is underway to determine the cause of the fire, he added. Russian agencies did not specify the location of the incident. Ukrainian authorities previously claimed that the Moskva was on fire after being hit by missiles. “Neptune missiles protecting the Black Sea have caused significant damage to this Russian ship,” said Ukrainian governor of the Odessa region (south), Maxime Marchenko.
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American diplomacy on Wednesday justified the accusation of “genocide” made the day before by Joe Biden against Russia, considering that the Russian forces wanted to “destroy Ukraine and its civilian population”. The President of the United States surprised everyone on Tuesday by saying that Russian President Vladimir Putin is committing “genocide” in Ukraine, while acknowledging that it will be up to international lawyers to decide.
“I think once we can get all the evidence together, we’re going to end up coming to the same conclusion as President Biden, because what’s happening on the ground is not an accident,” said on the CNN channel number three in American diplomacy, Victoria Nuland. “It is an intentional decision by Russia and its forces to destroy Ukraine and its civilian population,” she added.
The 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide describes it as a “crime committed with intent to destroy, or all or part of, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group “. Lawyers remain cautious about the use of this term, while Western leaders are divided on its use. The Kremlin deemed it “unacceptable” that Joe Biden made such an accusation. American diplomats, however, strive to minimize the concrete scope of the presidential accusation, believing that it was above all a “moral” position.