President: Russia's actions against Ukraine have signs of genocide

“We must call a spade a spade. Russia's criminal actions against Ukraine bear signs of genocide. I spoke about this with the UN Secretary-General. Russia is on the path of evil. The world must come to deprive Russia of the right to vote in the UN Security Council”, Zelensky stressed in his speech on the morning of February 27.

According to the president, last night "was hard".

"What are they doing? It is revenge. The people rose up to defend their state, and they revealed their true face. This is terror.  They are going to bomb our Ukrainian cities even more… They lied that they would not touch the civilian population.  But from the first hours of the invasion, Russian troops have been beating civilian infrastructure. They deliberately chose tactics to defeat people and everything that makes life just normal. Power plants, hospitals, kindergartens, residential buildings - everything is under attack every day”, the President of Ukraine emphasized.

Zelensky noted that what Russian forces are doing to Kharkiv, Akhtyrka, Kyiv, Odesa and other cities and villages "pulls for an international tribunal".

We record all their crimes. And these crimes would have been much more if not for our courageous defenders”, he stressed.

Zelensky also noted the actions of the international "anti-war coalition" in support of Ukraine, in particular, the support of all European countries for the decision to disconnect Russia from SWIFT.

Martial law has been introduced in Ukraine after a new Russian invasion. At 5 a.m. on February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the start of a special operation in the Donbas after an appeal for military assistance from DPR/LPR groups, which he had previously recognized.

President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree on general mobilization. Western countries have begun to apply new sanctions against Russia because of the attack on Ukraine.

Despite the direct invasion, the Kremlin denies any intention to occupy Ukraine.  The Russian Ministry of Defense also denies the Ukrainian side's information about downed Russian planes, bombed armored vehicles, the death of Russian soldiers and states that they do not shell Ukrainian cities.

On February 24, the Kremlin repeated Putin's preliminary statement that the aim of the invasion was "the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine".