Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada @r_stefanchuk:
"@Riigikogu has adopted a decision calling on the @UN member states to close the #Ukrainian sky from the Russian aggressor. This is the first decision from the parliament of a country that is a member of the #EU and @NATO.
Therefore, I would like to sincerely express the gratitude from myself, from Ukrainian parliamentarians and from all the Ukrainian people to the Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of #Estonia@ratasjuri as well as all the deputies for their courage and devotion to Ukraine.
This decision should become an example of determination for other parliaments of the world. For parliamentarians are representatives of the people. And the peoples of the world demand decisive actions to establish peace and close the sky over #Ukraine.
We truly look forward to the sky becoming the source of light and warmth for us once more – and would cease to be the source of death and destruction, being sent to us by the Russian Federation." #StopRussia#StopPutin
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❗Important❗About the information war❗
During the war, the first rule of information security - do not believe in the sources of enemy information. Such a source of information can be not only the media or social networks but also ordinary people.
Do not look in the information enemy field for loyal to 🇺🇦 who sympathizes, understands, and condemns the 🇷🇺 authorities' actions. Current information warfare tools allow such characters to be artificially created.
Do not believe in the protests on the central Russian channel, whose program plan is written in the Kremlin. Do not believe in any apologies, sprinkling ashes on your head, tears, remembrance of historical roots, shared past, place of birth in Ukraine, etc.
❗ Warning
The russian occupiers continue to detonate shells and mines on the territory of Zaporizhzhia NPP! @energoatom_ua reported that as of the morning of March 16th, the station has about 50 units of enemy equipment and many Russian soldiers, many explosives, and weapons.
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The occupiers continued to detonate shells and mines on the station that did not explode when they fired. The explosions were heard far outside the NPP site.
🔻All six units of Zaporizhzhya NPP are serviced by Ukrainian personnel. Shifts can rotate.
🔻Formally, the occupiers do not interfere in the work of nuclear power plants, but the staff is forced to agree with all technical solutions of the invaders' commander.
🔻The station employees are under intense psychological pressure from the occupiers.
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🇺🇦🇵🇱🇱🇹 The Prime Ministers of the Lublin Triangle countries (#Ukraine, #Poland, #Lithuania) call on the Russian and Belarusian peoples to speak out decisively and demand from their governments to stop military aggression against Ukraine.
According to the statement, referring to the Resolution of the @UN General Assembly, the sides:
🔻demand that Russia immediately cease all its military operations and unconditionally withdraw all its forces and military equipment from the entire territory of Ukraine;
🔻immediately and unconditionally cancel the decision on the status of certain regions of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions of #Ukraine;
🔻condemn the indiscriminate use of Russian military force against the civilian population and civilian infrastructure.
❗️The Verkhovna Rada Committee on Economic Development calls for more vigorous international sanctions against Russia.
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Since the beginning of 🇷🇺's insidious military invasion of #Ukraine, 🇷🇺 troops have been destroying residential neighborhoods and infrastructure, killing and injuring thousands of civilians. The Russian occupiers continue to commit atrocities, bomb 🇺🇦 peaceful towns and villages.
Ukraine is grateful for the help provided by governments worldwide to fight against the 🇷🇺 occupiers. The sanctions imposed in the first weeks of the Russian invasion are strong, but they cannot stop the aggressor.
❗ IMPORTANT ❗
Committee on Agrarian and Land Policy of the Verkhovna Rada of #Ukraine: Russia should be excluded from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the @UN@FAO.
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Russia's military invasion of Ukraine has not only led to a mass flow of refugees from the country, the death of our citizens, the destruction of large and small settlements, but experts say it could lead to the most profound food crisis in modern human history.
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If the war continues, world markets will not get close: MLN of wheat, 38 MLN tons of corn, and MLN of barley, which means world grain exports will fall sharply. Hundreds of millions of people worldwide face food shortages and a major humanitarian crisis.
Chairman of Verkhovna Rada of #Ukraine@r_stefanchuk:
Orders. All Russian servicemen say that there are orders. Although these orders are, indeed, criminal. But they have still carried out such commands, and now they regret it.
Therefore, as a lawyer, I consider it my duty to conduct general legal training for the Russian military. The execution of a criminal order does not release servicemen from disgrace and severe criminal liability for crimes against humanity.
According to Art. 33 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, “Orders to commit genocide or crimes against humanity are manifestly unlawful”.