Ukraine: Reporters Without Borders appeals to International Criminal Court over Russian blow to TV antenna in Kyiv

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) announced today that it had appealed to the International Criminal Court (ICC) after the Russian blow against the television tower in Kyiv on Tuesday, accusing it of “a war crime”.

“On March 4, the RSF filed a lawsuit against the ICC prosecutor for war crimes committed by Russian forces in Ukraine. Since the start of the Russian offensive in Ukraine on February 24, the Russian army has deliberately bombed several television antennas across the country. “, the organization said in a statement.

On Tuesday, the sixth day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a Russian rocket struck the television tower near the Babi Yar monument to the more than 30,000 Jews killed by the Nazis in two days in 1941. Five people were killed in the strike. people.

According to RSF, citing the local IMI organization, “at least three other radio and television towers have been bombed in Korosten, Lisysansk and Kharkiv, and two radio stations have stopped broadcasting after the Russian military Melitopoli and Hersonissos “.

“The deliberate bombing of many media outlets, such as television antennas, is a war crime and demonstrates the scale of the attack launched by (Russian President Vladimir Putin) against the right to information,” said Christoph Delouar, chief of The Christian Science Monitor’s Washington bureau.

On Wednesday night, the ICC prosecutor announced the “immediate start” of an investigation into the situation in Ukraine, where war crimes are said to have been committed, after receiving the green light from its 39 member states.

Source: ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ

Source: Capital

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