Maria Zakharova
© Press Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian FederationMaria Zakharova, officiel repræsentant for det russiske udenrigsministerium, under en briefing i Moskva
Manglende reaktion fra Europarådet, EU og Kontoret for Demokratiske Institutioner og Menneskerettigheder (ODIHR) på overgreb på russiske krigsfanger udført af det ukrainske militær er kriminelt, siger talskvinde for det russiske udenrigsministerium, Maria Zakharova.

'De tier stille. Der er ingen reaktion på disse krigsforbrydelser og grove krænkelser af international humanitær lov. Deres øjne er slørede af russofobi,' bemærkede Zakharova.


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She added that in Strasbourg, no one raises the question of excluding Ukraine from the Council of Europe, "although there are plenty of reasons for this." "ODIHR Director Matteo Mecacci takes out all his anger only on Russia. Moral guidelines and political honesty have been lost. What should we talk about with these institutions? Such silence is complicity in the atrocities committed. It is also a crime," the statement reads.

On Monday, videos emerged on the Internet purportedly showing Ukrainian radical nationalists torturing captive Russian troops. Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that those involved in the torture of Russian prisoners of war in Ukraine must be held accountable for their actions.