“Putin is the new Hitler”: Ukraine accuses Russia of “annihilating the population” and committing “genocide” in Mariupol

Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksi Reznikov has described the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, as the “new Hitler” for the “inhumanity with which he is waging this war”. Likewise, he has assured that Putin should be considered a “war criminal” for the “genocide” committed against places like Mariupol, a city that has been besieged for three weeks.

In addition, Russia has been addressed as a “state of terrorism”, since it “is knowingly annihilating the civilian population, premeditatedly bombing cities”. In this regard, he stressed that Ukraine is capable of stopping the Russian Army, but needs more international help. “I’m glad about the quick decision to send 500 million worth of weapons, but we need more weapons and means to fight against the aggressor”, he claimed before MEPs. Regarding the option of creating a no-fly zone, he assured that current technology allows control of the sky and that missiles stop falling on Ukrainian cities.

“The longer the doubts last, the more human lives will be lost and the more destruction there will be.“, he stated, insisting that the EU must make a decision “now” on this measure, which however has ruled out NATO on several occasions, alleging that it would trigger an all-out war in Europe.

At this point, Rezkinov has mentioned the need to have planes, tanks, weapons and anti-aircraft batteries, something that he has said that kyiv treats bilaterally with some EU member states. He has also emphasized that the Twenty-seven sustain economic sanctions over time and cut all economic ties with Moscow. “We must continue with the sanctions. They must hurt. Some companies and countries continue to do business with Russia and they are businesses stained with the blood of Ukrainians “, she has disfigured.