The International Court of Justice in The Hague said it has jurisdiction to try the bulk of Ukraine's lawsuit over Russia's brutal 2022 invasion, with Kiev seeking compensation.
Ukraine dragged Russia to the UN court a few days after the war began.
Russian attack on Kherson, two French aid workers killed
Two staff members of the
Swiss Interconfessional Aid (Entraide Protestante Suisse)
were the volunteers killed yesterday in a "deadly attack" in south-eastern Ukraine: the NGO announced it, without providing information on their nationality.
"A group of collaborators were attacked (...) during a humanitarian operation. Tragically, two of the team's esteemed colleagues lost their lives and other collaborators were injured," the NGO said in a statement.
This morning it was learned from the
Ukrainian authorities
that two French "volunteers" were killed and other foreigners were slightly injured yesterday during a Russian attack on the southern city of
Beryslav
, near
Kherson
.
“Foreign volunteers were killed and wounded due to an enemy attack on Beryslav,” regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin wrote on Telegram.
"The Russian army killed two French citizens and three other foreigners were slightly injured," Prokudin added without specifying the precise functions of these "volunteers".
The Ukrainian national police had reported the death of two men of French nationality following a drone attack and that three men and a woman were injured, announcing on Telegram the opening of an investigation for violation of the laws and customs of war .
“All victims had come to the Kherson region as volunteers,” Ukrainian police added.
Beryslav, which before the war had about 12 thousand inhabitants, is located on the northern bank of the Dnipro River, near the front line.
Macron: 'The killing of French humanitarian workers was a cowardly act'
"Two French humanitarian workers were killed in Ukraine by a Russian raid. A cowardly and unworthy act. I think of their loved ones and their wounded comrades. My solidarity goes to all the volunteers involved in helping the populations": the French president writes,
Emmanuel Macron
, in a message published on
"Russian barbarity affects civilians in Ukraine. Two French humanitarian workers paid with their lives for their commitment alongside the Ukrainians. Three were injured. My thoughts are with them and their loved ones. France is at their side Russia will have to answer for its crimes": the French Foreign Minister,
Stephane Sejourné
, writes this in a message published on
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