A genocide against Ukrainians is unfolding right now
A genocide against Ukrainians is unfolding right now.
It already has a name: “Kholodomor” (exhaustion through cold)
This crime is being deliberately committed by russia.
In legal terms, it has a clear definition – genocide.
Under Article II of the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, one of the defining acts of genocide is:
“Deliberately inflicting on a group of people conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part.”
Many Ukrainian cities – Kyiv foremost among them – have been without electricity, heating, and water for the second week in a row, amid severe frosts.
What does this mean?
It means people are being condemned to death by russia.
This is what is happening:
▪️ Elderly people cannot leave their apartments to buy food or water because elevators do not work – or because they are physically unable to walk down the stairs;
▪️ No communication: mobile phones are dead, there is no way to call for help or an ambulance;
▪️ Sick people cannot use life-sustaining medical equipment because there is no electricity at home;
▪️ Mothers of small kids carry their children and strollers up staircases in high-rise buildings – along with water and food;
▪️ No hot meals and no possibility to cook food at home;
▪️ Sewer system failures, creating critical and dangerous conditions;
▪️ Illness caused by extreme cold and the inability to stay warm;
▪️ Children cannot attend schools because there is no heating. Distance learning is also impossible without electricity;
▪️ Kindergartens are closed, mothers cannot work, earn money to feed their children;
▪️ Stray animals are freezing to death on the streets;
▪️ Even pets are dying from the cold – parrots, aquarium fish, animals kept in terrariums;
▪️ Animals in zoos are freezing;
▪️ Collections of rare plants in Kyiv’s botanical gardens have frozen and died;
▪️ Small businesses are earning nothing, forced to spend money on generators and fuel – causing direct losses to the economy;
▪️ Severe harm to the environment and public health due to the constant operation of massive numbers of generators;
▪️ Public transport functions far worse due to power outages; electric transport does not operate at all, leaving people unable to reach work, doctors, or essential services;
▪️ Burst pipes and freezing temperatures are destroying homes, making them uninhabitable;
▪️ Hospitals are forced to cancel planned surgeries, operating in emergency mode and at full capacity;
▪️ Rates of depression, anxiety disorders, and burnout are sharply increasing.
Russia wants to make large Ukrainian cities uninhabitable.
This is a humanitarian catastrophe deliberately caused by Russia.
Source: Anton Gerashchenko