The PACE (Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe) has recognized that Russia is committing cultural genocide on Ukrainian territories, according to Yevhenia Kravchuk, Deputy Chair of the Committee on Humanitarian and Information Policy.
The Parliamentary Assembly also recognized that the erasure of Ukrainian cultural identity is an instrument of war against Ukraine and is aimed at destroying the Ukrainian nation.
“Such actions constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity and indicate a specific genocidal intent to destroy the Ukrainian nation or at least a part of it, in particular by destroying Ukrainian identity and culture. This is part of the genocidal campaign that Russia is waging against the Ukrainian people,” she added.
The key provisions of the document to be voted on in the hall at the June PACE session include
Author - Serhii Kolomiets, 29/05/2024