Gruesome pictures spell out clear violation of the Geneva Convention by Ukrainian military.
On October 27, 2014 Assistant Press Secretary Carl Woog provided the following readout of a conversation held between Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and Ukrainian newly appointed Minister of Defense General Stepan Poltorak:
“Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel spoke today by phone with Ukraine’s Minister of Defense General Colonel Stepan Poltorak, to congratulate him on his recent appointment as minister of defense. Secretary Hagel also congratulated the people of Ukraine for holding successful parliamentary elections yesterday.
“Secretary Hagel discussed with Minister Poltorak the types of security assistance that the United States is providing to address Ukrainian defense requirements.
“Minister Poltorak also discussed Ukraine’s efforts to reform its military and thanked Secretary Hagel for U.S. support in this area. The U.S.-Ukraine Joint Commission recently held its inaugural meeting in Kyiv, building upon earlier meetings between military officials from U.S. European Command and Ukraine. Both leaders agreed to continue to build on bilateral discussions in the near future.
“Finally, Secretary Hagel and Minister Poltorak discussed the need for Russian authorities and the separatists to immediately implement all of their obligations under the Sept. 5 ceasefire agreement.”
Source: http://www.defense.gov/Releases/Release.aspx?ReleaseID=17002
Note: Absent from the conversation was any discussion of alleged Ukrainian war crimes against civilians, the breaking of the brokered ceasefire by Ukrainian troops, and violations of the Geneva Convention articles 3, 4, 5, 7 and 11 of the 1948 UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights and of Article 3 of the Convention on Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of December 9, 1948…by Ukrainian troops…
I could go on and on here.
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