The Verkhovna Rada during a meeting on Thursday adopted a resolution approving a statement recognizing the actions of the Russian army in Ukraine as genocide of the Ukrainian people, according to a map of the draft resolution on the parliament's website.
"The actions committed by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are not just a crime of aggression, but pursue the goal of systematic and consistent destruction of the Ukrainian people, their identity and deprivation of their right to self-determination and independent development. This requires urgent recognition of the actions committed by the Russian Armed Forces during the last phase of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, which began on February 24, 2022, as genocide of the Ukrainian people," the explanatory note to the decree reads.
It notes, the resolution also provides for the direction of the Rada appeals to the UN, PACE, European Parliament, OSCE PA, NATO PA, governments and parliaments of foreign countries regarding the recognition of Russian military actions in Ukraine as a genocide of the Ukrainian people.
On Thursday, 363 MPs voted for this resolution.
