Setting the Record Straight; Stuff You Should Know About #Ukraine

February 9, 2023
By Mike WHITNEY
On February 16, 2022, a full week before Putin sent combat troops into Ukraine, the Ukrainian Army began the heavy bombardment of the area (in east Ukraine) occupied by mainly ethnic Russians. Officials from the Observer Mission of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (#OSCE) were located in the vicinity at the time and kept a record of the shelling as it took place. What the OSCE discovered was that the bombardment dramatically intensified as the week went on until it reached a peak on February 19, when a total of 2,026 artillery strikes were recorded. 

https://strategic-culture.org/news/2023/02/09/setting-record-straight-stuff-you-should-know-about-ukraine/

#Article51 #Donbass #OSCE

🇵🇸 UN Special Rapporteur: Israel can’t claim ‘right of self-defence’

Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, has said that Israel cannot claim the right of ‘self-defence’ under international law because Gaza is a territory which it occupies. Her comments came in a speech to the National Press Club in Canberra, Australia.

Chapter VII: Article 51 — Charter of the United Nations — Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs — Codification Division Publications –

#Palestine #Gaza #Genocide #UN #Article51 #OPT
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