Following the failure of the blitzkrieg tactics, the Kremlin, with its generals, switched to terror tactics - with mass killings of civilians, destruction, and cruelty.
The Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Oleksiy Reznikov, said it during an extraordinary meeting of the North Atlantic Council.
"It has now been confirmed that in three weeks of the active phase of the war, the Russian occupiers have killed 103 Ukrainian children, injured more than 100, and killed about 3,000 civilians, - said the minister - The occupiers are committing a genuine act of genocide in Mariupol. It is being wiped off the face of the earth by aircraft, missiles, and artillery. Local authorities estimate the loss among civilians at about 20,000 people. And that number is growing by the minute. "
According to Oleksiy Reznikov, three million refugees from our country are already looking for rescue in neighboring countries.
"There may be several times more. The migration crisis related to the war in Syria, which Russia also inspired, will be overcome if NATO sits with folded arms," the Minister of Defence warned. "Russia's goal is to destroy the free world personified by NATO and the EU. It is only a matter of time before Russia strikes a neutral or NATO country in Europe. The Kremlin is the collective Hitler of the 21st century. It is neither a metaphor nor an exaggeration. "
Oleksiy Reznikov also added that in the three weeks of the war in Ukraine, Russia lost more soldiers than in the two Chechen wars.
"More than 13,000 soldiers, more than 400 tanks, and 1,200 military armored vehicles. We shot down 80 planes and almost 100 helicopters. We killed several Russian generals," he said. "But the consequences of the Russian occupiers' criminal actions could be catastrophic. "Chornobyl and Zaporizhzhyia. The Kremlin is already attacking a nuclear facility and endangering millions of people. The atomic catastrophe will not be watched on TV. The time of words, declarations, proclamations of intentions is over. The time for action has come. Now is the time for solid decisions a new world order. Based on law, humanism, truth, and justice. Where terrorists and tyrants will not be able to dictate freedom. "
On 16 March 2022, Russian troops purposefully destroyed the Drama Theater in the center of Mariupol, which served as a shelter for hundreds of citizens. A bomb was dropped on the building. It is still impossible to estimate the scale of this horrific and inhumane act because the city residential areas suffer constant shellings.