The Estonian Parliament has decided to recognize russia's actions in Ukraine as genocide. This was reported by the leader of Servant of the People Olena Shuliak on Telegram. Estonia was the first country to make this decision, as it was the first to recognize the Holodomor as genocide in 1993.
“We know Estonia as a country with zero tolerance for any totalitarianism, dictatorship, genocide and other manifestations of inhuman policies. And today they were the first to consider the issue of recognition of the genocide, which was committed by the same russia on the territory of Ukraine, but already in the XXI century,” she said.
Recognizing this war as genocide is important for the memory of the tens of thousands who died, those who were raped and tortured.
“It is important for those whose homes have been destroyed. It matters to the hundreds of thousands of people who are forced to hide from bombs in basements in Mariupol today, cherishing the last hope that russian troops will somehow miraculously remember about humanity and allow humanitarian corridors to evacuate,” Shuliak added.
She thanked fellow Estonian parliamentarians and all the people for this support.
On April 14, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine recognized the war as genocide. Genocide is a deliberate action aimed at the total or partial elimination of population groups or peoples for national, ethnic, racial, selfish, or religious reasons.
Various world leaders, including Joe Biden, have made statements that the war against the Ukrainians is exactly genocide, but it is legally formalized by Ukraine and Estonia.