Ɖ Obzrvr vy on Ruśa’z crîmz agnst hymaṇti in Ycren
(Transcription of an editorial published in the Observer on Sunday 13 March 2022)
Vḷdīmir Pūtin’z reźīm wl b hld t acǎnt fr ɖ atroṣtiz it z mȉting ǎt t dfnslis sviłnz
Súnde 13 Marć 2022
Ɖ wor in Ycren hz entrd its ʈrd wīc, yt stl Ruśa’z wns vōntd armd forsz r struġlñ t cntrol mć v ɖ cuntri. Ɖz blunḍrñ érz t ɖ Red Armi r sd t b tîṭnñ ɖer grip on Cyīv, bt ɖ ǎtcm rmenz dīpli unsrtn. Ɖ ōra v invinsbiḷti ɖt wns inveḷpt Ruśa’z militri z dstroid. Its repyteśn lîz in ruinz amd ɖ rubl v inveźn. Fṛstreśn ovr ɖ slo pes v advans hz léd t a ćenj in tactics. Instd v d’recli ingejñ ɖ rzistns, ɖ Ruśnz hv bsijd mejr sitiz n tecn t loñ-renj śelñ n bomñ bî artiḷri, misîlz n erstrîcs. Prezidnt Volodimir Zelensci sz mor Ycreńn sviłnz ɖn soljrz r biyñ cild az a rzult.
Ɖs cawdli, reclis poḷsi hz inevitbli léd t atroṣtiz, sć az last wīc’s līʈl atac on a mtrṇtihospitl in Mariupol. Ɖt vîl act n ɖ ofn rpitd, dlibṛt, indiscrimiṇt tarġtñ v sviłn eriaz n ɖ hymaṇterịn coṛdorz s’pozidli pṛtctd bî locl sīsfîrz slf-evidntli consttyt worcrîmz n crîmz agnst hymaṇti.
Cmpǎndñ its ofns, Ruśa hz rzortd t ɖ ys in ŕbn eriaz v mas-caźlti wepnz sć az clustrḿniśnz, ẃć scatr hundṛdz v smōl, dleid-ax́n bomlits. Ɖ YC’z Miṇstri v Dfns alejz Ruśa z olso fîrñ ʈrmobaric rocits, noun az vakmbomz, ẃć suc oxijn fṛm ɖ er (n ppl’z luñz) t jeṇret an xploźn.
Ɖs barbaric aproć t fîtñ, prīvịsli sìn in Ćećnia n Siria’z sivl wor, n Ruśa’z unpṛvoct wor v agreśn brīć inṭnaśnl lw az coḍfaid in 1949 bî ɖ Jnīva Cnvnśnz n ɖ YN ćartr, n upheld, in ʈiyri, bî ɖ YN s’kṛticaunsl n ɖ inṭnaśnl cort v justis in Ɖ Hêg.
It z vîṭli importnt, az wz ɖ ces in Siria n bfr ɖt in Boznia, ɖt ɖ YN, wstn guvnmnts n hymn-rîts grūps gaɖr evidns n recordz v Ruśn ax́nz in ordr ɖt p’liticl līdrz wɖ “cmand rsponsbiḷti” n soljrz on ɖ grǎnd me b hld t acǎnt. Proṣktrz at ɖ inṭnaśnl criminl cort hv olrdi bgun ɖs proses.
Mni v ɖ orġnîześnl n l’jisticl dificltiz fesñ ɖ invedrz r v ɖer ǒn mcñ. Contṛdictñ Prezidnt Vḷdīmir Pūtin’z dnaylz, Mosco nǎ admits inixpirịnst, il-trênd conscripts hv bn ʈroun intu batl. Ʈǎzndz hv daid. Ɖs z anɖr crîm – cmitd bî Pūtin agnst hiz ǒn ppl. Yt it z ɖ vałnt, unixpctidli ifctiv rzistns mǎntd bî Ycren’z armd forsz n sviłn voḷntirz ɖt hz cōzd ɖ bigist probḷmz fr Ruśn trūps. Ɖe wr tld bî Cremlin proṗgandists ɖe wd b welcmd az liḅretrz. Ɖ oṗzit z haṗnñ. Pūtin’z big lî, ɖt Ycreńnz lac frīdm, z xplodd. Instd, ɖe r fîtñ t b fri v him.
Pūtin’z fṛstreśn n impeśns nǎ apir t b tecñ an īvn mor sinistr trn. Wstn ofiślz wornd last wīc ɖt, jujñ bî its prīvịs ax́nz in Siria n rīsnt intelijns, Ruśa cd sn rzort t ilīgl ys v noncnvnśnl wepnz – mīnñ cemicl, bạlojicl or lo-yīld, tacticl ńclir wepnz – t brec Ycren’z rzistns.
Cemicl wepnz, noṭbli ɖ sarin nrv ejnt n clōrīngas, dlivrd bî rocits or dropt az bomz, wr rpitidli yzd agnst Sirịn sviłnz. In Gūtā, ǎtsd Dmasc̣s, az mni az 1,700 ppl daid in sarin atacs in 2013. Ɖ Sirịn n Ruśn guvnmnts dnaid rsponsbiḷti n dscrîbd ɖ atroṣti az an opziśn “fōls flag” oṗreśn t dscredit ɖm.
YS n Britiś ofiślz fir hisṭri me b rpitñ itslf folowñ fabṛcetd clemz bî ɖ Cremlin, irisponsbli rpitd bî Ćîna, ɖt ɖ YS z sīcṛtli oṗretñ bîowepnz l’boṛtriz in Ycren. Ruśa z nǎ sjstñ eni rlis, dlibṛt or axdntl, v cemicl or bạlojicl ejnts jrñ ɖ fîtñ wd ɖus b America’z fōlt.
Ɖ fir z ɖt ɖ conṿlutd lîz at ɖ hart v ɖs lêtist “fōls flag” oṗreśn r intndd t obskr ɖ iminnt ys v bánd cemicl or bạlojicl wepnz bî Ruśa itslf. Ɖ teṛbl inɉriz t victimz asd, sć wepnz hv prūvn cpaṣti t terrîz intîr popyleśnz. Ɖs z ɖer tru valy t a mas-cilr sć az Pūtin, despṛt t privel bî eni mīnz.
Hvr dludd or crezd h me b, Pūtin mst b md t unḍstand hǎ un’xptbl eni sć esc̣leśn wd b. Poṣbli h rcōlz Barac Obama’z l’mntbl fełr in 2013, aftr ɖ Gūtā atac, t impoz ɖ “inorṃs consiqnsz” h hd ʈretnd f hiz “red lîn” opozñ cemicl-wepnz ys wz crost. Poṣbli Pūtin ʈncs ɖ wst wl botl it agn.
Boris Jonsn n Jo Bîdn evidntli rmembr ɖ “red lîn” fiasco, tù. Ẃl xpresñ grev cnsrn, Britn n ɖ YS hv rfyzd t se xacli ẃt ax́n, f eni, ɖe mt tec. Ɖt’s snṣbl, fr nǎ. W mst hop ɖt Pūtin z biyñ tld in no unsrtn trmz, ʈru dipḷmatic bacćanlz n phps bî Frans’z prezidnt, Emmanuel Macron, hu stl tōcs t him, ɖt h gz dǎn ɖs paʈ at hiz utmost peṛl.
It’s plen ɖt worcrîmz, crîmz agnst hymaṇti n jeṇsîd r biyñ cmitd dêli bî Ruśa. Ol ɖoz rsponsbl śd unḍstand ɖe wl b hld t acǎnt, hvr loñ it tecs. Ɖr wl b justis fr Ycren.
