Estonia and Latvia on Thursday, April 21, officially recognized Russia's war against Ukraine as genocide.

86 deputies of the Estonian Parliament voted "

" These are murders, kidnappings, deportations, imprisonments, desecration of corpses,"

Parliaments of the countries called to support the investigation of evidence of war crimes committed by the Russian Federation throughout Ukraine.

The head of the Latvian Foreign Affairs Committee, Richard Kohl, said: “Latvia and its society have demonstrated unwavering support, loyalty and solidarity with Ukraine and its people.. Having adopted this statement and unanimously, we continue to do so. We must not forget about the main current priority - to protect the population of Ukraine from further crimes against humanity and help Ukraine liberate its land from the occupiers"

Latvia and Estonia Latvia called for increased sanctions against Russia, abandoning Russian energy sources and increasing military and critical humanitarian aid to Ukraine.

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Recall that US President Biden has twice called the Russian invasion of Ukraine a genocide..

“Yes, I called it genocide, because it is becoming clearer and clearer that Putin is simply trying to wipe out the very idea of \u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bthe existence of Ukrainians from the face of the earth,” he said..

French President Macron, on the contrary, does not use such a term: “The word genocide has a specific meaning, and lawyers, not politicians, should define it,” he believes..

Experts in the field of international law note: there are more and more legal signs of Russian genocide against the Ukrainian people.