Russia is turned against UN accusing her that with them yesterday’s bombings against several cities in Ukraine “may have violated the laws of war and constituted war crimes if they ‘deliberately targeted’ civilian infrastructure, the UN said today.
“We ask Russia to avoid any escalation of violence”underlined Ravina Samdasani, representative of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights from Geneva, as reported by the Athens News Agency.
At the same time, he asked Moscow to “take all possible means to avoid civilian casualties and damage to political infrastructure.”
“Direct attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure, i.e. civilians, is a war crime”he underlined.
According to the UNHCR’s tally, at least 12 civilians were killed by yesterday’s shelling and more than 100 others were injured.
“We are seriously concerned that some of the attacks appear to have targeted critical political infrastructure (…) indicating that these strikes may have violated the principles for the conduct of hostilities under international humanitarian law,” Shamdasani added.
Among the targets of Russian bombing were “at least 12 energy facilities that were damaged or destroyed in eight regions” of Ukrainianshe explained.
The damage caused to central power plants and power lines before winter “raises new concerns for the protection of civilians and especially for their impact on vulnerable populations,” Samdasani noted.
Bucharest Nine presidents call Russian bombings war crimes
The bombings of Ukrainian cities by Russia constitute war crimes under international law, the presidents of the Bucharest Nine, accompanied by the presidents of North Macedonia and Montenegro, said today.
The Bucharest Nine is made up of NATO’s eastern wing allies.
“We, the presidents of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania and Slovakia, condemn the recent shelling of Ukrainian cities by Russia and which constitute war crimes under international law,” they said in a statement.
Russia describes its actions in Ukraine as a “special operation” aimed not at seizing territory, it says, but at destroying its neighbor’s military capabilities and capturing what it claims are dangerous nationalists.
It maintains, however, that it does not target civilians.
Source: News Beast
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