Deadly Russian strikes may amount to war crime - UN

Record ID: 1692756

  • Title: Deadly Russian strikes may amount to war crime - UN
  • Date: 11th October 2022
  • Summary: DNIPRO, UKRAINE (OCTOBER 10, 2022) (REUTERS) BLAST SITE DAMAGED BUILDING POLICE CRATER VARIOUS OF DAMAGED CAR
  • Embargoed: 25th October 2022 11:32
  • Keywords: Human rights Russia Ukraine United Nations attack war war crimes
  • Location: DNIPRO, KYIV, LVIV & ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE / GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
  • City: DNIPRO, KYIV, LVIV & ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE / GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
  • Country: Ukraine
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Europe,Military Conflicts
  • Reuters ID: LVA001141611102022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES
    Russia may have committed war crimes during attacks that rained cruise missiles on busy Ukrainian cities on Monday (October 10), killing civilians and knocking out power and heat, a spokesperson for the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said on Tuesday (October 11).
    Missiles tore into intersections, parks, and tourist sites in the capital Kyiv and explosions were reported in Lviv, Ternopil, and Zhytomyr in western Ukraine, Dnipro, and Kremenchuk in the centre, Zaporizhzhia in the south and Kharkiv in the east.
    “This is unconscionable. We have to stress that intentionally, directed attacks against civilians and civilian objects, that is objects which are not military objectives, amount to a war crime,” said OHCHR spokeswoman, Ravina Shamdasani.
    She said at least 12 civilians were killed and more than 100 injured.
    “The location and timing of the strikes, when people were commuting to work and taking children to school, is particularly shocking,” she added.
    Russia has faced several setbacks since early September, with Ukrainian forces bursting through the front lines and recapturing territory. Putin responded by ordering a mobilisation of hundreds of thousands of reservists, proclaiming the annexation of occupied territory and threatening repeatedly to use nuclear weapons.
    (Production: Cecile Mantovani)
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