Amnesty International accuses Russia of war crimes in Kharkiv
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Railway station bombed in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine: more than
civilians have been killed in the region since the beginning of the war
| Photo: EFE/EPA/SERGEY KOZLOV
Amnesty International released this Monday () a report accusing Russia of war crimes in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine. According to the organization, the Kremlin caused the death of hundreds of civilians with indiscriminate bombing, in which prohibited cluster bombs and non-precision missiles were used, as well as land mines.
“People were killed in their homes and on the streets, in playgrounds and cemeteries, while lining up to receive humanitarian aid or buying food and medicine,” said Donatella Rovera, Amnesty International’s Senior Crisis Response Advisor.
“The Russian forces responsible for these horrific attacks must be held accountable for their actions, and the victims and their families must receive full reparation,” he added.
The Kharkiv Regional Military Administration informed Amnesty International thatcivilians were killed and 1.
were wounded in the region since the beginning of the war, in 24 of February.
Russia has not acceded to the convention on cluster bombs and anti-personnel mines, but Amnesty International claimed that international humanitarian law prohibits indiscriminate attacks and the use of weapons that are indiscriminate by nature, and that deaths or injuries to civilians and damage to civilian property resulting from actions of these characteristics constitute war crimes.
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