20/04/2022 16:50

The russians are mining the occupied territories of Ukraine

On the night of April 18, along the Kherson-Snihurivka highway (the section between Naddnipryanske-Oleksandrivka), the occupiers carried out heavy mining of fields, plantings and dirt roads.

In the Kharkiv region on the territory of the Velykoburlutsky district the passage of local residents is allowed only on the territory of the Russian Federation.  All secondary roads (including dirt roads) are completely mined.

The use of mines against both civilians and the military is not permitted under the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction.

The use of such weapons by enemy troops against civilians is a crime against humanity and a violation of the 1949 Geneva Conventions.

I appeal to the UN Commission for Investigation Human Rights Violations during the Russian Military Invasion of Ukraine to take into account these facts of crimes and human rights violations in Ukraine.

I call on international partners to close the skies over Ukraine and provide weapons to fight the aggressor country of Russia!