22/04/2022 13:03

No day of the russian military invasion of Ukraine is complete without civilian casualties and the destruction of homes, schools and infrastructure

On April 21, the russians wounded 5 civilians in Donetsk: 2 in Vuhledar, 1 each in Yampol, Zarichne and Bakhmut. As a result of artillery shelling and rocket attacks, a large number of buildings were damaged in the Donetsk region, including critical infrastructure, educational institutions and homes.

In the last 24 hours, the occupiers fired about 50 rounds of volley fire and artillery at the Kharkiv region. Two civilians were killed on April 21 as a result of shelling of the Kyiv district of Kharkiv - a russian shell hit a car that burned down along with people.

During the past 24hrs, the russian army has fired on 11 civilians in the Luhansk region. Severodonetsk, Lysychansk, Popasna, Rubizhne, and the Mountain Community came under fire.  Four civilians were injured.

In the Luhansk region, russians want to organize a famine, shops and food warehouses have been under fire for a month now.  Tonight, the last food warehouse in the region was destroyed by enemy shelling.

Communications are completely destroyed - light, mobile communications, gas and water can no longer be returned to many settlements.  Repairs are not possible. About 70,000 people remain in the region.

On April 21, in the Zaporizhia region, racists fired on 14 settlements.

In the Dnipropetrovsk region there were three missile strikes on the railway infrastructure in the Novomoskovsk district.  5 people were injured.  The railway line and the contact network were destroyed.

The killing of civilians, shelling of civilian cities and civilian objects by the aggressor army is war crimes and crimes against humanity under Articles 7 and 8 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and gross violation of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and its Additional Protocols.

I appeal to the UN Commission for Investigation Human Rights Violations during Russia's 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!