10/03/2022 11:06

Commissioner: every hour the aggressor country commits war crimes and crimes against humanity on the territory of Ukraine

For eight days now, the aggressor country has continued to ignore the decision of the European Court of Human Rights to ban military attacks on civilians and civilian objects.

The leadership of the aggressor country is deliberately violating the agreements on "green corridors" for the evacuation of Ukrainians from cities and villages occupied or surrounded by Russian troops.

The occupiers opened fire on evacuation columns, on civilians trying to reach the evacuation sites, on volunteers trying to deliver water, food and medicine to people in the occupied cities and towns.

Military terror in the occupied territories is becoming more cynical every day.  The night bombings of residential buildings are not just crimes against humanity, they are the deliberate destruction of peaceful Ukrainians.

Every morning I receive terrible news about last night - the deaths of adults and children in their homes as a result of night air strikes on residential areas in Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Kiev, Zhytomyr, Sumy and Donetsk regions.

This morning started again with an air raid on the long-suffering city of Mariupol - racist planes dropped bombs on the street, where people went in search of water and food.  Data on the number of dead are being clarified.

The terrorist attack on a maternity hospital and a children's hospital yesterday killed three people, including one child, and injured 17 people.

In Slobozhanskyi village Kharkiv region, a 5-year-old girl was injured when a shell hit a residential building, and her entire family - four people were killed.

As a result of an air strike in the village of Piskivka in Kyiv region, a 20-year-old girl was killed, two civilians were injured, and 9 private houses were completely destroyed.

An enemy air raid on the town of Trostyanets in the Sumy region claimed the lives of three civilians, including a minor.

Every hour, the troops of the aggressor country commit war crimes and crimes against humanity on the territory of Ukraine, violating all norms of international humanitarian law and ignoring the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights.

I call on the international community to take decisive action to deter the aggression of the Russian Federation and to compel the aggressor country to comply with the rulings of the European Court of Rights on the immediate cessation of hostilities on the territory of Ukraine.

I call on NATO member states to close the skies over Ukraine!  Only closing the skies over Ukraine can stop the mass murder of our children!

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