24/03/2022 13:09

Commissioner: by brutally killing the civilian population of Ukraine, the aggressor's troops continue to commit crimes against humanity

Soldiers of the armed forces of the Russian Federation and members of russian-controlled illegal armed groups are shelling the territories of peaceful cities of Ukraine en masse.

The bombing of the settlements of Luhansk region - Lysychansk, Severodonetsk, Rubizhne, Popasna, Shchastya, Novodruzheska took the lives of 10 civilians, 6 others were injured.  About 31 objects were damaged, including 10 apartment buildings and 13 private houses, the administrative building of the East Ukrainian National University.  V. Dalia, Children's Department of the City Multidisciplinary Hospital of Severodonetsk.

The administrative building of the Shchastynska Thermal Energy Company Municipal Enterprise was destroyed.  Under the rubble in the shelters are citizens, including a pregnant woman and six children who are unable to get out on their own.

In the Kiev region in the direction of Ivankiv-Katyuzhanka-Dimer-Kozarovichi-Demidov, which is temporarily controlled by the russian occupiers, the invaders are mocking people.  Locals are shot, robbed and kidnapped.

Today the russians killed 1 more person in Donetsk region, wounded three.

A large-scale fire broke out at one of the city's enterprises in Trostyanets.  Rescuers could not come to the scene to extinguish it due to constant shelling.  The fire has been going on for three days.

The russian military fired air-to-ground missiles at the most densely populated Okhtyrka district in the Sumy region.  Missiles hit high-rises houses, killing people.  The number of victims is being clarified.

By brutally killing civilians, the aggressor's forces continue to commit crimes against humanity as defined by the Statute of the International Military Tribunal and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, ignoring all the requirements of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War.

Every air strike by the aggressor's troops takes dozens of lives of peaceful Ukrainians as long as the skies over our country remain open.

I appeal to NATO member states to close the skies over Ukraine!

@NATO #closethesky #закрийтенебонадукраіною