Nonsense. Those places would be getting damaged or destroyed, and people killed, if the Russians had not invaded the country and attacked them in the first place.
“Nonsense. Those places would be getting damaged or destroyed, and people killed, if the Russians had not invaded the country and attacked them in the first place.”
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You sound like the spokesperson for HAMAS and Hezballah!
Hamas again uses Gazan civilians as human shields
11.07.2014
Hamas again uses Gazan civilians as human shields to prevent the Israeli Air Force from attacking operatives’ houses. Hamas will probably employ various tactics of using civilians as human shields as Operation Protective Edge continues and expands.
https://embassies.gov.il/MFA/ForeignPolicy/Terrorism/Pages/Hamas-again-uses-Gazan-civilians-as-human-shields-July-2014.aspx
“Nonsense. Those places would be getting damaged or destroyed, and people killed, if the Russians had not invaded the country and attacked them in the first place.”
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SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
IN UKRAINE IN THE CONTEXT
OF THE ARMED ATTACK
BY THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
24 FEBRUARY — 15 MAY 2022
Placement of military objectives near civilian objects and the use of human shields
34. OHCHR is concerned that in the course of hostilities, both Russian armed forces and affiliated
armed groups as well as Ukrainian armed forces took up positions either in residential areas or
near civilian objects, from where they launched military operations without taking measures for the
protection of civilians present, as required under IHL.16 OHCHR is further concerned by reports of
the use of human shields, which involves seeking to use the presence or movement of the civilian
population or individual civilians to render certain points or areas immune from military operations.
The use of human shields is specifically prohibited by article 28 of Geneva Convention IV and
article 51(7) of additional protocol I.
35. OHCHR does not have reliable numbers on these cases, but the case of a care house in the
village of Stara Krasnianka (Luhansk region) has been emblematic in this regard. At the beginning
of March 2022, when active hostilities drew nearer to the care house, its management repeatedly
requested local authorities to evacuate the residents. This was reportedly impossible as Ukrainian
armed forces had allegedly mined the surrounding area and blocked roads. On 7 March, soldiers
from Ukrainian armed forces entered the care house, where older persons and residents with
disabilities and staff were located, as it had strategic value due to its proximity to an important
road. On 9 March, soldiers from Russian affiliated armed groups, who were approaching from
the opposite direction, engaged in an exchange of fire with soldiers from Ukrainian armed forces,
although it remains unclear which side opened fire first. During this first exchange of fire, no staff or
patients were injured.
36. On 11 March, 71 patients with disabilities and 15 staff, along with soldiers from Ukrainian
armed forces, remained in the care house with no access to water or electricity. That morning,
soldiers from Russian affiliated armed groups attacked the care house with heavy weapons, with
patients and staff still inside. A fire started and spread across the care house while fighting was
ongoing. Some staff and patients fled the care house and ran into the forest, until they were met five
kilometers away by Russian affiliated armed groups, who provided them with assistance. According
to various accounts, at least 22 patients survived the attack, but the exact number of persons killed
remains unknown.
37. By way of further example, in the village of Yahidne in Chernihiv region, which was controlled
by Russian armed forces from 3 to 31 March, 360 residents, including 74 children and 5 persons
with disabilities, were forced by Russian armed forces to stay for 28 days in the basement of a
school they had been using as their base. The basement was extremely overcrowded and people
had to sit for days without an opportunity to lie down. There were no toilet facilities, water or
ventilation. As a result of the conditions, ten older persons died. The incident raises concerns that
Russian armed forces used civilians to seek to render their base immune from military operations,
while also subjecting them to inhuman and degrading treatment.