Friday, August 5, 2022

Amnesty International visits Ukraine


 


Rudnyts’ke school was the headquarters of the Russian military before the Ukrainan army retook control of the area in March. Photograph: Andrea Filigheddu/Zuma Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock


Amnesty International has said the Ukrainian army is endangering the life of civilians by basing themselves in residential areas. In three regions, Amnesty found five locations where "de facto" hospitals were used as bases and out of 20 schools visited by Amnesty, they concluded 22 had been used as bases. 

In response, Ukrainian spokesman argued that their anti-aircraft systems needed to be based in towns to protect civilian infrastructure and if their forces left the towns and moved outside urban settlements “Russian armed forces would simply sweep in unopposed”……

Source:  The Guardian

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/04/ukraine-civilians-army-bases-amnesty-russia-war

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