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EVERY DAY, RUSSIAN TROOPS ATTACK CIVILIAN FACILITIES IN UKRAINE!

Russian aggression takes a bloody toll in Ukraine, it is the blood of not only
soldiers but also of innocent civilians. The Internet is full of information and
recordings about the attacks on the civilian population of Ukraine carried out
by Russians. Kiev, Kharkiv, Mariupol, Kherson and many other cities became
targets of missile attacks. Not only military infrastructure is under attack,
but also civilian facilities, even hospitals, schools and homes.

Those guilty of war crimes must be tried!

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IN THE FIRST THREE DAYS OF THE WAR, THERE WERE 240 UKRAINIAN CASUALTIES, THE UN
REPORTED

Every night, the people of Kiev repeatedly hear alarm sirens warning of
impending bombing. For fear of fire, civilians hide in bunkers and metro
stations. The reality of the aggressive war is similar to that of the Second
World War.

Verified photos show the destruction of places that should never be the target
of an attack. In this photograph, we see the effects of the rocket attack on
February 26. The projectile hit an apartment block on Lobanowski Avenue in Kiev.
Below is a recording of the moment of impact.

Not only larger cities, but also small towns are bombed. Among them, a small
town called Sartana in the Donetsk Oblast whose civilian population suffered,
when the Russians fired at single-family houses.



On the outskirts of Kiev, Russian soldiers in an armored vehicle deliberately
ran over a civilian car. This is one of the many serious violations of the
Geneva Conventions that govern international humanitarian law.

All those responsible for this act of aggression contrary to the norms of
international law should be held criminally responsible. War criminals from
Russia and Belarus should be sentenced in the same way as the Nazis and their
collaborators in the Nuremberg trials.
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PUBLIC UTILITY PLACES ARE ALSO UNDER ATTACK. INCLUDING EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
AND HOSPITALS.

According to the NEXTA TV station on February 26, the Russian troops fired on
the kindergarten during the attack on Chernihiv in northern Ukraine.
Fortunately, no one was inside.



During the fighting in Melitopol on the Black Sea, a Russian missile hit the
oncology ward of the hospital. The Ukrainian minister for health also informed
about other attacks on medical facilities, including those in Wuhledar a small
town of less than 15,000 inhabitants in the Donetsk Oblast, where 6 people were
reported to have suffered.

The Russian soldiers decided to fire in cold blood on a Ukrainian ambulance that
was carrying the wounded near Kherson on February 26. Medical doctors are also
among the victims. It is an act of barbarism that was already banned in the
Geneva Convention of 1864.



Journalists who try to report on the situation at the front are also falling
victim to Russian aggression. The Danish daily “Ekstra Bladet” informed about
the attempt to murder two of their journalists in eastern Ukraine.  The
attackers fired at their car. The prosecutor general of Ukraine also informed
that in Kherson, Russian soldiers shot a journalist with hand guns.


WITH EACH DAY OF THE WAR, THERE WILL BE MORE CASUALTIES

The free world cannot turn a blind eye to these crimes. The humanitarian and
military aid provided to Ukraine is a praiseworthy example that the
international community does not tolerate the barbarity of war as a method of
dispute resolution. But let’s not stop there. War criminals must be held
accountable. That is why we have prepared a petition to the UN Secretary
General, to the Head of the EU Council, to the President of Poland and to the
President of Ukraine. We are also constantly gathering evidence of all abuses
and violations of humanitarian law committed by the invading Russian and
Belarusian troops. Let us not let them escape justice!

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OPEN LETTER TO THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL, TO THE HEAD OF THE EU COUNCIL, TO THE
PRESIDENT OF POLAND AND TO THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE.

 

Without a doubt, we are witnessing an international military invasion in Europe
for the first time since World War II. The Russian Federation decided to
drastically expand its military actions started in 2014 and committed a complete
violation of international law by launching an open invasion of Ukraine as part
of an elaborately planned military operation.

Although, the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and the First Additional Protocol of
1977 were applicable to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine for the last
eight years, the launch of the nationwide invasion has dispelled all doubts as
to whether we are dealing with an international armed conflict.

Already in the first hours after the invasion began, the Internet was
overflowing with evidence pointing to Russian abuses against the civilian
population. Terrorizing civilians with rocket attacks on civilian facilities,
including residential buildings, is an unacceptable violation of the basics of
international law, also in terms of the rules of distinguishing between military
and civilian targets. Ukraine’s Minister of Health, Viktor Laszko, also alerted
that Russian armed forces were firing at hospitals.

The actions of the Russian Federation constitute a clear violation of the
peremptory norms of international law, which creates an obligation on the part
of other states to take all measures to stop the Russian aggression and to hold
those responsible to account. Therefore, we demand an international
investigation to secure and analyze the evidence of crimes against peace and
against the civilian population of Ukraine, committed by the Russian Federation
and the Republic of Belarus which is participating in the aggression. Moreover,
we demand that all politicians and military personnel who are responsible for
the greatest armed conflict on the European continent since 1945 and for
resorting to war as a means of conducting foreign policy be brought to
international criminal accountability.

It should be stressed that, based on the declaration of Ukraine, the
International Criminal Court has jurisdiction to identify, prosecute and judge
the perpetrators and accomplices of crimes against humanity and war crimes
committed on the territory of Ukraine since February 20, 2014.

The invasion initiated by the government of Vladimir Putin is also a violation
of the peremptory prohibition of aggressive war and resorting to war in
relations between states. These principles were confirmed as early as 1929 in
the Briand-Kellogg Pact, which later served as the basis for the sentencing of
Nazi civil and military commanders of the Third German Reich by the Nuremberg
Tribunal. These principles have been strengthened by the United Nations Charter,
which affirms the prohibition of aggressive war. The half-century development of
international law in this area may be thwarted if the world today does not
clearly and categorically respond to the violations on the part of Russia.

At a time when evidence of every war crime can be recorded and secured by the
victims and their allies, the international community must not fail to
consistently and firmly hold the perpetrators of the horrors of war to account.

Yours faithfully,
Citizens of the free world


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