12/04/2022 12:41

Commissioner: Russia uses strictly prohibited weapons against civilians

Russia continues to use weapons against civilians and civilians that are strictly prohibited by the 1949 Geneva Conventions and special international instruments.

At night, the outskirts of Severodonetsk and Gorsky in the Luhansk region were shelled with phosphorous shells, and large-scale destruction was inflicted.

The anti-personnel mine MON-90 was found in the private sector of Irpin, a charge of 6.2 kg of plastid.  Mined under the guise of a checkered bag.

In the Kharkiv region, law enforcement officers recorded the mass use of delayed-action mines by the enemy.  They do not work immediately, only when they are affected by a person or other motion factor.

Rescuers managed to destroy more than 80 mines yesterday - on roofs, attics and even on playgrounds for children.

In total, 6,252 explosive devices were found and neutralized in Ukraine during the day of pyrotechnics.  The largest number is in the Kharkiv region (2,327 subjects).  In total, since the beginning of the war, rescuers have neutralized 54,523 explosive devices.

The use of such weapons of mass destruction against civilians is a crime against humanity and a violation of the 1949 Geneva Conventions.

I appeal to the UN Commission for Investigation Human Rights Violations during Russia's Military Invasion of Ukraine  and the expert mission set up by the OSCE participating States under the Moscow Mechanism to take into account these facts of war crimes and crimes against humanity and violations of human rights in Ukraine.

I call on international partners to close the skies over Ukraine and provide weapons to fight the aggressor country of Russia!