14/03/2022 16:51

The enemy is shelling the city of Avdiivka with prohibited weapons and threatening an ecological catastrophe

The shelling of Avdiivka has been going on in Donetsk region since last night.  The russians are firing from Point-U tactical missile systems and multiple rocket launchers.

The use of weapons of mass destruction - point-U complexes is prohibited by international treaties and additional protocols to the 1949 Geneva Conventions.

The occupiers released one package of “Hail” installations at the Avdiivka Coke Plant, which destroyed several production shops and a pipeline.  Damage to the plant's production will lead to an ecological catastrophe in the region due to emissions of harmful elements and carcinogens into the air and wastewater, and soil pollution.

Information on civilian casualties is currently being clarified.

According to Article 8 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, signed by both Ukraine and the Russian Federation, war crimes include intentional assault when it is known that it will cause accidental widespread, long-term and serious damage to the environment incomparable to  expected military superiority.

I call on international partners to increase sanctions pressure on the aggressor state to stop the military invasion and withdraw the russian armed forces from Ukraine.