Ukrainian militaryDONETSK, Mar 6Ukrainian troops are deliberately violating the norms of the Geneva Convention on the Protection of Civilian Population in Time of War, the People’s Militia of the DPR reported. Earlier on Sunday, they reported that Ukrainian militants from the Azov nationalist unit, against whose fighters a criminal case was initiated in the Russian Federation, fired at a column of civilians while their attempt to leave Mariupol along the humanitarian corridor on the M23 highway in the direction of the Novoazovsk regional center, which is under the control of the DPR. As a result, according to preliminary data, two people died.»Azov» militants shot civilians trying to get out of Mariupol»This egregious case once again proves that the Ukrainian army purposefully violates the norms of the Geneva Convention on the protection of civilians in time of war. Committed war crimes have no statute of limitations,» the People's Militia reports DPR in its Telegram channel. It also notes that all war crimes are recorded and the perpetrators are awaiting trial. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine early in the morning on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But there is no question of the occupation of Ukraine, the Russian President emphasized.The development of the situation is in the online report>>
February 19, 11:15 InfographicHow the situation in Donbass developedInfographicView
