OHCHR is becoming a conductor of Western interests, Gatilov said
Gennady Gatilov. File photoGENEVA, June 16The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights is becoming a conductor of the interests of the West, moving away from the principles of impartiality in its work, said Gennady Gatilov, Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN Geneva Office, during the 50th session of the UN Human Rights Council, within which the situation in Mariupol is discussed. On Thursday, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet presented a report in which she called the humanitarian situation in the city catastrophic. She stated that “the Russian Federation, as the occupying power in Mariupol, must comply with all obligations under applicable international law.” Bachelet also called for UN Human Rights representatives to be granted unhindered access to Mariupol and “all other affected areas.”The UN sent investigators to Ukraine to collect data on sexual violence Addressing Bachelet, Gatilov said that the Russian side had repeatedly reported facts and evidence of violations of international humanitarian law by Ukrainian armed forces and national battalions, including the forcible retention of the Azov regiment by militants for 2 , 5 months of local residents in the mined workshops of the Azovstal plant. “But you, dear High Commissioner, and you, dear delegates of Western countries, bashfully prefer to remain silent about all this. We are forced to state that the Administration, thus, becomes a conductor of the geopolitical interests of the collective West, demonstrating a departure from the principles of impartiality and objectivity in their activities,” Gatilov said, commenting on the report of the UN High Commissioner. He stressed that all people are equal in their rights and the rights and lives of the residents of the DPR and LPR also matter. However, in June of the same year, the Ukrainian security forces captured Mariupol, carrying out a punitive operation. On May 20, 2022, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the complete liberation of the city – the underground facilities of the Azovstal plant, where the militants of the Azov regiment were hiding (against whom criminal cases were initiated in the Russian Federation) and the Ukrainian military, came under the control of the Russian Armed Forces. In total, according to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, since May 16, more than 2.4 thousand Nazis from the Azov regiment and the Ukrainian military have surrendered, who were blocked on the territory of the plant for about a month. “All this is terrible and scary”: the brutal shelling of Donetsk
The current shelling turned out to be the strongest for Donetsk since 2015.
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The current shelling turned out to be the heaviest for Donetsk since 2015.
Shelled almost the entire city, but Proletarsky, Kuibyshevsky, Petrovsky and Kievsky districts got the most. almost the entire city, but Proletarsky, Kuibyshevsky, Petrovsky and Kievsky districts got the most.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at the city with the use of cannon and rocket artillery. Cluster munition hits were recorded.
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AFU fired at the city using cannon and rocket artillery. Cluster munition hits were recorded.
Dwelling houses, hospitals, gymnasiums, and a nursery school were hit.
Residential buildings, hospitals, gymnasiums, and a nursery garden were damaged by the impacts.
The shell hit the roof of the maternity hospital, women in labor had to be evacuated to the basement.
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A shell hit the roof of a maternity hospital, women in labor had to be evacuated to the basement.
Reports of the shelling of a maternity hospital in Donetsk caused an emergency concern at the UN.
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Reports of the shelling of a maternity hospital in Donetsk caused extreme concern at the UN.
Explosions occurred at a market in the Budyonnovsky district. "All this is terrible and scary", — said reporter Pavel Kukushkin, who happened to be their eyewitness and helped pull out the wounded.
There were explosions at the market in the Budyonnovsky district. "All this is terrible and scary", — said reporter Pavel Kukushkin, who happened to be their eyewitness and helped to pull out the wounded.
In total, as a result of the shelling of Donetsk, 69 housing constructions and 26 civilian objects were damaged. infrastructure.
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In total, 69 housing constructions and 26 civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged as a result of shelling in Donetsk.
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During the day, five residents of Donetsk were killed due to shelling, about 40 more were injured.
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During the day, five residents of Donetsk were killed due to shelling, about 40 more were injured.
The shelling was a planned operation by the Ukrainian forces to destroy the civilian population, according to DPR spokesman Eduard Basurin.
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The shelling was a planned operation by Ukrainian forces to exterminate the civilian population, according to DPR spokesman Eduard Basurin.
The Kremlin called shelling in the Donbass by Ukraine barbaric.
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The Kremlin called the shelling in the Donbass by Ukraine barbaric.
After the shelling of Donetsk, the head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, asked Russia for "additional allied forces".
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After the shelling of Donetsk, the head of the DNR, Denis Pushilin, requested "additional allied forces" from Russia.
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The current shelling turned out to be the heaviest for Donetsk since 2015.
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Almost the entire city was shelled, but Proletarsky, Kuibyshevsky, Petrovsky and Kievsky districts got the most.
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AFU fired at the city using cannon and rocket artillery . Hits of cluster munitions were recorded.
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Dwelling houses, hospitals, gymnasiums, a nursery-garden suffered from the strikes.
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A shell hit the roof of a maternity hospital, women in labor had to be evacuated to the basement.
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Reports of shelling of a maternity hospital in Donetsk caused extreme concern at the UN.
7 of 12There were explosions at the market in the Budyonnovsky district. "All this is terrible and scary", — said reporter Pavel Kukushkin, who happened to be their eyewitness and helped to pull out the wounded.
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In total, as a result of the shelling of Donetsk, 69 housing constructions and 26 civilian infrastructure facilities.
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During the day, five residents of Donetsk were killed due to shelling, about 40 more were injured.
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The shelling was planned operation of the Ukrainian forces to destroy the civilian population, said the official representative of the DPR, Eduard Basurin.
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The Kremlin called the shelling in the Donbass by Ukraine barbaric.
12 of 12< p>After the shelling of Donetsk, the head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, asked Russia for "additional allied forces".