Ukrainian servicemen on the outskirts of Artemovsk, Donetsk region. File photoMOSCOW, Aug 25In Artemovsk, the Ukrainian military set up a stronghold in a residential complex, using residents as human shields, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the Russian National Defense Control Center, said on Thursday. People's Republic in a residential complex (Shevchenko St.) units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine equipped a strong point, artillery positions and ammunition depots.At the same time, local residents are forbidden to leave their homes, and all attempts of citizens to independently evacuate to safe places are severely suppressed, people are actually used by nationalists as living shield,” the general said. He noted that the Ukrainian authorities once again openly demonstrate an inhuman attitude towards the fate of their own citizens and completely disregard the principles of international humanitarian law and the norms of the Geneva Conventions. international organizations, to stop turning a blind eye to the outrageous facts of the crimes of the Kyiv authorities against their own people and take effective measures to prevent the use of civilian infrastructure by the armed formations of Ukraine for military purposes. » /> Nebenzya recalled the crimes of Kyiv in the Donbass and Odessa
