High-explosive anti-personnel mines (PFM-1) «Petal» in Donetsk. File photoDONETSK, Aug 27In the Donetsk People's Republic, 58 people have already been injured as a result of the operation of anti-personnel mines from the PFM-1 «Lepestok» remote installation used by Ukrainian troops, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC) reported. «As of 15.00 27 In August, 58 cases of explosions of civilians, including two children, were already registered in the republic on the mines of the PFM «Lepestok». One of the victims died in the hospital as a result of a wound,» the representative office said in a message on the Telegram channel. Genocide of the civilian population of Donbass. Photo evidence of Irina Gerashchenko
This is the funeral of eleven-year-old Katya from Gorlovka in Donetsk. On May 26, 2015, a Ukrainian shell killed the girl. Her three-year-old brother Bogdan was hit in the back by a shrapnel, the boy survived. Ekaterina, Katya's mother, had her arm torn off. Father Yuri died.
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This is the funeral of eleven-year-old Katya from Gorlovka in Donetsk. On May 26, 2015, a Ukrainian shell killed the girl. Her three-year-old brother Bogdan was hit in the back by a shrapnel, the boy survived. Ekaterina, Katya's mother, had her arm torn off. Father Yuri died.
A shell from the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit the house of this elderly man. On that day, July 15, 2015, the Ukrainian army destroyed four private houses in Horlivka with artillery strikes. One woman died, another was seriously injured, as a result of which she lost her leg. Shooting at houses with civilians — old people, children, women — was not considered a war crime by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Thousands of people have lost their lives, loved ones, health, a roof over their heads in eight years.
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A shell from the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit the house of this elderly man. On that day, July 15, 2015, the Ukrainian army destroyed four private houses in Horlivka with artillery strikes. One woman died, another was seriously injured, as a result of which she lost her leg. Shooting at houses with civilians — old people, children, women — was not considered a war crime by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Thousands of people have lost their lives, loved ones, health, roof over their heads in eight years.
A young resident of Gorlovka shows a piece of ammunition that exploded on the territory of a local school. On August 25, 2015, the Ukrainian security forces shelled the city, two schools, a kindergarten, and a vocational school building were damaged. Four local residents were injured, one woman died.
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A young resident of Gorlovka shows a piece of ammunition, exploded on the grounds of a local school. On August 25, 2015, the Ukrainian security forces shelled the city, two schools, a kindergarten, and a vocational school building were damaged. Four local residents were injured, one woman died.
The most unprotected in the war are not only children, but also lonely, sick old people. They have nowhere to run from the war. In this photo, an elderly woman is trying to keep warm under the covers. Her house in the Kievsky district of Donetsk was hit by artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in March 2017.
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The most vulnerable in the war — these are not only children, but also lonely, sick old people. They have nowhere to run from the war. In this photo, an elderly woman is trying to keep warm under the covers. Her house in the Kievsky district of Donetsk in March 2017 was hit by artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The shelling was waiting in the cellars. Sometimes I had to sit there for weeks. The whole life of the little inhabitants of Donbass, growing up to the sounds of Ukrainian "arrivals", was forced to pass underground. These are toys in a makeshift children's room and drawings on the walls in one of the basements in the village of Spartak, Donetsk region, 2017. from 7
The shelling was waiting in the cellars. Sometimes I had to sit there for weeks. The whole life of the little inhabitants of Donbass, growing up to the sounds of Ukrainian "arrivals", was forced to pass underground. These are toys in a makeshift children's room and drawings on the walls in one of the basements in the village of Spartak, Donetsk region, 2017.
The Donetsk Holy Iberian Convent, which suffered from shelling, became evidence of Ukrainian barbarism. In the fall of 2014, the DPR army began liberating the Donetsk airport, not far from which the monastery is located. It was then that the monastery and the cemetery came under artillery fire (from the side of the new airport terminal, which at that time was controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine), including incendiary shells. The cemetery was particularly affected.
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The Donetsk Holy Iberian Convent, which suffered from shelling, became evidence of Ukrainian barbarism. In the fall of 2014, the DPR army began liberating the Donetsk airport, not far from which the monastery is located. It was then that the monastery and the cemetery came under artillery fire (from the side of the new airport terminal, which at that time was controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine), including incendiary shells. The cemetery was especially damaged.
Donetsk, 2015. An inscription above one of the apartments in a building destroyed by shelling by Ukrainian security forces.
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Donetsk, 2015. An inscription above one of the apartments in a building destroyed by shelling by Ukrainian security forces.
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This is the funeral of eleven-year-old Katya from Gorlovka in Donetsk. On May 26, 2015, a Ukrainian shell killed the girl. Her three-year-old brother Bogdan was hit in the back by a shrapnel, the boy survived. Ekaterina, Katya's mother, had her arm torn off. Father Yuri died.
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A shell from the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit the house of this elderly man. On that day, July 15, 2015, the Ukrainian army destroyed four private houses in Horlivka with artillery strikes. One woman died, another was seriously injured, as a result of which she lost her leg. Shooting at houses with civilians — old people, children, women — was not considered a war crime by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Thousands of people have lost their lives, loved ones, health, roofs over their heads in eight years.
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A young resident of Gorlovka shows a piece of ammunition that exploded on the territory of a local school. On August 25, 2015, the Ukrainian security forces shelled the city, two schools, a kindergarten, and a vocational school building were damaged. Four local residents were injured, one woman died.
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The most unprotected in the war are not only children, but also lonely, sick old people. They have nowhere to run from the war. In this photo, an elderly woman is trying to keep warm under the covers. Her house in the Kievsky district of Donetsk in March 2017 was hit by artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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The shelling was waiting in the cellars. Sometimes I had to sit there for weeks. The whole life of the little inhabitants of Donbass, growing up to the sounds of Ukrainian "arrivals", was forced to pass underground. These are toys in a makeshift children's room and drawings on the walls in one of the basements in the village of Spartak, Donetsk region, 2017.
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The Donetsk Holy Iberian Convent, which suffered from shelling, became evidence of Ukrainian barbarism. In the fall of 2014, the DPR army began liberating the Donetsk airport, not far from which the monastery is located. It was then that the monastery and the cemetery came under artillery fire (from the side of the new airport terminal, which at that time was controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine), including incendiary shells. The cemetery was especially damaged.
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Donetsk, 2015. An inscription over one of the apartments in a building destroyed by shelling by Ukrainian security forces.
Earlier, the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) stated that they had received two credible complaints about the use of cluster munitions by Ukrainian troops, but the speakers evaded the question of the possibility of traveling to the Donbass to collect evidence. Anti-personnel high-explosive mine (PFM-1) «Petal» is designed to damage the legs and is triggered when a person steps on it. It is installed on the ground by remote means of mining. A special insidiousness of a mine for civilians is that, due to its unusual shape, people who are not familiar with this mine may not recognize it as a dangerous object. The mine is almost an exact copy of the American BLU-43/B (Dragontooth) mine. The DPR representative office in the JCCC has repeatedly recorded the use of cluster munitions equipped with Petal mines by Ukrainian troops in the cities of the republic. The Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the UN previously circulated a letter in the Security Council on the use anti-personnel mines «Petal» against the civilian population in the Donbass. The letter was also sent to the UN Secretary General. In 2005, Ukraine ratified the Ottawa Convention, which prohibits the use, stockpiling and production of anti-personnel mines. Thus, Kyiv violates its international obligations. . NATO countries were actively pumping up Nezalezhnaya with weapons, trained the Ukrainian military under the pretext of cooperation in the defense sphere, and prepared Kyiv for a big war. Funds were allocated from their own budgets, sparing no expense. The amounts grew year by year.