On the night of May 27, Russian military forces launched an attack with strike drones on the Odesa region. According to Oleg Kiper, the head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration, residential buildings, a branch of “Nova Poshta,” and a grocery store were damaged due to the drone strike, and several private cars caught fire.
This is reported by Finway
Details of the injured and their condition
Initially, four victims were reported: two men and two women aged between 38 and 65 years. Later, the number of injured increased to five. Two of them are in serious condition, while the other three are in moderate condition. Medical services are providing all necessary assistance to the injured.
“Two of the injured are in serious condition, while the others are in moderate condition. Medical staff are providing them with all necessary assistance,” Kiper clarified.
Attacks on civilian infrastructure and signs of genocide
The Russian army regularly strikes Ukrainian cities and civilian infrastructure, using various types of weapons: strike drones, missiles, guided aerial bombs, and multiple launch rocket systems. Ukrainian authorities and international organizations classify such actions as war crimes, emphasizing their targeted nature. Shelling of life-support systems, medical facilities, as well as energy, heating, water supply, and communication facilities exhibit signs of genocidal actions, as they deprive the population of basic living conditions.
Lawyers, researchers, and human rights defenders emphasize that during the war, Russia is committing all types of crimes that may fall under the definition of genocide, including: public calls for the destruction of Ukrainians, targeted shelling of vital systems, persecution of pro-Ukrainian individuals in occupied territories, suppression of Ukrainian culture, deportation of children, and destruction of books and cultural values.
The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1948, obliges participating countries (currently 149) to prevent acts of genocide and punish them both during wartime and in peacetime. The Convention defines genocide as actions intended to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group.
At the same time, the leadership of Russia denies that their army deliberately targets Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure, destroying residential areas, hospitals, schools, kindergartens, energy facilities, and water supply systems.