In Druzhkivka, Donetsk region, Russian troops carried out a massive airstrike on the private sector, resulting in the death of a woman born in 1954, and another man was injured. According to the State Emergency Service, nine aerial bombs were dropped on the city.
This is reported by Finway
Consequences of the attack and the work of rescuers
As a result of the strike, 12 private residential houses, an outbuilding, and an important infrastructure facility were damaged. Two fire outbreaks occurred due to the explosions: structural elements of the outbuilding and personal belongings caught fire. Rescuers quickly localized the fire over an area of 121 square meters, but due to the danger of a repeated attack, the firefighting had to be temporarily suspended.
“A woman born in 1954 has died. A man born in 1951 was injured – rescuers provided him with first aid,” the rescuers report.
Russian attacks on civilian infrastructure and signs of genocide
Russian military forces systematically strike cities in Ukraine, using various types of weapons – strike drones, missiles, guided bombs, and multiple launch rocket systems. These attacks are aimed not only at military targets but also at civilian infrastructure, including electricity and water supply, healthcare facilities, and residential buildings.
The Ukrainian authorities and international organizations classify such actions as war crimes of the Russian Federation and emphasize their deliberate nature. Continuous shelling of life-support systems, as well as healthcare facilities, exhibits signs of genocidal actions, as they deprive the population of essential living conditions – electricity, heating, water, medical assistance, and communication.
During the full-scale war, Russia commits all types of crimes that fall under the definition of genocide: from public statements denying the existence of Ukrainians as a nation to organized persecution, deportation of children, destruction of cultural values, and theft of historical artifacts. Such actions are a direct violation of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1948. According to this Convention, participating countries are obligated to prevent genocide and punish those who commit it.
Signs of genocide include the killing of members of a particular group, causing them serious harm, creating conditions for their physical destruction, as well as the forcible transfer of children and incitement to such actions. Despite this, the leadership of Russia publicly denies the facts of targeted strikes on the civilian infrastructure of Ukrainian cities and villages, as well as the destruction of medical and educational institutions, energy, and water supply facilities.