As a result of yet another shelling by the Russian Federation’s military, the village of Zelenivka, part of the Kherson city community, was affected. According to the city military administration, two local residents were injured in the attack.
This is reported by Finway
Details of the Shelling and Condition of the Victims
According to local authorities, a 60-year-old woman and a 61-year-old man were injured in the strike. Both sustained concussions, mine-explosive injuries, and closed traumatic brain injuries. The woman also suffered shrapnel wounds to her right shoulder and leg, while the man received a shrapnel wound to his right foot, resulting in the amputation of his toes. The victims were promptly hospitalized, where they are receiving necessary medical assistance. It is known that both were in the yard at the time of the strike.
“The 60-year-old woman and the 61-year-old man sustained concussions, mine-explosive injuries, and closed traumatic brain injuries. The female victim also has shrapnel wounds to her right shoulder and leg. The man has a shrapnel wound to his right foot with toe amputation,” the report states.
Regular Strikes and Signs of Genocidal Actions
The Russian military continues to systematically shell Ukrainian cities and civilian infrastructure using various types of weapons, including strike drones, missiles, guided aerial bombs, and multiple launch rocket systems. Such actions are recorded across all regions of Ukraine.
The Ukrainian authorities, together with international organizations, classify such shelling as war crimes committed by the Russian Federation, emphasizing their targeted nature. There is particular concern over attacks on critical infrastructure for the population—energy, water supply, and medical facilities—that pose a threat to the lives and health of civilians.
Legal experts, genocide researchers, and human rights defenders indicate that during the full-scale war, Russia is engaging in actions that may be signs of genocide against the Ukrainian people. Among such actions are:
- Public statements by Russian officials denying the existence of the Ukrainian ethnicity and calls for the destruction of Ukrainians;
- Targeted shelling of infrastructure that provides basic needs for the civilian population;
- Persecution and destruction of individuals with pro-Ukrainian positions in occupied territories;
- Extermination of the intelligentsia, teachers, artists, and bearers of Ukrainian culture;
- Implementation of educational systems aimed at altering the identity of children;
- Deportation of children without parents to Russia to change their identity;
- Destruction of Ukrainian cultural heritage, confiscation of books, and theft of artifacts.
According to the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, adopted in 1948, participating countries are obligated to prevent such acts and hold those responsible accountable during wartime and in peacetime. The Convention defines genocide as actions aimed at the complete or partial destruction of a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group. Signs of genocide include killings, causing serious bodily harm, creating conditions for the physical destruction of the group, obstructing childbirth, and forcibly transferring children.
The Russian leadership continues to deny the facts of targeted attacks on civilian infrastructure, although the international community recognizes such actions as war crimes that bear signs of genocide.