On the night of March 2, Russian forces launched a massive attack on several communities in the Chernihiv region. According to the head of the Chernihiv Regional Military Administration, Vyacheslav Chaus, the village of Snovsk suffered a particularly severe blow, where a residential building was destroyed as a result of an attack by a “Geran” type drone. An elderly woman was killed, and the building was completely demolished.
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Infrastructure Damage and Consequences of the Attacks
In the Semenivka community, a heating facility was targeted by a Russian drone, creating additional risks for local residents in challenging weather conditions. Over the past day, regional authorities recorded at least 40 shellings from Russia on the territory of Chernihiv.
“A fire broke out. As a result of this attack, an elderly woman was killed. The house is destroyed.”
Systematic Strikes and Qualification of Russia’s Actions
Russian military forces regularly carry out attacks on Ukrainian cities and critical infrastructure, using various types of weapons, including strike drones, missiles, aerial bombs, and multiple launch rocket systems. Such shelling affects life-support systems, medical facilities, energy, and water supply facilities, leaving people without electricity, heat, communication, and medical assistance.
International organizations and the Ukrainian authorities consider these actions to be war crimes committed by the Russian Federation and emphasize their targeted nature. According to human rights defenders, the persecution of pro-Ukrainian residents in occupied territories, the destruction of the intelligentsia, the deportation of children, and the destruction of cultural heritage are manifestations of genocidal actions by the occupiers.
The President of Russia and representatives of his regime have repeatedly made statements about the alleged non-existence of the Ukrainian people, accompanied by public calls for their destruction. Such actions, along with the shelling of life-support systems, have characteristics of genocide under international law.
According to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1948, participating countries are obligated to prevent acts of genocide and punish them both during wartime and in peacetime. Genocide is defined as actions aimed at the complete or partial destruction of a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group.
The Russian leadership denies targeting civilian infrastructure and the deaths of peaceful residents in Ukraine during the full-scale war.