On the night of April 2, Kharkiv was attacked by Russian military forces – the city was struck by a Shahed-type strike drone. This was reported by the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, Oleg Synegubov.
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Details of the Attack on Kharkiv
According to Oleg Synegubov, a 61-year-old woman was injured as a result of the enemy attack. The injured woman is receiving necessary medical assistance. The mayor of Kharkiv, Ihor Terekhov, clarified that the drone hit near a residential multi-story building in the Kyiv district of the city. According to him, there are casualties as a result of the strike, but the exact number is not currently disclosed.
“A 61-year-old woman was injured as a result of the enemy strike in the Kyiv district. Medical personnel are providing her with all necessary assistance.”
Systematic Shelling of Civil Infrastructure
Recently, Russian troops have systematically shelled populated areas in Kharkiv and other regions of Ukraine with various types of weaponry – including strike drones, missiles, guided bombs, and multiple launch rocket systems. These attacks are often directed at residential buildings, energy facilities, hospitals, schools, and other critical infrastructure.
Ukrainian officials and international human rights organizations classify such strikes as war crimes committed by the Russian Federation and emphasize their targeted nature. In particular, shelling of life-support systems and healthcare facilities aimed at depriving the population of electricity, heat, water, communication, and medical assistance is considered actions indicative of genocide.
Genocide researchers, human rights defenders, and lawyers note that during the large-scale war, Russia is engaging in actions that may fall under the definition of genocide, including: public calls for the destruction of Ukrainians, persecution and physical extermination of individuals with pro-Ukrainian positions in occupied territories, deportation of children, destruction of Ukrainian cultural heritage, and attempts to alter the identity of children.
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 to punish them in both wartime and peacetime. Genocide is defined as actions aimed at the complete or partial destruction of a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group, including killings, causing serious bodily harm, creating conditions intended for its destruction, preventing births, and forcibly transferring children.
The leadership of the Russian Federation continues to deny the facts of targeted strikes on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine, despite numerous testimonies of the destruction of hospitals, schools, kindergartens, energy and water supply facilities, as well as numerous casualties among the civilian population.