On June 3, Russian troops carried out another shelling of the village of Rokytne, located in the Kharkiv district. According to the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, Oleg Synegubov, the attack resulted in hits on the territory of a farm. As a result of the strike, a private house, hay, and an outbuilding caught fire.
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Consequences of the shelling of Rokytne
Initial reports indicated one dead and one injured. However, later the number of casualties increased. As reported by Oleg Synegubov, two people were killed, and the number of injured rose to five. Emergency services continue to work at the scene of the tragedy, providing assistance to the victims and eliminating the consequences of the attack.
“Two people have died, three have been injured. Our emergency services continue to work at the site of the attack,” said Synegubov.
In addition, the regional authorities reported another strike on the Kholodnohirskiy district of Kharkiv, as a result of which one person was injured.
Targeted shelling of civilian infrastructure
The Russian army systematically attacks Ukrainian cities and villages using various types of weapons, including strike drones, missiles, aviation bombs, and multiple launch rocket systems. The aim of such attacks is to damage civilian infrastructure, energy facilities, residential buildings, and healthcare institutions throughout Ukraine.
The Ukrainian authorities and international organizations classify the strikes by Russian troops on civilian objects as war crimes with a targeted nature. Particular concern is raised by the shelling of life-support systems for the population — electricity supply, heating, water, communication, and medical institutions. Such actions create conditions that threaten the lives of civilians and exhibit signs of genocide.
It is known that representatives of the Russian authorities have repeatedly publicly stated their intentions to destroy Ukrainians as a nation. Among the crimes that may be classified as genocide, lawyers and researchers cite mass killings, persecution of people with pro-Ukrainian positions, deportation of children, destruction of Ukrainian books and artifacts, as well as attempts to change the identity of Ukrainian children in occupied territories.
The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1948, obliges the participating countries — currently 149 — to prevent acts of genocide and punish them in peacetime and during war. According to the definition of the Convention, genocide is considered to be 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 unbearable living conditions, obstructing childbirth, and forcibly transferring children to another group.
Despite numerous evidence, the leadership of Russia denies that its army deliberately attacks the civilian infrastructure of Ukraine, killing peaceful residents and destroying hospitals, educational institutions, energy, and water supply facilities.