A six-year-old child who was injured as a result of a Russian attack in the Sumy region remains in extremely serious condition in the hospital. According to the head of the Sumy Regional Military Administration, Oleg Grigorov, the child’s condition remains consistently critical, and transportation to another medical facility is currently impossible due to medical indications.
This is reported by Finway
Family’s Suffering and the Aftermath of the Shelling
The injured girl, along with her parents, came under enemy fire during the shelling of the Znob-Novgorod community on March 28. As a result of the Russian military hitting a residential building, her 20-year-old sister was killed, and the child sustained severe injuries. The parents were also injured and received the necessary medical assistance.
“The child was taken to the hospital and underwent surgery. Medical staff are currently fighting for her life and consulting with specialists from ‘Okhmatdyt’. Transportation is currently impossible due to medical indications.”
Regular Attacks and Signs of Genocide
In recent months, Russian military forces have systematically used various types of weapons—rockets, guided bombs, multiple launch rocket systems, and strike drones—to attack Ukrainian cities and civilian infrastructure. Such shelling results in casualties among the civilian population and destroys hospitals, schools, energy facilities, and residential buildings.
The Ukrainian authorities and the international community classify such actions as war crimes of the Russian Federation, which have a targeted and systematic nature. The destruction of essential infrastructure, depriving people of access to electricity, water, heat, communication, and medical assistance is viewed by experts as signs of genocidal actions against the Ukrainian people. Among such actions are not only the physical destruction of people but also the deportation of children, attempts to change their national identity, the destruction of Ukrainian culture, and the persecution of carriers of the Ukrainian language and traditions.
According to the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, adopted in 1948, participating countries are obligated to prevent genocidal acts and hold those responsible accountable both during wartime and in peacetime. The document defines genocide as actions aimed at the complete or partial destruction of a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group, as well as creating conditions that lead to its destruction.
At the same time, the leadership of Russia continues to deny the facts of targeted strikes on civilian objects, despite numerous evidence of the destruction of hospitals, schools, kindergartens, and energy and water supply infrastructure facilities.