As a result of another attack by the Russian Federation on the town of Balabine, located in the Zaporizhzhia region, the number of injured has risen to seven people. This was reported by the head of the Zaporizhzhia region, Ivan Fedorov.
This is reported by Finway
Among the injured are a child and a woman in serious condition
Among the injured, there is one child—a girl aged eight—and a 53-year-old woman who has been hospitalized in serious condition. As noted by the regional leader, the condition of another injured person is assessed as moderate. The child and one of the men will receive treatment at home after receiving necessary medical assistance.
Three more individuals are currently undergoing examination; their condition is also assessed as moderate by medical staff. All the injured are receiving a full range of medical care.
Russian attacks and signs of genocidal actions
It is known that earlier there were reports of one fatality and four injuries resulting from a morning airstrike on Balabine on April 9. Russian troops regularly shell Ukrainian cities and civilian infrastructure using kamikaze drones, missiles, guided bombs, and multiple launch rocket systems.
“The condition of another injured person is assessed as moderate. The eight-year-old girl and the man will be treated at home after receiving assistance,” Fedorov clarified.
The Ukrainian authorities and leading international organizations classify such strikes as war crimes committed by the Russian Federation and emphasize their deliberate nature. Shelling of life-support systems, hospitals, energy, and communication facilities with the aim of depriving the civilian population of basic living conditions is regarded as a sign of genocidal actions.
Legal experts, genocide researchers, and human rights defenders emphasize that Russia’s actions against Ukrainian citizens fall under the definition of genocide. Such actions include calls from Russian authorities for the destruction of Ukrainians, shelling of civilian infrastructure, persecution of pro-Ukrainian individuals in occupied territories, destruction of cultural values, deportation of children, and the deliberate destruction of Ukrainian identity.
It is worth noting that the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1948, obliges member states to prevent acts of genocide and to punish them in both wartime and peacetime. Genocide, according to the Convention, is defined as actions aimed at the complete or partial destruction of a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group.
Despite numerous pieces of evidence, the leadership of Russia denies the facts of targeted strikes on civilian objects in Ukraine, while attacks continue across the entire territory of the state.