As a result of yet another attack by Russian troops on the Zaporizhzhia district, two local residents — a man and a woman — have been killed. This was reported by the head of the Zaporizhzhia region, Ivan Fedorov, on the morning of April 15.
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“The woman and man were killed as a result of enemy attacks on Zaporizhzhia and the Zaporizhzhia district,” he wrote on his Telegram channel.
Widespread Destruction and Rising Casualties
According to Fedorov, among the deceased is a 74-year-old saleswoman who became a victim of a strike on a trading kiosk. This attack also damaged a parking lot, a local enterprise, a public transport stop, and adjacent residential buildings.
According to local authorities, over the previous day, Russian military forces carried out 592 strikes on 43 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region. As a result, 47 reports of damage to infrastructure, residential buildings, and vehicles were recorded.
Systematic Attacks and Signs of Genocidal Actions
Russia continues to regularly shell Ukrainian cities and villages with various types of weapons, using strike drones, missiles, aerial bombs, and multiple launch rocket systems. These attacks are primarily aimed at civilian infrastructure, including essential services, hospitals, energy facilities, schools, and kindergartens.
Ukrainian officials and international organizations classify such strikes as war crimes committed by the Russian Federation, emphasizing their targeted nature. Shelling aimed at depriving people of electricity, heat, water, communication, and medical assistance is regarded as manifestations of genocidal actions.
Human rights defenders and genocide research experts note that during this large-scale aggression, Russia is committing crimes against Ukrainian citizens that fall under the definition of genocide. Such actions include public calls for the destruction of Ukrainians, shelling of essential services, persecution of pro-Ukrainian individuals in occupied territories, destruction of cultural heritage, and the deportation of children to alter their identity.
The UN 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 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.
At the same time, the leadership of Russia denies the facts of targeted shelling of civilian infrastructure in Ukraine and the mass casualties among the civilian population.