As a result of yet another attack by the Russian army on the Zaporizhzhia region, two patrol police officers, aged 39 and 37, sustained shrapnel wounds. This was reported by the head of the regional military administration, Ivan Fedorov, who clarified that the injured are receiving all necessary medical assistance and their condition is stable.
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Situation of the Injured in the Zaporizhzhia Region
Earlier, it became known that another person was injured due to shelling by Russian troops in the Zaporizhzhia district — a resident of Komyshuvakha was affected during a strike that also damaged residential buildings.
Russian troops systematically use various types of weaponry, including strike drones, missiles, aerial bombs, and multiple launch rocket systems to attack Ukrainian cities and civilian infrastructure across all regions of the country.
International Qualification of Shelling and Signs of Genocide
The Ukrainian authorities, together with international organizations, classify such strikes as war crimes of the Russian Federation, emphasizing their targeted nature. The destruction of life-support systems and medical facilities with the aim of depriving the population of electricity, heat, water, communication, and medical assistance is viewed as a sign of genocidal actions.
“During the enemy attack on the city, two patrol police officers aged 39 and 37 sustained shrapnel wounds,” he stated.
Human rights defenders, lawyers, and genocide researchers note that during the full-scale war, Russia is committing a wide range of crimes that may fall under the definition of genocide. Such actions include public calls for the destruction of Ukrainians, targeted shelling of medical and residential facilities, persecution of citizens with pro-Ukrainian positions, extermination of the intelligentsia, deportation of children, and destruction of Ukrainian cultural heritage.
The UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, adopted in 1948, establishes the obligation of participating states (currently 149) to prevent acts of genocide and hold accountable those responsible for such crimes in both wartime and peacetime. The document defines genocide as actions carried out with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group.
The leadership of Russia continues to deny the facts of targeted strikes on the civilian infrastructure of Ukrainian cities and villages, even though such attacks result in the deaths of civilians and the destruction of hospitals, schools, kindergartens, energy, and water supply facilities.