Russian troops carried out over 40 attacks on four districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region, using artillery, drones, and aerial bombs, as reported by the head of the regional military administration, Oleksandr Hanzha, on the evening of March 18.
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Extent of Destruction and Casualties
As a result of the strikes, businesses, a hotel, and six private houses in the district center of Nikopol region, as well as in the communities of Marhanets, Pokrovsk, and Chervonohryhorivka, were damaged. Two women, aged 48 and 66, were injured.
“Businesses, a hotel, and 6 private houses were damaged. Two women aged 48 and 66 were injured,” Hanzha reported.
In the Synelnykove district, the Pokrovsk community was shelled, resulting in the destruction of two residential buildings and damage to seven others. In the Zelenodolsk community of the Kryvyi Rih district, a store and a vehicle were affected, while in the Mykolaiv community of the Dnipro district, a summer kitchen was damaged.
War Crimes by Russia and Signs of Genocide
Russian troops regularly use various types of weapons, including strike drones, missiles, guided aerial bombs, and multiple rocket launchers, conducting attacks on Ukrainian cities and civilian infrastructure across the country.
Ukrainian authorities and international organizations classify these strikes as war crimes of the Russian Federation, emphasizing their targeted nature. Shelling of vital infrastructure and healthcare facilities, which deprives people of electricity, heat, water supply, communication, and medical assistance, exhibits signs of genocidal actions. Experts and human rights defenders point to public calls for the destruction of Ukrainians, the targeted elimination of the intelligentsia, the deportation of children, and the destruction of Ukrainian culture in occupied territories.
According to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1948, genocide is recognized as actions aimed at the complete or partial destruction of a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group. The convention obliges 149 participating countries to prevent such acts and punish them both during wartime and in peacetime.
The Russian authorities deny that their army deliberately targets civilian infrastructure, kills peaceful citizens, and destroys hospitals, schools, kindergartens, energy facilities, and water supply systems during the full-scale war against Ukraine.