In the Dnipro district of Kherson, Russian troops struck a vehicle belonging to the public organization “Spark of Goodness,” resulting in injuries to two volunteers. This was reported by the head of the city military administration, Yaroslav Shanko.
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Details of the Russian Attack on the Humanitarian Mission
According to Shanko, the incident occurred during the delivery of hot meals for local residents to one of the humanitarian aid distribution points. One of the volunteers, according to preliminary data, is in serious condition due to a traumatic amputation of the leg. Another injured person sustained a blast injury.
“Volunteers constantly help the residents of the community by providing them with hot meals,” he stated.
It is worth noting that the day before, Russian military forces attacked a vehicle of the international humanitarian organization World Central Kitchen with a drone in the same area of Kherson. The driver was unharmed.
Deliberate Terror Against Civilians and Volunteers
The head of the military administration emphasized that Russian troops “once again deliberately target civilians and those who help the peaceful population survive in frontline Kherson,” stressing that this is not an accident, but a conscious tactic of terror against peaceful residents and those who support the community.
Russian troops systematically carry out attacks on Ukrainian cities and civilian infrastructure, using various types of weapons: strike drones, missiles, aerial bombs, and multiple launch rocket systems. Ukrainian officials and international organizations classify such strikes as war crimes of the Russian Federation, emphasizing their targeted nature.
Shelling of vital infrastructure, medical facilities, energy sites, and communications, as well as depriving the population of electricity, heat, water, and medical assistance, are regarded by experts as signs of genocidal actions.
Statements from Russian authorities have repeatedly included calls for the destruction of Ukrainians, as well as claims about the supposedly “non-existent” status of the Ukrainian nation, accompanied by the persecution of pro-Ukrainian individuals, mass deportations of children, and the destruction of elements of Ukrainian culture in occupied territories.
The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1948, defines genocide as actions aimed at the complete or partial destruction of a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group. Such actions include the deliberate creation of living conditions for the destruction of the group, killings, bodily harm, prevention of childbirth, forced transfer of children, and public incitement to similar crimes.
Despite numerous evidence of attacks by the Russian army on civilian infrastructure, the leadership of Russia denies accusations of targeted terror against the peaceful population of Ukraine.