91  Warcrimes – civilians

Myth

Russia does protect civilians.

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Truth

Russia deliberately commits war crimes by attacking civilians - even with cluster bombs.

Without any regard to the norm that “the civilian population and individual civilians shall enjoy general protection against the dangers arising from military operations”1 The Russian military committed horrible crimes against civilians. Here just a few examples:

91.1 Butcha (2022, Butcha)

See Chapter 18.

91.2 Kramatorsk (2022, April 8th)

For the russian attack on the Kramatorsk railroad station with cluster ammunition see Chapter 26.

91.3 Kremenchuk (2022, June 27th)

See Chapter 27.

91.4 Chasiv Yar (2022, July 9th)

See Chapter 19.

91.5 Chernihiv

See Chapter 20.

91.6 Dnipro (2023, January 14th)

See Chapter 22.

91.7 Hroza (2023, October 5th)

See Chapter 23.

  1. Customary IHL — Rule 15. Principle of Precautions in Attack. (n.d.). IHL Databases. Retrieved May 1, 2024, from https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary-ihl/v1/rule15↩︎