March 2022 Kharkiv cluster bombing | |
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Part of the bombing of Kharkiv in the Battle of Kharkiv during the Russian invasion of Ukraine | |
Location | Kharkiv, Ukraine |
Date | 24 March 2022 |
Target | Ukrainian civilians |
Attack type | cluster munition bombing, BM-27 Uragan |
Deaths | 6 [1] |
Injured | 15 [1] |
Perpetrators | Russian Armed Forces |
Motive | Unknown |
On 24 March 2022, a rocket strike by the Russian Armed Forces killed 6 civilians and wounded 15 more during the battle of Kharkiv, part of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Russian Army used 9N210/9N235 cluster munition and BM-27 Uragan multiple rocket launcher in the attack. [1] Due to the indiscriminate nature of these weapons used in densely populated areas, Amnesty International described these strikes as a possible Russian war crime. [2]
On 24 March 2022, a Russian missile strike hit a shopping mall parking lot near the Akademika Pavlova metro station. [2] At the time, hundreds of people were waiting outside a post office in the mall to obtain humanitarian aid. After the strike, the people panicked and ran away from the scene of the crime. [3] Six people were killed and at least 15 further were injured. [4] A local police officer recalled that " shrapnel was falling like rain". Two further cluster bombings damaged the nearby Holy Trinity Church where volunteers were preparing humanitarian aid. Shrapnel fell through the church's wall and roof. [2]
Amnesty International found evidence of Russian forces repeatedly using 9N210/9N235 cluster munitions as well as scatterable mines, both of which are subject to international treaty bans - Convention on Cluster Munitions and Ottawa Treaty. Amnesty International concluded that these indiscriminate attacks, resulting in civilian deaths, are war crimes. [2]
March 2022 Kharkiv cluster bombing | |
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Part of the bombing of Kharkiv in the Battle of Kharkiv during the Russian invasion of Ukraine | |
Location | Kharkiv, Ukraine |
Date | 24 March 2022 |
Target | Ukrainian civilians |
Attack type | cluster munition bombing, BM-27 Uragan |
Deaths | 6 [1] |
Injured | 15 [1] |
Perpetrators | Russian Armed Forces |
Motive | Unknown |
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On 24 March 2022, a rocket strike by the Russian Armed Forces killed 6 civilians and wounded 15 more during the battle of Kharkiv, part of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Russian Army used 9N210/9N235 cluster munition and BM-27 Uragan multiple rocket launcher in the attack. [1] Due to the indiscriminate nature of these weapons used in densely populated areas, Amnesty International described these strikes as a possible Russian war crime. [2]
On 24 March 2022, a Russian missile strike hit a shopping mall parking lot near the Akademika Pavlova metro station. [2] At the time, hundreds of people were waiting outside a post office in the mall to obtain humanitarian aid. After the strike, the people panicked and ran away from the scene of the crime. [3] Six people were killed and at least 15 further were injured. [4] A local police officer recalled that " shrapnel was falling like rain". Two further cluster bombings damaged the nearby Holy Trinity Church where volunteers were preparing humanitarian aid. Shrapnel fell through the church's wall and roof. [2]
Amnesty International found evidence of Russian forces repeatedly using 9N210/9N235 cluster munitions as well as scatterable mines, both of which are subject to international treaty bans - Convention on Cluster Munitions and Ottawa Treaty. Amnesty International concluded that these indiscriminate attacks, resulting in civilian deaths, are war crimes. [2]
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