: Russia Faces War Crime Accusations as Civilian Casualties Grow #WorldNEWS As the Russian military has suffered unexpected setbacks in its war on Ukraine, the invading forces have increasingly hit civilian

Russia Faces War Crime Accusations as Civilian Casualties Grow #WorldNEWS
As the Russian military has suffered unexpected setbacks in its war on Ukraine, the invading forces have increasingly hit civilian sites with airstrikes. On the sixth day of the Russian assault, at least five people were killed in the capital Kyiv when a television tower near the site of the Babi Yar Holocaust Memorial was targeted. At least 10 people were killed when a rocket exploded in front of an administrative building located in the central square of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city. Hospitals, schools and apartment buildings have been destroyed by a bombardment that shows no sign of letting up.
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Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelensky said the Kharkiv airstrike, which was captured on closed circuit television and shared widely on social media, qualified as “outright, undisguised terror. ” In the footage, cars were stopped at a traffic light on their morning commute at around 8 a. m. local time when an incoming rocket exploded into a massive fireball that consumed several vehicles.
“The attack on Kharkiv is a war crime,” Zelensky said Tuesday in a video statement. “After that, Russia is a terrorist state. No one will forgive. No one will forget. ”

Russian forces have struck Independence Square in central Kharkiv with a powerful explosion.
According to a video of the event, the blast detonated right in front of the headquarters of the Kharkiv Oblast government.
Video: Ukraine NOW/Telegram pic. twitter. com/poZjYcjRjD
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) March 1, 2022

Nearly a week into Russian President Vladimir Putins unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, civilians living in the northern and eastern parts of the country are being hit with around-the-clock airstrikes, artillery shelling and unguided rockets. It remains unclear if Russia’s strikes on civilian targets are intended or incidental, but U. S. officials say that there’s been a noticeable shift in tactics in recent days as the attacks have pounded densely populated cities. A full accounting of the dead is currently impossible, but the United Nations human rights office says it has recorded at least 136 civilians killed, including 13 children, and 400 injuries over the last six days. “These are only the casualties we were able to cross-check, and the real toll is likely to be much higher,” said U. N. spokeswoman Liz Throssell.
Russias indiscriminate use of weapons that have killed non-combatant Ukrainians drew widespread condemnation. Amnesty International accused Russia of using cluster munitions in a deadly Feb. 25 attack on a pre-school in northeastern Ukraine while civilians huddled inside.