March 2022 Kharkiv cluster bombing
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
Attack
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]
Investigations
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]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Eoin McSweeney & Yulia Kesaieva (24 March 2022). "Russian attack kills 6 waiting for aid in Kharkiv, governor says". CNN. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Ukraine: Hundreds Killed in Relentless Russian Shelling of Kharkiv". Amnesty International. June 2022. Archived from the original on 23 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
- India Times. Archivedfrom the original on 19 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
- Times of Israel. Archivedfrom the original on 24 March 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.