Three days of mourning begin in Kryvyi Rih – as UN condemns ‘reckless disregard for civilians’
Vigils are being held in Kryvyi Rih as we speak as the town begins three days of mourning after one of many deadliest assaults on Ukrainian civilians in months.
A Russian missile that hit the hometown of Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday killed 11 adults and 9 youngsters, in keeping with native authorities.
Ukraine’s army stated it was a cluster munitions assault, with the strike spraying shrapnel throughout a dense residential space.
The ages of the victims ranged from three to 79, Kryvyi Rih’s mayor stated, including that 33 individuals, together with 4 youngsters, had been nonetheless being handled in hospital.
Native clergymen held a memorial service at a playground close to
the strike web site, and
individually residents bid farewell to a nine-year-old boy stated to
have been killed whereas taking part in on a swing.
‘A reckless disregard for civilian life’
Russia stated, with out proof, that its “high-precision strike” focused a army gathering of “unit commanders and Western instructors”, killing as much as 85 of them, a declare rejected by Kyiv as disinformation.
UN human rights chief Volker Turk has referred to as for a “immediate, thorough and unbiased” investigation into the assault.
“Using an explosive weapon with vast space results by
the Russian Federation in a densely populated space – and with out
any obvious army presence – demonstrates a reckless
disregard for civilian life,” he stated.
“Even when the Russian authorities had had data that
army personnel could possibly be current, the mode and circumstances
of assault might represent an indiscriminate assault,” the UN rights workplace added.
