Three days of mourning begin in Kryvyi Rih – as UN condemns ‘reckless disregard for civilians’
Vigils are being held in Kryvyi Rih right this moment as 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 response to native authorities.
Ukraine’s navy mentioned 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 mentioned, including that 33 folks, together with 4 youngsters, have 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 mentioned to
have been killed whereas taking part in on a swing.
‘A reckless disregard for civilian life’
Russia mentioned, with out proof, that its “high-precision strike” focused a navy 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 known as for a “immediate, thorough and impartial” investigation into the assault.
“Using an explosive weapon with broad space results by
the Russian Federation in a densely populated space – and with out
any obvious navy presence – demonstrates a reckless
disregard for civilian life,” he mentioned.
“Even when the Russian authorities had had info that
navy personnel might be current, the mode and circumstances
of assault could represent an indiscriminate assault,” the UN rights workplace added.
