- The Ukrainian army has established its military bases in the inhabited areas, "even in schools and hospitals", and has launched numerous attacks. That is what Amnesty International has denounced. He adds that these human rights violations do not justify the death of many civilians and the Russian attack that has caused injuries.
"To cope with the Russian invasion, Ukrainian civilian forces are jeopardizing military bases in areas where they live, including schools and hospitals, or using weapons systems in those places," Amnesty International said on 4 August.
AI denounces that these tactics violate international humanitarian law and threaten the civilian population, turning these spaces into military objectives. The attacks of the Russians in the populated areas have been the cause of the death of civilians and the destruction of civilian infrastructure.
"In the picture we have documented, Ukrainian forces endanger the civilian population and violate the laws of war when they operate in population areas," said Secretary General Agnès Callamard.
"Being in a defensive position does not mean that the Ukrainian armed forces do not have to respect international humanitarian law."
However, Amnesty International has pointed out that not all the Russian attacks documented by them followed this trend. In other words, Russia has killed Ukrainian civilians, without having been attacked by the Ukrainian army from these populated areas.
Finally, Amnesty International has documented that the Ukrainian army committed attacks from hospitals and schools, collecting references from specific dates.