Civilian rescue ship “Sapphire” that was captured by the Russian occupantsBy killing civilians, the aggressor's forces to commit crimes against humanity as defined by the Statute of the International Military Tribunal and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, cynically disregarding all the requirements of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War.
The Russian airstrike on Chernihiv, which killed 47 civilians, could be considered a war crime, according to a statement by the world human rights organization Amnesty International.
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"At 12:15 a.m. on Thursday, March 3, civilians were killed in a bombing raid in Chernihiv and surrounding homes were damaged". Based on new interviews, verification, and analysis of video evidence, Amnesty International's crisis response team concluded that the attack was most likely carried out by Russian aircraft using at least eight unguided bombs. Amnesty International has not been able to identify a legitimate military target at or near the site of the attack. Satellite images from February 28 show a queue of people near the building affected by the airstrike. Based on the photos and interviews with witnesses, Amnesty International believes that most of the victims were queuing for food when the rockets hit.
The bombing of Chernihiv by Russian aircraft on March 3 killed 47 people and injured 18 others. Such data were published by the Chernihiv Regional State Administration with reference to information from medical institutions. Among the dead were 38 men and 9 women.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine (Operational Command "East") published the coordinates targeted by Russian military attacks using aircraft and artillery in the Kharkiv region. The coordinates demonstrate that the Russian military was specifically shelling stations, churches, markets, power plants, and gas stations.
Russian artillery and aircraft were deliberately attacking the Karazin Kharkiv National University and the Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology, the Kharkiv Passenger railway station, helled 23 kindergartens and 25 schools, bombed foreign consulates, the Barabashovo and Novosaltovsky markets, the Assumption Cathedral, the Church of the Myrrh Bearers and the church on the Universytetska street.
The civilian rescue ship “Sapphire” captured by the Russian occupants is being transported to the port of occupied Sevastopol. This was announced by the captain of "Sapphire", who was given the opportunity to contact the Administration of Sea Ports of Ukraine. The captain said that there were "green men" on board, who kept the crew "under the muzzle." The captain of the occupants arrived at the ship and took command.
The actions of the Russian occupants are classified exclusively as piracy and direct violation of international maritime law and international conventions on maritime safety.
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