On March 15, Russian military strikes in the Dnipropetrovsk region resulted in injuries to four individuals, according to regional governor Oleksandr Hanchak.
The attacks occurred throughout the day, with the enemy launching 20 assaults across five districts using drones, artillery, and aerial bombs. A 73-year-old man in Dnipro was hospitalized with moderate injuries.
Areas such as Nikopol, Marganets, and Pokrovsk were also targeted, leading to damage to over ten residential and private buildings, as well as infrastructure and vehicles. A 56-year-old woman was hospitalized due to the attacks, while a 30-year-old man is receiving outpatient care.
In the Pokrovsk community of the Synelnykove district, six homes were damaged, and a 66-year-old woman was injured and hospitalized.
Additional damage was reported in the Kamianske and Pavlohrad districts. Russian forces have been consistently attacking Ukrainian cities and civilian infrastructure across various regions using a range of weaponry, including strike drones and missiles.
Ukrainian authorities and international organizations classify these strikes as war crimes, emphasizing their targeted nature. They highlight that attacks on essential services and healthcare facilities aim to deprive civilians of electricity, heat, water, communication, and medical assistance, which may constitute genocidal actions.
Legal experts and human rights advocates assert that the ongoing war has seen Russia committing various acts that could be defined as genocide against Ukrainian citizens. These include public declarations of intent to destroy Ukrainians, targeted attacks on essential services, and persecution of pro-Ukrainian individuals in occupied territories.
The 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide obligates its 149 member states to prevent and punish acts of genocide during both war and peacetime.
The Convention defines genocide as actions intended to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group. Signs of genocide include the killing of group members, causing serious bodily harm, and the deliberate creation of conditions aimed at destroying the group.
The Russian leadership denies that its military targets civilian infrastructure, claiming that it does not intentionally harm civilians or destroy hospitals, schools, and essential services.
Recent Russian strikes in Dnipropetrovsk have injured four people and caused significant damage to civilian infrastructure. Ukrainian officials are labeling these attacks as war crimes, highlighting their potential genocidal implications.