“According to the specialist’s conclusion, the Russian troops launched a combined attack”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
According to her, after the Russian attack on the humanitarian mission of the ICRC, specialists and investigators went to the scene of the incident, during the investigation, fragments of weapons were collected and sent for examination.
“According to the specialist’s conclusion, the Russian army carried out a combined attack with the use of 152 mm high-explosive artillery shells and unmanned lethal attack vehicle of the Lancet type,” Medvedeva said.
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On September 12, the local authorities reported that three people were killed and two wounded in the village of Virolyubivka in Donetsk region due to Russian shelling. One of the projectiles hit the territory of the enterprise where people were, and a truck with humanitarian aid was destroyed.
Subsequently, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced an attack on a humanitarian mission, as a result of which three staff members of the organization were killed and two more were injured. The ICRC noted that its employees were “preparing to distribute wood and charcoal briquettes in the village of Virolyubivka to vulnerable households to help them prepare for the coming winter when the vehicles they used were damaged.”
At the time, the organization condemned the attack on the humanitarian mission, but did not specify who it believed was involved in the attack on its employees.
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The forces of the Russian Federation regularly attack Ukrainian regions with various types of weapons – attack UAVs, missiles, anti-aircraft missiles, and anti-aircraft missiles.
The leadership of Russia denies that the Russian army during a full-scale war inflicts targeted strikes on the civilian infrastructure of the cities and villages of Ukraine, killing the civilian population and destroying hospitals, schools, kindergartens, energy and water supply facilities.
The Ukrainian authorities and international organizations qualify these strikes as war crimes by the Russian Federation and emphasize that they are purposeful in nature.