Ukraine accuses Russian troops of taking children hostage and using them as human shields on their

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Source: businessinsider.com




Ukraine accuses Russian troops of taking children hostage and using them as human shields on their way out of Kyiv

Jake Epstein 12 hours ago



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"The enemies have been using Ukrainian children as a living shield when moving their convoys, their vehicles, according to reports by local civilians," Ukraine's defense ministry spokesperson Col. Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said during a media briefing.

He added: "Occupiers use those children as hostages as a guarantee that local civilians will not provide the enemy's coordinates to Ukrainian defenders."

Motuzyanyk said cases where children are being used as human shields have been reported in multiple provinces across the country......................


"As Russian troops retreat from the Kyiv region after having sustained immense losses, they are looting houses of ordinary people," Oleg Nikolenko tweeted. "Electronics, clothes, shoes, cosmetics. This is not an army. This is a disgrace. We will never forget and we will never forgive."...................................

Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-accuses-russia-kidnapping-children-looting-homes-kyiv-2022-4

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I can't imagine the horror that the Ukraine people are undergoing day after day.






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Consequences of shelling of the Retroville shopping mall by Russian missiles. Kyiv, Ukraine. March 30, 2022. Photo by Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto via Getty Images

[EndlessWire]

1. A war crime

If this is happening, they need to take it to the UN via the Hague. Shouldn't be too hard to get witnesses to their children's abductions.

https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/customary-ihl/eng/docindex/v2_rul_rule135
https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/customary-ihl/eng/docindex/v2_rul_rule96
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/grave-violations-childrens-rights-conflict-rise-around-world-warns-unicef

What in the world is Russia doing? Are they mad? They are ALL war criminals now. Putin, the Duma, the senior officers...are they nuts? Do they think that they can just say, Oh, it was war...It is against the Geneva Convention and is a "grave violation" of the provisions of the Convention.

Ukraine,

[BigmanPigman]

2. They are also raping women in front of their children.

When Germany was about to lose WW2 the Germans prayed that American soldiers would get there before the Soviets since they were savages and raped and killed women right and left. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

[Justice matters.]

3. A bunch of barbarian butchers. nt

[speak easy]

4. Yes. Numerous accounts. Gang rape of women and girls ... to death

:horrible:

[colorado_ufo]

6. Throughout history, war brings out the worst in human beings.

To kill fellow human beings, they must mentally change and only view them as something less. Civilization is lost in the process.

[The Jungle 1]

5. But But But puketin is a genius.

trump is a filthy man.

[ck4829]

7. Kick