The UN called for the protection of civilians after the attacks on Belgorod
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called for de-escalation and protection of civilians after the deaths of civilians in Russia and Ukraine. The message appeared in the X Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
The report says that the parties to the conflict must respect international law.
Since the end of last year, the Ukrainian army has been shelling Belgorod. The most massive happened on December 30, as a result of which 25 people could not be rescued, more than 100 were injured.
On January 1, President Vladimir Putin, at a meeting with servicemen at Vishnevsky's hospital, described the shelling of Belgorod as a terrorist attack and promised that it would not go unanswered.
Moscow has repeatedly stated that the Russian army strikes exclusively at military facilities and clusters of Ukrainian servicemen.
