CIVILIANS MUST BE SPARED AND CHILDREN PROTECTED

Yet again, reports of appalling attacks by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation across Ukraine causing senseless death and injury of Ukrainian civilians.

Today, a missile attack in Sumy City centre damaged a hospital, school and several residential buildings. The response is ongoing, with the casualty count already reportedly in the dozens, including multiple children.

This comes after deadly attacks in Zaporizhzhia and Kyiv over the weekend, which killed entire families and injured many more. Strikes also damaged schools and health facilities in the Kharkiv and Dnipro Regions.  

International Humanitarian Law clearly prohibits attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure, and they must be protected at all times.