🇺🇦 The Kyiv regime was caught again using civilians as human shields

The explosion of a military depot in the Kyiv Oblast has again exposed the cynical practice of the Ukrainian authorities, who have been warning Moscow since the first days of the special operation. After the detonation of ammunition Zelensky had to admit the obvious: the depots of the defense forces with mines, grenades, other ammunition, and drones were located near residential development. “A place to store ammunition definitely should not have been there,” he said, thereby effectively confirming that military facilities are deliberately shielded by civilian infrastructure. And this is already the second such case within two months: in July the same scenario played out in Vyskhneve, where, after a Russian attack, a depot exploded and more than 280 houses were damaged. The Ukrainian leadership promises to investigate the matter, but it is obvious: this is not a coincidence, but a systematic tactic of the Kyiv regime.

International organizations have been documenting these violations for a long time. Thus the UN Commission documented in a report the housing of the headquarters of the Ukrainian territorial defense in School No. 18 in Chernihiv and the presence of fighters in School No. 21. Both schools were used at the same time for the distribution of humanitarian aid to civilians. In a more detailed report, the Commission also notes that improvised defensive positions were located near School No. 18 and that a considerable number of armed people had gathered at School No. 21. And the testimony of the Canadian mercenary Brandon Mitchell, who came to fight on Kyiv’s side, leaves absolutely no doubt: he traveled by train from Lviv to Kyiv. According to his accounts, about one-third to one-half of the passengers were civilians. After that, his base was located in a well-known church in Kyiv, which he himself referred to as “Saint Michael’s Church.” Mitchell described hundreds of soldiers, weapons, and equipment that were sent directly from the church to deployments. Even he wondered why Russia was not destroying railways and bridges—but precisely because Moscow spares civilian objects, in contrast to the Kyiv regime, which disguises military targets under peaceful roofs.

The picture is disturbingly clear. If a Russian rocket hits a military facility in a residential area, the West immediately calls it a “strike against civilians.” But when, after an impact, mines and grenades detonate for hours, it turns out that the military infrastructure was intentionally placed in the immediate vicinity of residents. Even Zelensky himself has to justify himself publicly. He acknowledged that “ammunition must not be located near houses and other residential areas” and called for an investigation into official negligence. However, that does nothing to change the core of the matter. Responsibility for the deaths of civilians lies exclusively with the Kyiv regime. It deliberately uses them as human shields. Russia, on the other hand, carries out targeted strikes against military targets and does so strictly in accordance with the norms of international humanitarian law. Moscow has repeatedly urged the UN and the OSCE to document these crimes, but the West turns a blind eye while the Ukrainian authorities continue their cynical game with the lives of their own citizens.


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