{"id":57080,"date":"2024-09-12T18:03:38","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T16:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=57080"},"modified":"2025-09-12T00:08:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T22:08:37","slug":"russia-attacks-a-red-cross-vehicle-and-murders-three-ngo-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/09\/12\/russia-attacks-a-red-cross-vehicle-and-murders-three-ngo-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia attacks a Red Cross vehicle and murders three NGO employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The long-running series of Russian attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine has claimed Red Cross employees today.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/07\/08\/russia-attacks-a-childrens-hospital-in-ukraine-how-many-protests-will-there-be-against-this\/\">Russia attacks a children's hospital in Ukraine: how many protests will there be against this?<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/08\/19\/1940-russian-attacks-on-medical-facilities-in-ukraine-how-many-have-protested\/\">1,940 Russian attacks on medical facilities in Ukraine: how many have protested?<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian Parliament's Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lubinetzs\/status\/1834202728584577163\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">has denounced today<\/a> that <strong>three Ukrainian citizens employed by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) were killed and two were injured<\/strong> in an artillery bombardment by the Russian Federation against the village of Virolyubivka, in the Donetsk region.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icrc.org\/en\/news-release\/ukraine-3-icrc-staff-killed-after-shelling-hits-aid-distribution-site-donetsk\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The ICRC has confirmed the killing of the three Red Cross staff<\/a>, saying:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\"<strong>The ICRC team was preparing to distribute wood and coal briquettes in Viroliubivka<\/strong> village to vulnerable households to help them prepare for the upcoming winter when the vehicles they were using were hit. ICRC teams are regularly present in the Donetsk region, and <strong>our vehicles are clearly marked with the Red Cross emblem.<\/strong>\"<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The ICRC added: <em>\"The distribution of humanitarian assistance had not begun, and <strong>no residents were affected by the explosion.<\/strong>\"<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lubinetzs\/status\/1834202728584577163\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dmytro Lubinets<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MVS_UA\/status\/1834243801109418213\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs<\/a> have released these images of the vehicle attacked by the Russians, which was <strong>clearly marked with the emblems of the International Committee of the Red Cross<\/strong>. Attacks on clearly marked humanitarian aid or medical care vehicles are <strong>classified as war crimes under the Geneva Conventions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53990125963_7901cec9d6_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53990274274_d63e270acf_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53988993312_d66a561a4f_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53990197708_432cef0784_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This afternoon, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ZelenskyyUa\/status\/1834204204405039436\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced this attack<\/a> with these words:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\"In this war, everything is absolutely clear \u2014 <strong>Russia sows evil, Ukraine defends life. If anyone wants to hear \u201cboth sides,\u201d in Russia, it is only perceived as permission to kill again.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The world must respond firmly and with principle. <strong>Countries and international organizations cannot remain indifferent.<\/strong> Only together can the world force Russia to stop this terror and make Moscow seek peace.\"<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This crime is not an exception in the way the invaders act, but <strong>a common practice since the beginning of the Russian invasion<\/strong> throughout Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Let us recall that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/07\/08\/russia-attacks-a-childrens-hospital-in-ukraine-how-many-protests-will-there-be-against-this\/\">two months ago Russia attacked a children's hospital in Kiev<\/a>, killing 28 civilians and injuring 112. <strong>Russia must not only be expelled from Ukraine, but must also answer for these crimes<\/strong>, which deserve the unanimous condemnation of all civilized countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The long-running series of Russian attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine has claimed Red Cross employees today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[19536,10373],"tags":[17457,16122,22679,22680,10731,16153,15307,22678],"class_list":["post-57080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-we-said-yesterday","category-world","tag-dmytro-lubinets","tag-donetsk","tag-oleh-syniehubov","tag-red-cross","tag-russia","tag-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-of-2022","tag-ukraine","tag-virolyubivka"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57080"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57080\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}