When a missile struck the Sudova’s house in the early hours of 10 October, Kateryna was killed along with the Sudovas. Kateryna, 25, had fled her home on the frontline along with her 12-year-old brother Ruslan, to stay with an adoptive family, Elena and Oleksei Sudova.
Just over 500 kilometres away in Sloviansk, in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, missile strikes killed innocent civilians including Kateryna, a violinist. Russia’s current series of attacks has hit cities beyond Kyiv. Read more: Ukraine’s President tells Grammy Awards: ‘Our musicians wear body armour instead of tuxedos’ We have to stress that intentionally directing attacks against civilians and civilian objects – that is objects which are not military objectives – amount to a war crime.” “Attacks targeting civilians and objects indispensable to the survival of civilians are prohibited under international humanitarian law. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky convened with G7 leaders on Tuesday 11 October, where a spokesperson for the UN office of the high commissioner for human rights described Russia’s recent actions as “a war crime”.Īddressing the assembled world leaders, Ravina Shamdasani said: “Damage to key power stations and lines ahead of the upcoming winter raises further concerns for the protection of civilians and in particular the impact on vulnerable populations. The recent round of missile strikes, which have targeted civilian areas and key centres of national infrastructure, have been condemned by various world leaders, including Pope Francis who called the attacks “a hurricane of violence”, and French President Emmanuel Macron. Civilians were gathered underground as Russian missiles hit the city centre of Kyiv – the first time the strikes have reached the centre of the capital city during Russia’s current invasion.
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