The occupiers beat the Ukrainian rescuers again. The method of increasing the number of victims is only used by extremists.
Russia began to actively use repeated strikes when attacking Ukrainian cities. The occupiers deliberately chose the time when the rescuers and ambulance teams arrived at the first “arrival” area, usually at civilian houses. Such cases have already occurred in Sumy and Odessa (21 people died then), and now such a tragic situation has been repeated in Kharkov.
In particular, on Thursday night the Russian army attacked the city from the Kursk region with 20 suicide bombers, 11 of which were shot. Several drones hit civilians and civilian infrastructure in Kharkov itself and in the region. When State Emergency Service workers arrived to respond to one of the calls, Russia launched repeated strikes. As a result, four people died, three of them were rescuers, and 12 more received injuries of varying degrees of severity.
“They died saving people”
The State Service of Ukraine for Emergency Situations said that as a result of the first “arrival” at the high-rise building, a 67-year-old man was found under the rubble.
“While the emergency workers were trying to get to him the enemy struck again, killing three rescuers,” the department said, adding that it happened “on target”, “while they were rescuing people. “
The Ministry of Internal Affairs published a video of a young firefighter crying in the city of the tragedy, where “Russia cynically killed his father, a 52-year-old rescuer, a few minutes ago .”
“The deceased Vladislav Loginov devoted his life to working in the fire service. His son Vladimir, also, following the example of his father, became a fireman and worked as a chief watchman in a nearby fire department. On this hellish night, immediately. after the first explosions, father and son and their colleagues immediately went to the place of impact,” Igor Klimenko shared the story of the family of rescuers.
Vladislav and Vladimir worked nearby, literally a few houses away from each other. Hearing a loud explosion, the son immediately realized that it must have flown to where his father was.
In addition to Vladislav, two more rescuers died – Sergei (32 years old) and Vladimir (41 years old). Among the victims was an emergency nurse who arrived with the team at the scene.
Extremist method
According to the BBC, extremist organizations often use such heinous methods with a second strike in the area where the victims were rescued.
At the same time, this method is not new for the Russians. It turns out that they actively used the double tap technique in Syria. As Sky News notes, citing the Syrian Center for Justice and Accountability, the Bashar al-Assad regime and the Russians have carried out 58 such double strikes in Syria from 2013 to 2021.
Suspilne quotes Mark Garlasko, an expert from the human rights organization RAH, who explains that because rescuers and doctors, i.e. not military personnel, suffer as a result of repeated attacks, it means this is a war crime.
“Probably the reason the Russians are doing these illegal attacks they are destroying highly qualified specialists. Some have medical experience and have undergone medical training. It takes some time to reach this level of knowledge and skill. And therefore it is difficult to replace them. Obviously, the Russians are targeting these people to make sure that Ukraine will have a harder time as the war continues,” Garlasco said.
The press service of the State Emergency Service reported in the publication that Due to the double strike of the occupiers throughout the Russian invasion of Ukraine, 91 rescuers died and 348 were injured..
Traditional practice in Ukraine
The head of the Kharkov Regional Police Department, Oleg Sinegubov, also confirmed that this is not the first time that the Russians have used such a method in Ukraine, especially in the Kharkov region.
“… first the first wave of strikes was carried out, then our rescue services left to eliminate the consequences and save lives. After that there was actually a second wave of enemy strikes,” said Sinegubov.
He explains that the only way to stay safe is by responding to air raid signals. However, rescue units are forced to go to the scene of the shooting because their first priority is to save civilian lives.
“That’s why we have consequences,” said the head of KhOVA.
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Source: korrespondent
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