Russia is using the “double tap” tactic, tested in the civil war in Syria.
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As Obshchestvennoye reports with reference to the State Emergency Service, due to double strikes by the Russian military during Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, 91 rescuers were killed and 348 were injured.
The technique, often used by extremist organizations with a second strike at the place of rescue of victims, was previously used by Russia in Odessa, writes the BBC. There, on March 15, 21 people died and more than 70 were injured. Among the dead was a State Emergency Service worker and an ambulance paramedic. They eliminated the consequences of the first shelling when the second strike was carried out.
A report by the Syria Justice and Accountability Center (SJAC), a US human rights group, said the Russian and Syrian governments carried out 58 double strike attacks targeting residential areas between 2013 and 2021, Sky News recalls.
The Public quotes Mark Garlasco, an expert at the human rights organization PAX and a former Human Rights Watch expert:
Double strike is a type of military targeting. First, they hit a military target or something else. Then they wait for rescuers to arrive and target the same area again. This strategy aims to kill civilians, which is why it is illegal.
He considers:
Probably the reason the Russians are carrying out these illegal attacks is because they are killing off highly skilled people. Someone has medical experience and has undergone medical training. It will take 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 ensure that Ukraine will have a harder time while the war continues.
Russia launched repeated strikes on civilians and civilian infrastructure in Kharkov. On Thursday night, Russian forces from the Kursk region attacked the Kharkov region with 20 Shahed attack drones, 11 of which were shot down, the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported.
The State Emergency Service reports that as a result of an enemy strike on a residential building, a 67-year-old man was trapped under the rubble.
It was while the emergency workers were trying to get to him that the enemy struck again, killing three rescuers, it was noted there and added: the rescuers “were cynically killed by Russia, targeted, with a second strike when they were saving people.
A similar attack occurred on April 5 in Zaporozhye.
Source: Racurs
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