President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky accused Amnesty International on the evening of Thursday, August 4, “attempted amnesty for a terrorist statefrom Russia, after the NGO accused Kiev of endangering the civilian population in the context of the war with Moscow. Amnesty International”shifts responsibility from the aggressor to the victim“, he added. Earlier, the head of Ukrainian diplomacy, Dmitry Kouleba, said to himself:unworthy“allegedly”unfair” long.
In a report released Thursday after a four-month investigation, the NGO accused the Ukrainian military of setting up military bases in schools and hospitals and launching attacks from populated areas, which it said violated international humanitarian law. “When the Ukrainian army invaded civilian structures in residential areas, it neither asked civilians to evacuate surrounding buildings nor helped civilians evacuate them, thus failing to take all possible precautions to protect civilians.“, it is specifically written in the report. Residents’ testimonies accompany this file, such as the testimonies of Mykola living in Donbas and explain:I don’t understand why our army fires from cities and not from villages. »
“false reality»
“Aggression against our state is unjustified, invasive and terrorist. If someone writes a report where the victim and the aggressor are somehow equal, if certain data about the victim is analyzed and the actions of the aggressor are ignored, this cannot be tolerated.added Vladimir Zelensky in his daily video message.
Dmytro Kouleba, in turn, accused Amnesty International.to create a false balance between the oppressor and the victim, between a country that destroys hundreds and thousands of civilians, cities, territories, and a country that desperately defends itself.“.
“Stop creating this false reality where everyone is a little guilty of something, and start systematically reporting the truth about what Russia really is today.“, he added. Amnesty International, however, argued in its report that Ukraine’s tactics do notin no way justify the indiscriminate Russian attackswhich hit the civilian population.
Source: Le Figaro
