Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday accused Amnesty International (AI) of turning a blind eye to Russia’s “terrorist state” after the NGO accused Kiev of endangering civilians.
Zelensky added that AI “shifts responsibility from the perpetrator to the victim.” A few hours ago, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said he was “furious” at the NGO’s “unjustified” accusations.
In a report released Thursday after a four-month investigation, AI said the Ukrainian military is putting civilians at risk by setting up military bases in schools and hospitals and launching attacks from populated areas to stop the Russian invasion.
According to the NGO, these practices violate international humanitarian law.
“Aggression against our state is unjust, invasive and terrorist. If someone writes a report in which the victim and aggressor are somehow equated, if some victim data is analyzed and the actions of the attacker are ignored, it cannot be tolerated,” Zelensky said. in daily video talk.
Kuleba accused the NGO of establishing a “false equivalence” between the actions of the invading Russian forces and the actions of the Ukrainian troops defending the country.
The AI report highlights that Ukrainian tactics “do not in any way justify Russia’s indiscriminate attacks” against the civilian population.
source: Noticias
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