Explainer-Ukraine: When do attacks on civilian installations amount to war crimes?


  • World
  • Friday, 04 Aug 2023

FILE PHOTO: A general view of a grain terminal at the port of Odesa, Ukraine, April 10, 2023. Ritzau Scanpix/Bo Amstrup via REUTERS/File Photo

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Russian air strikes this week hit silos and shipping terminals for Ukrainian grain, potentially violating international law, which forbids attacks on resources essential to the civilian population.

Drone attacks wrecked buildings in the port of Izmail and prevented ships on the Danube River from loading grain for export. Around 100,000 metric tons have been destroyed, by Kyiv's accounts.

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