HRW: Kiev does not deny the use of " Grade " in the Donbass

Kiev does not deny the use of " Grads " in the Donbass, this weapon cannot be used in areas with civilians told human rights Activists from Human Rights Watch.
Human rights activists are also concerned about infractions of human rights in the Donbass volunteer battalions, under the control of Kiev, RIA " Novosti ". Before Wednesday, the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation published in the 3rd edition of the White book of violations of human rights and the rule of law in Ukraine " during July - November 2014 said that the Ukrainian authorities used against residents of the South-East of the country phosphorous and cluster munitions, the " Hail " and " Hurricane ", a ballistic missile " Tochka-U ". Remember, in the early summer of militia in Ukraine stated that when applying the airstrike on the building of the Luhansk regional state administration by the security forces used cluster bombs, banned adopted in 2008 by the UN Convention. In the last month of summer the Investigative Committee of Russia said it also has evidence of the use of prohibited weapons against the civilian residents in Ukraine. In addition, Human Rights Watch October 21, released a report that said that the Ukrainian Military used cluster munitions in populated areas of Donetsk in early October 2014. Besides, HRW said that gathered evidence that cluster munitions were used by the Ukrainian law enforcers, not the militia. Because of this, in November, the UN said that the cases of the use of cluster munitions in the East of Ukraine have the opportunity to regarded as a war crime and must be quickly and thoroughly investigated.


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