Ukrainian Military use in the Donbass indiscriminate weapons, rocket launchers " Grad ", because it killed a large number of peaceful residents, said at a press conference researcher at Human Rights Watch Yulia Gorbunova.

" One of the focuses of our research in recent months was the use of indiscriminate weapons in the East of Ukraine - a weapon that is banned for use in densely populated areas, as well as a weapon that is banned completely, such as cluster bombs. The situation today remains intense. The Ukrainian government forces, undoubtedly, used indiscriminate weapons, among them rocket launchers " Grad ", because it killed a large number of peaceful residents, " - emphasizes the Commissioner of HRW.

at the same time, According to Gorbunova, militias are responsible for the fact that they have their security forces objects in places where civilians in densely populated areas, because of this quite a lot of people die from fire ".

The Ukrainian authorities began in April in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat of the region's population. The latest data from the UN, during the conflict lost their lives more than 5 thousand people, the real numbers may be much higher. The ninth of December in the Donbass began a consistent militias and security forces through the mediation of the OSCE another truce. On January 9, the intensity of attacks in the region has increased.

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