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On September 12, the humanitarian mission of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) came under attack in the Donetsk People’s Republic. The attack was reported both by Russian and Ukrainian military sources.
The group of volunteers and civilians reportedly came under artillery shelling in the area of the village of Verolyubovka located west of Chasov Yar in the DPR. The settlement is under control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. There are about 10 kilometers from the frontlines.
Several vehicles that were delivering humanitarian aid to local residents affected by the fighting were destroyed. The building of some industrial entreprise nearby, where people were inside, was damaged. According to the local Ukrainian authorities, three people were killed and two others were wounded.
The humanitarian workers were unloading wood and coal to help people in the Donetsk region prepare for the winter when vehicles they were using were hit, the Red Cross said. According to the ICRC, no civilians were affected by the shelling. All the dead were reportedly citizens of Ukraine.
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Ukrainian authorities immediately blamed the Russian military for another alleged war crime. Zelensky was quick to immediately comment on the attack to gain the headlines. However, the only evidence of the Russian guilt are only cries of Ukrainian officials. Ukrainian propaganda has been blaming Russian forces for genocide of the Ukrainian people and attacks on civilians but all Ukrainian lies are fastly revealed.
Russian military observers blamed Ukraine for another provocation. The Kiev regime seeks to discredit the Russian army at any cost, even at the cost of the lives of its own citizens, especially when the Ukrainian army is fleeing defeat in all directions on the frontlines.
The humanitarian mission could be shelled by the Ukrainian artillery. The Russian military has no need to destroy wood brought to civilians. On the other hand, Kiev gained the necessary media effect showing the ICRC vehicles on fire.
The ICRC vehicles could be affected by the attack on the entreprise, which could be used by the Ukrainian military, as Ukrainian soldiers always do in the rear areas. It is also unclear why the Ukrainian authorities do not evacuate civilians from the war-torn areas but volunteers bring them wood for winter when there is a great risk that the battles would come to the village long before the cold weather.
Moreover, the Ukrainian military is known to use medical vehicles to hide transfer of military equipment. For example, on August 27, Russian reconnaissance spotted Ukrainian column in the area of Chuguev. Grad MLRS, French BBMs, and other vehicles were transfered in the column that included civilian tractors with cargo semi-trailers, some of which were covered by the symbols of the Red Cross and were secretly transferring Ukrainian manpower.
