Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International's secretary general...called on the Ukrainian government to ensure that its forces were located away from populated areas or for all civilians to be evacuated from those areas first.
I dunno, that seems pretty difficult. Recall that Russia attacked Ukraine from several directions in February and that they’ve fired missiles so that they land all over the country. A real problem with the Amnesty report is that Russians hits civilian targets all the time.
Ukraine responds strongly to criticisms by Amnesty International.
Russian abuse of civilian populations (example: Bucha) means many Ukrainian civilians feel more secure being close to their military.
Amnesty deliberately ignored the opinions of their Ukrainian staff.
The Secretary General of Amnesty International gives a very highly defensive reaction to being criticized.
President Zelenskyy takes very strong issue with Amnesty’s claim.
And also:
Russians distributing weapons and ammunition among civilians in the city of Kherson, in violation of the laws of war.
The BJ piece also looks at:
Russian spies look for missile targets in Ukraine.
Brittney Griner’s fate.
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