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The '''attack to the care house in Stara Krasnianka''' took place on 11 March 2022 during the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]]. On 7 March the Ukrainian armed forces reportedly occupied a care house in the village of {{ill|Stara Krasnianka|ru|Старая Краснянка|uk|Стара Краснянка}}, near [[Kreminna]], [[Luhansk region]], and set up a firing position there without first evacuating the residents. On 11 March 2022 [[Russian separatist forces in Donbas|pro-Russian separatist forces]] attacked the care house with heavy weapons while 71 patients with disabilities and 15 members of staff were still inside. A fire broke out and approximately fifty people died |
The '''attack to the care house in Stara Krasnianka''' took place on 11 March 2022 during the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]]. On 7 March the Ukrainian armed forces reportedly occupied a care house in the village of {{ill|Stara Krasnianka|ru|Старая Краснянка|uk|Стара Краснянка}}, near [[Kreminna]], [[Luhansk region]], and set up a firing position there without first evacuating the residents. On 11 March 2022 [[Russian separatist forces in Donbas|pro-Russian separatist forces]] attacked the care house with heavy weapons while 71 patients with disabilities and 15 members of staff were still inside. A fire broke out and approximately fifty people died. |
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Ukraine officials accused the Russian forces of deliberately targeting a medical facility and forcefully deporting the survivors. On 29 June, a report of the [[OHCHR]] described the incident as an "emblematic" case of a military objective placed near civilian objects and possible use of human shields to prevent military operations in the area. |
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== Events == |
== Events == |
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As reported by [[OHCHR]], on 7 March Ukrainian soldiers took up positions inside the care house in the village of {{ill|Stara Krasnianka|ru|Старая Краснянка|uk|Стара Краснянка}}, near [[Kreminna]] ([[Luhansk Oblast]]) and set up a firing base there without first evacuating residents and staff.<ref name="OHCHR_June_Report">{{Cite report |url=https://www.ohchr.org/en/documents/country-reports/situation-human-rights-ukraine-context-armed-attack-russian-federation |title=The situation of human rights in Ukraine in the context of the armed attack by the Russian Federation, 24 February to 15 May 2022 |date=29 June 2022 |publisher=[[OHCHR]] |access-date=11 July 2022 |at=para. 35-36}}</ref> |
As reported by [[OHCHR]], on 7 March Ukrainian soldiers took up positions inside the care house in the village of {{ill|Stara Krasnianka|ru|Старая Краснянка|uk|Стара Краснянка}}, near [[Kreminna]] ([[Luhansk Oblast]]) and set up a firing base there without first evacuating residents and staff.<ref name="OHCHR_June_Report">{{Cite report |url=https://www.ohchr.org/en/documents/country-reports/situation-human-rights-ukraine-context-armed-attack-russian-federation |title=The situation of human rights in Ukraine in the context of the armed attack by the Russian Federation, 24 February to 15 May 2022 |date=29 June 2022 |publisher=[[OHCHR]] |access-date=11 July 2022 |at=para. 35-36}}</ref> |
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In the preceding days, the Ukrainian armed forces had allegedly mined the surrounding area and blocked roads, which prevented the local authorities from evacuating the site, as requested by the management of the care home.<ref name="OHCHR_June_Report" /><ref name="ABC_News">{{Cite news |date=2022-07-10 |title=Ukraine partly responsible for attack on nursing home, UN says |language=en-AU |work=[[ABC News]] |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-10/un-report-finds-ukraine-russia-responsible-for-attack/101224672 |access-date=2022-07-11}}</ref> On 9 March, the Ukrainian forces based at the care house engaged in the first exchange of fire with [[Russian separatist forces in Donbas|pro-Russian separatists]] without casualties among the civilian residents of the house. It is unclear which side was the first to open fire.<ref name="OHCHR_June_Report" /> On |
In the preceding days, the Ukrainian armed forces had allegedly mined the surrounding area and blocked roads, which prevented the local authorities from evacuating the site, as requested by the management of the care home.<ref name="OHCHR_June_Report" /><ref name="ABC_News">{{Cite news |date=2022-07-10 |title=Ukraine partly responsible for attack on nursing home, UN says |language=en-AU |work=[[ABC News]] |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-10/un-report-finds-ukraine-russia-responsible-for-attack/101224672 |access-date=2022-07-11}}</ref> On 9 March, the Ukrainian forces based at the care house engaged in the first exchange of fire with [[Russian separatist forces in Donbas|pro-Russian separatists]] without casualties among the civilian residents of the house. It is unclear which side was the first to open fire.<ref name="OHCHR_June_Report" /> On March 11 dozens of elderly and disabled patients, some of them bedridden, were in the care house without water or electricity, along with the Ukrainian soldiers.<ref name=":9" /><ref name="ABC_News" /><ref name="OHCHR_June_Report" /> |
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On 11 March, pro-Russian separatist armed groups attacked the care house again and used heavy weapons while patients and staff were still inside.<ref name="OHCHR_June_Report" /> The attack caused a fire that spread throughout the facility and killed the patients who could not move.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |last1=Lardner |first1=Richard |last2=Dupuy |first2=Beatrice |date=9 July 2022 |title=UN says Ukraine stationed troops in nursing home, bears some blame for March attack |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/un-says-ukraine-stationed-troops-in-nursing-home-bears-some-blame-for-march-attack/ |access-date=2022-07-11 |website=[[The Times of Israel]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="ABC_News" /> A group of residents fled the house, walked for 5 kilometres in the forest and was given assistance by pro-Russian separatists.<ref name=":9" /> 22 patients survived the attack but as of 29 June the exact number of persons killed remains unknown.<ref name="OHCHR_June_Report" /> On 20 March [[Serhiy Haidai]], governor of [[Luhansk Oblast|Luhansk region]], reported 56 victims.<ref name="RBC_UA" /><ref name="WoPo_April" /> At the time of the attack, 71 patients with disabilities and 15 staff were at the house.<ref name="OHCHR_June_Report" /> |
On 11 March, pro-Russian separatist armed groups attacked the care house again and used heavy weapons while patients and staff were still inside.<ref name="OHCHR_June_Report" /> The attack caused a fire that spread throughout the facility and killed the patients who could not move.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |last1=Lardner |first1=Richard |last2=Dupuy |first2=Beatrice |date=9 July 2022 |title=UN says Ukraine stationed troops in nursing home, bears some blame for March attack |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/un-says-ukraine-stationed-troops-in-nursing-home-bears-some-blame-for-march-attack/ |access-date=2022-07-11 |website=[[The Times of Israel]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="ABC_News" /> A group of residents fled the house, walked for 5 kilometres in the forest and was given assistance by pro-Russian separatists.<ref name=":9" /> 22 patients survived the attack but as of 29 June the exact number of persons killed remains unknown.<ref name="OHCHR_June_Report" /> On 20 March [[Serhiy Haidai]], governor of [[Luhansk Oblast|Luhansk region]], reported 56 victims.<ref name="RBC_UA" /><ref name="WoPo_April" /> At the time of the attack, 71 patients with disabilities and 15 staff were at the house.<ref name="OHCHR_June_Report" /> |
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In the aftermath of the attack, the [[Ombudsman in Ukraine|Ukrainian ombudsperson]] [[Lyudmyla Denisova|Denisova]] stated over 50 elderly persons had been intentionally fired upon by a tank in the care home, and called the attack a "crime against humanity" by "racist occupation forces".<ref name="Ball-2022">{{cite news |last=Ball |first=Tom |date=20 March 2022 |title=Ukraine accuses Russia of killing 56 care home residents in Luhansk |work=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/russia-ukraine-art-school-mariupol-6fprjwq0t}}</ref> [[Serhiy Haidai]], governor of [[Luhansk Oblast|Luhansk region]], reported 56 victims from the attack, which he called "cynical and deliberate".<ref name="RBC_UA">{{Cite web |title=У Кремінній окупанти впритул розстріляли з танка будинок престарілих: 56 людей загинули |url=https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news/kremennoy-okkupanty-upor-rasstrelyali-tanka-1647772599.html |access-date=2022-07-11 |website=РБК-Украина |language=ru}}</ref><ref name="WoPo_April">{{Cite news |date=13 April 2022 |title=New images show burned bodies at ruined nursing home in Luhansk region |language=en-US |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/13/ukraine-nursing-home-bodies-video/ |access-date=2022-07-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728035817/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/13/ukraine-nursing-home-bodies-video/ |archive-date=30 July 2022 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> He also said that 15 survivors had been kidnapped by the occupiers and taken to a geriatric hospital in [[Svatove]], at the time under control of the separatists.<ref name="RBC_UA" /> On 20 March Ukraine's prosecutor general announced war crimes charges against Russia for the attack on a medical facility,<ref name="RBC_UA" /> and the US Embassy in Ukraine stated that Russia will bear responsibility for the crime.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 March 2022 |title=Посольство США - про обстріл будинку для літніх у Кремінній: путін стріляє по слабких |url=https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-ato/3436436-posolstvo-ssa-pro-obstril-budinku-dla-litnih-u-kreminnij-putin-strilae-po-slabkih.html |access-date=2022-07-11 |website=[[Ukrinform]] |language=uk}}</ref> |
In the aftermath of the attack, the [[Ombudsman in Ukraine|Ukrainian ombudsperson]] [[Lyudmyla Denisova|Denisova]] stated over 50 elderly persons had been intentionally fired upon by a tank in the care home, and called the attack a "crime against humanity" by "racist occupation forces".<ref name="Ball-2022">{{cite news |last=Ball |first=Tom |date=20 March 2022 |title=Ukraine accuses Russia of killing 56 care home residents in Luhansk |work=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/russia-ukraine-art-school-mariupol-6fprjwq0t}}</ref> [[Serhiy Haidai]], governor of [[Luhansk Oblast|Luhansk region]], reported 56 victims from the attack, which he called "cynical and deliberate".<ref name="RBC_UA">{{Cite web |title=У Кремінній окупанти впритул розстріляли з танка будинок престарілих: 56 людей загинули |url=https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news/kremennoy-okkupanty-upor-rasstrelyali-tanka-1647772599.html |access-date=2022-07-11 |website=РБК-Украина |language=ru}}</ref><ref name="WoPo_April">{{Cite news |date=13 April 2022 |title=New images show burned bodies at ruined nursing home in Luhansk region |language=en-US |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/13/ukraine-nursing-home-bodies-video/ |access-date=2022-07-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728035817/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/13/ukraine-nursing-home-bodies-video/ |archive-date=30 July 2022 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> He also said that 15 survivors had been kidnapped by the occupiers and taken to a geriatric hospital in [[Svatove]], at the time under control of the separatists.<ref name="RBC_UA" /> On 20 March Ukraine's prosecutor general announced war crimes charges against Russia for the attack on a medical facility,<ref name="RBC_UA" /> and the US Embassy in Ukraine stated that Russia will bear responsibility for the crime.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 March 2022 |title=Посольство США - про обстріл будинку для літніх у Кремінній: путін стріляє по слабких |url=https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-ato/3436436-posolstvo-ssa-pro-obstril-budinku-dla-litnih-u-kreminnij-putin-strilae-po-slabkih.html |access-date=2022-07-11 |website=[[Ukrinform]] |language=uk}}</ref> |
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In the first half of April, a Russian Telegram channel published a video from the destroyed nursing home, which showed many burned bodies, ammunition and weapons among the ruins. ''[[The Washington Post]]'' verified the location of |
In the first half of April, a Russian Telegram channel published a video from the destroyed nursing home, which showed many burned bodies, ammunition and weapons among the ruins. ''[[The Washington Post]]'' "verified the location of the new video and some of the images by comparing them with multiple prewar archive videos and photographs of the nursing home".<ref name="WoPo_April" /> According to ''The Washington Post'', "Our Donbas, a campaign group allied with the LPR, previously published photographs and a video package that showed select areas of damage to the nursing home and stated that more than 60 people were killed there. The group’s video footage and images, which were also verified by The Post, did not show any bodies or weaponry." <ref name="WoPo_April" /> |
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On 29 June the [[Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights|OHCHR]] published a report on the situation of human rights in Ukraine disclosing more information on the attack.<ref name="OHCHR_June_Report" /> |
Ukraine’s prosecutor general reported preliminary findings that matched Haidai’s account; his office announced war crimes charges against Russia for the attack.<ref name="WoPo_April" /> The area was under Russian control, and Ukrainian investigators had been unable to access the site.<ref name="WoPo_April" /> On 29 June the [[Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights|OHCHR]] published a report on the situation of human rights in Ukraine disclosing more information on the attack.<ref name="OHCHR_June_Report" /> According to the report, Ukraine’s armed forces bear a significant responsibility for what happened because "a few days before the March 11 attack, Ukrainian soldiers took up positions inside the nursing home, effectively making the building a target."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=U.N. Says Ukraine Bears Share of Blame for Nursing Home Attack |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/ukraine-shares-blame-nursing-home-attack/ |access-date=2022-07-11 |website=FRONTLINE |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":9" /><ref name="ABC_News" /> |
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== See also == |
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Revision as of 04:23, 15 January 2023
| Stara Krasnianka care house attack | |
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| Part of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | |
| Location | Stara Krasnianka, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine |
| Date | 11 March 2022 |
| Target | Nursing home |
Attack type | Shelling by a tank, Use of Human shields |
| Deaths | ~50 |
| Perpetrators | Russian separatist forces in Donbas and Ukraine |
The attack to the care house in Stara Krasnianka took place on 11 March 2022 during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. On 7 March the Ukrainian armed forces reportedly occupied a care house in the village of Stara Krasnianka, near Kreminna, Luhansk region, and set up a firing position there without first evacuating the residents. On 11 March 2022 pro-Russian separatist forces attacked the care house with heavy weapons while 71 patients with disabilities and 15 members of staff were still inside. A fire broke out and approximately fifty people died.
Events
As reported by OHCHR, on 7 March Ukrainian soldiers took up positions inside the care house in the village of Stara Krasnianka, near Kreminna (Luhansk Oblast) and set up a firing base there without first evacuating residents and staff.[1]
In the preceding days, the Ukrainian armed forces had allegedly mined the surrounding area and blocked roads, which prevented the local authorities from evacuating the site, as requested by the management of the care home.[1][2] On 9 March, the Ukrainian forces based at the care house engaged in the first exchange of fire with pro-Russian separatists without casualties among the civilian residents of the house. It is unclear which side was the first to open fire.[1] On March 11 dozens of elderly and disabled patients, some of them bedridden, were in the care house without water or electricity, along with the Ukrainian soldiers.[3][2][1]
On 11 March, pro-Russian separatist armed groups attacked the care house again and used heavy weapons while patients and staff were still inside.[1] The attack caused a fire that spread throughout the facility and killed the patients who could not move.[3][2] A group of residents fled the house, walked for 5 kilometres in the forest and was given assistance by pro-Russian separatists.[3] 22 patients survived the attack but as of 29 June the exact number of persons killed remains unknown.[1] On 20 March Serhiy Haidai, governor of Luhansk region, reported 56 victims.[4][5] At the time of the attack, 71 patients with disabilities and 15 staff were at the house.[1]
Aftermath
In the aftermath of the attack, the Ukrainian ombudsperson Denisova stated over 50 elderly persons had been intentionally fired upon by a tank in the care home, and called the attack a "crime against humanity" by "racist occupation forces".[6] Serhiy Haidai, governor of Luhansk region, reported 56 victims from the attack, which he called "cynical and deliberate".[4][5] He also said that 15 survivors had been kidnapped by the occupiers and taken to a geriatric hospital in Svatove, at the time under control of the separatists.[4] On 20 March Ukraine's prosecutor general announced war crimes charges against Russia for the attack on a medical facility,[4] and the US Embassy in Ukraine stated that Russia will bear responsibility for the crime.[7]
In the first half of April, a Russian Telegram channel published a video from the destroyed nursing home, which showed many burned bodies, ammunition and weapons among the ruins. The Washington Post "verified the location of the new video and some of the images by comparing them with multiple prewar archive videos and photographs of the nursing home".[5] According to The Washington Post, "Our Donbas, a campaign group allied with the LPR, previously published photographs and a video package that showed select areas of damage to the nursing home and stated that more than 60 people were killed there. The group’s video footage and images, which were also verified by The Post, did not show any bodies or weaponry." [5]
Ukraine’s prosecutor general reported preliminary findings that matched Haidai’s account; his office announced war crimes charges against Russia for the attack.[5] The area was under Russian control, and Ukrainian investigators had been unable to access the site.[5] On 29 June the OHCHR published a report on the situation of human rights in Ukraine disclosing more information on the attack.[1] According to the report, Ukraine’s armed forces bear a significant responsibility for what happened because "a few days before the March 11 attack, Ukrainian soldiers took up positions inside the nursing home, effectively making the building a target."[8][3][2]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h The situation of human rights in Ukraine in the context of the armed attack by the Russian Federation, 24 February to 15 May 2022 (Report). OHCHR. 29 June 2022. para. 35-36. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Ukraine partly responsible for attack on nursing home, UN says". ABC News. 10 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
- ^ a b c d Lardner, Richard; Dupuy, Beatrice (9 July 2022). "UN says Ukraine stationed troops in nursing home, bears some blame for March attack". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
- ^ a b c d "У Кремінній окупанти впритул розстріляли з танка будинок престарілих: 56 людей загинули". РБК-Украина (in Russian). Retrieved 11 July 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f "New images show burned bodies at ruined nursing home in Luhansk region". The Washington Post. 13 April 2022. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on 30 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
{{cite news}}:|archive-date=/|archive-url=timestamp mismatch; 28 July 2022 suggested (help) - ^ Ball, Tom (20 March 2022). "Ukraine accuses Russia of killing 56 care home residents in Luhansk". The Times.
- ^ "Посольство США - про обстріл будинку для літніх у Кремінній: путін стріляє по слабких". Ukrinform (in Ukrainian). 22 March 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
- ^ "U.N. Says Ukraine Bears Share of Blame for Nursing Home Attack". FRONTLINE. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
