Russians execute civilian woman in Donetsk Oblast – Ukrainian Ombudsman calls for international action
Russians killed a woman on the outskirts of the village of Terny in the Donetsk Oblast on November 10, 2024, according to the Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor’s Office and Ukraine’s Human Rights Commissioner Dmytro Lubinets on social media.
Photo credits: Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor’s OfficeOperational data indicates that that Russian soldiers opened fire on a local resident walking near destroyed houses on Terny’s outskirts, near Lyman city. The woman died at the scene.
Law enforcement officials are currently working to identify the victim and establish all circumstances of the incident. The Security Service of Ukraine’s Main Directorate in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts is conducting the pre-trial investigation, under the oversight of the Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor’s Office.
Lubinets has notified the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross about the international crime.
The international community should not only pay attention to it but also react!" Ukraine's Ombudsman stated.
In separate incidents, as Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor’s Office reported, Russian attacks claimed two more civilian lives and injured eight others in Donetsk Oblast on November 13, 2024.
A Russian strike on Shevchenko village in the Volnovakha district killed a 32-year-old woman and left another woman, 36, with a closed head injury and shrapnel wounds.
In Novotroitske, Pokrovsk district, a Russian drone struck a civilian vehicle, killing a 63-year-old local resident and injuring two others – a 59-year-old woman and a 33-year-old man.
Russian forces also conducted three airstrikes on Kostiantynivka using FAB-250 bombs with UMPK guidance modules, targeting a residential area. The attacks injured four residents – two pensioners aged 68 and 71 and a married couple aged 37 and 48 – causing blast injuries, shrapnel wounds, lacerations and abrasions. The strikes also damaged 21 residential buildings, a car, a power line and a gas pipeline.abrasions. The facades of 21 residential buildings, a car, a power line and a gas pipeline were damaged.
Russian artillery fire in Predtechyne village, Kramatorsk district, wounded one more civilian on November 13.
Meanwhile, Ukraine continues its efforts to restore global security order under the UN Charter and work toward liberating its territories occupied by Russia since 2014. Ukraine is currently actively working on reintegration strategies and policies for the all liberated areas in future. President Zelenskyy insists that implementing the Peace Formula will bring Russia to the Peace Summit and help restore UN Charter principles.
On November 14, Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people warned against “false peace” in Ukraine through territorial concessions.
In addition, Ukraine has repeatedly called on countries worldwide to impose restrictive sanctions on the Russian Federation to compel it to comply with international law, including UN Charta.
Bloomberg reported that Russian oil exports have reached their highest level since early July as seasonal maintenance at refineries has constrained domestic refining. The average four-week production volume increased by 7,000 barrels per day in the week leading up to October 13th.
According to Reuters, India and Saudi Arabia became the top buyers of Russian fuel oil and gasoil in October 2024. India is striving to conduct a larger portion of its trade with Russia in rupees as its commerce with Moscow has grown fivefold in the past three years, Bloomberg points out.
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Previously, over 1,300 Russian military companies and 2 million industry workers still operate, many of them without international restrictions, a member of the Sanctions Policy Working Group of the Crimean Platform Expert Network, Bohdan Bernatskyy, told at the Third Parliamentary Summit of the Crimea Platform in Riga.
