Official Kyiv is outraged by the report by the international human rights organization (AI) on the Ukrainian military’s tactics to deploy forces close to civilian infrastructure. Thus, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba on Thursday, August 4, said that the organization is trying to create a “false balance between the aggressor and the victim”, between the attacking country and the defender. “Stop creating a false reality where everyone is to blame for something,” he turned to AI. “Take care to report the systemic truth about what the Russian Federation is.”

Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the chief of staff of the President of Ukraine, accused international human rights activists of participating in a campaign to discredit Ukraine’s armed forces, organized by the Russian Federation, to stop the supply of weapons. “The only thing that poses a threat to the lives of Ukrainians is the Russian army of executioners and rapists who came to Ukraine to commit genocide. Our defenders protect their people and their families,” Podolyak wrote on Twitter.

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Amnesty International’s office previously released a statement saying that Ukrainian forces are endangering civilians by establishing bases and using weapons systems in residential areas, including schools and hospitals, while resisting the Russian invasion.

“We have documented examples of Ukrainian troops endangering civilians and violating the laws of war when operating in populated areas,” said Agnes Callamard, Amnesty International’s secretary general.

AI’s Ukrainian office stressed on Thursday that “a separate team from Amnesty International’s Crisis Response Department is committed to correcting the facts and preparing materials”.

AI helps record Ukraine’s war crimes

“Since the beginning of the large-scale invasion, the Ukrainian office has been advocating the investigation and helping to involve forensic investigators from other countries in the investigation of war crimes on the territory of Ukraine,” said Oksana Pokalchuk, director of the Ukrainian Police Department. Amnesty International office.

The Ukrainian office of AI recalls that since February 24, investigators have documented dozens of war crimes and proved that they were committed by the Russian military. In particular, the attack on the Mariupol Drama Theater, the attack on a residential building and a seaside resort in Sergeevka, war crimes in the Kyiv region. AI plans to take the documented data to the International Criminal Court, which will promote international justice and bring those responsible to justice.