GENEVA, July 31. TASS/: Civilians should not be deliberately targeted, UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Elizabeth Throssell told TASS in connection with Ukrainian shelling of civilian infrastructure in Taganrog.
She explained that her office had not yet received any correspondence regarding the appeal of Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova, who had addressed the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk about Kiev's shelling of residential infrastructure in Taganrog. "I have checked and at the time of writing [of this message], we have not yet received any correspondence," Throssell pointed out.
"We are not in a position to respond on the specific incident you describe and comment on what may have happened," the spokeswoman said, "However, as you know, parties to a conflict must distinguish at all times between combatants and civilians. Civilians may never be the deliberate target of attacks." "Parties to the conflict are required to take all feasible precautions to minimize harm to civilians and civilian objects and not to conduct attacks that fail to discriminate between combatants and civilians, or would cause disproportionate harm to the civilian population," Throssell concluded.
On July 29, Moskalkova announced that she has reached out to United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk following Kiev’s attack on the city of Taganrog. The Russian human rights commissioner also noted that targeted attacks on Russian civilian infrastructure that endanger civilians is a tactic that points to the terrorist nature of the Kiev regime.
On July 28, missile fragments fell in downtown Taganrog, causing no fatalities. Rostov Region Governor Vasily Golubev said the epicenter was at the site of the Taganrog Art Museum. A wall and roof of the museum were destroyed, while the museum's garages and outbuildings were damaged, as well as a nearby residential building. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Kiev regime carried out a strike with an S-200 air defense missile converted into an attack missile. The Russian Investigative Committee opened a criminal investigation under Article 205 of the Russian Criminal Code ("Act of Terrorism").
