"Using methods of warfare prohibited by international law, Russian troops fired at the civilian infrastructure of the town of Seredyna-Buda with a multiple-launch rocket system (MLRS). As a result of the attack, at least five private houses were destroyed, and the bodies of two dead women and two wounded men were pulled out of the rubble. Also, a civilian man and his 7-year-old stepdaughter were wounded in their car. The girl later died in hospital," the Sumy Oblast Prosecutor's Office reported.Seredyna-Buda is a town of around 7,500 residents. It is located less than three kilometers from the Russo-Ukrainian border. Russian troops regularly shell residential areas of this Ukrainian border town, using mortars and multiple rocket launchers, causing civilian casualties. Russian multiple-launch rocket systems fire cluster munitions. Using cluster munitions against residential areas is a war crime. Under the procedural supervision of the Sumy Oblast Prosecutor's Office, a pre-trial investigation is being conducted into the violation of the laws and customs of war combined with premeditated murder (Part 2 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). Prosecutors, in cooperation with other law enforcement agencies, are documenting the consequences of the shelling. Related:
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