"This is not an isolated incident, but a deliberate policy of the Kremlin's regime to destroy everything Ukrainian," Kostin stated on X/Twitter.The act violates the Geneva Convention and constitutes a war crime. However, Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets notes that international organizations struggle to respond effectively to such incidents. Read more:
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