Russia's Lavrov tells Red Cross of Ukrainian wartime rights violations

18/9/2024 6:19

        Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov outlined to the visiting head of the International Committee of the Red Cross on Tuesday what he described as numerous Ukrainian rights violations over the course of the 2-1/2-year old war, his ministry said.
        
        A ministry statement said Lavrov, in his talks with Mirjana Spoljaric, set out "the numerous facts of Ukraine's violations of norms of international humanitarian rights, including in the context of treatment of prisoners of war and civilians".
        
        The ICRC, in a statement at the end of Spoljaric's two-day visit, said she restated the need for all states "to fulfil their obligations under international humanitarian law", including visits to prisoners of war.
        
        She also called for protection of humanitarian workers following the killing of three ICRC staff last week when shelling hit a distribution site on the eastern front.