Tetiana Chulak’s sister Valentyna told Amnesty International: “I heard the explosions and ran to the street… I ran there and into the building, and found Tetiana in her bed, dead, covered in smashed-up furniture and debris, and her husband Volodymyr was dead in the kitchen. Ⓒ Amnesty International Residential block strikeĪmongst those killed in the strike on Budzhaska Street were Volodymyr Chulak, a 68-year-old physical education teacher, his wife Tetiana, a 64-year-old chef, and their son Mykhaylo, 35, who lived in Odesa and was visiting his parents. Godji Hotel resort in Serhiivka, destroyed by a Russian attack on 1 July, killing six civilians.
The fatalities also included Oleksander Shishkov, 41, a well-known football coach who lived in Odesa but who had been staying at the hotel following a children’s football match the day before between the local team and the team from the nearby town of Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky. Olha Ilyashevych, 30, and her mother Maria, who had both fled fighting from Slovyansk in the Donbas region, were also killed. Just minutes later, a second missile hit the hardware store at the front of a residential nine-storey building at 23 Budzhaska Street, and killed 15 civilians.Īmongst those killed at the Godji Hotel were Nadiya Rudnitskaya, the hotel manager, and her 12-year-old son Dmytro Rudnitsky.
The first missile hit the Godji Hotel, and killed six civilians. Just after midnight on 1 July, Russian forces launched at least two missiles towards the Black Sea resort of Serhiivka, around 45 miles southwest of the city of Odesa. To date, there have been numerous examples of Russian forces routinely launching unlawful attacks in Ukraine which have killed and injured civilians, some of which may have been deliberate attacks on civilians or civilian objects. Prior to any attack, members of the military are required to take steps to ensure that they are reasonably certain they are not targeting civilians and civilian objects. Military objectives can be targeted, but it is unlawful to target civilians or civilian objects. Ⓒ Amnesty InternationalĪ core principle of international humanitarian law (the laws of war) is that parties to an armed conflict must at all times distinguish between civilians and civilian objects, and members of the military and military objectives. Residential nine-storey building at 23 Budzhaska Street in Serhiivka, which Russian forces hit on 1 July, killing 15 civilians. Notably, the fragments contained old-style rivets, consistent with a 50-year-old weapon such as a Kh-22. With an estimated warhead of more than 900kg and a targeting system designed to hit ships rather than land objects, the missile is potentially extremely inaccurate, and therefore completely inappropriate for use in a populated area.Īmnesty International’s Crisis Response weapons expert found ordnance fragments consistent with a large guided missile at the scene of the strike on the hotel. Local government officials told Amnesty International that the weapons used in the attack were two Kh-22 guided missiles. This attack is yet another example of the Russian military’s utter disregard for civilians in Ukraine Donatella Rovera, Amnesty International’s Senior Crisis Response Adviser Satellite imagery reviewed by Amnesty International also did not indicate any military activity in the area prior to the attack. All those responsible for such war crimes must face justice for their actions.”Īmnesty International visited the strike locations in Serhiivka and found no evidence of the presence of Ukrainian soldiers, weapons, or other valid military targets nearby. “This attack is yet another example of the Russian military’s utter disregard for civilians in Ukraine as they continue to cause needless death and destruction. “These powerful weapons were designed to destroy warships, and firing them into residential areas is extremely reckless,” said Donatella Rovera, Amnesty International’s Senior Crisis Response Adviser. Five people remain in serious condition in intensive care, meaning the total death toll may rise. The strikes, apparently using anti-ship missiles, hit the town in the Odesa region shortly before 1am on 1 July, injuring at least 35 people. Russian air strikes on an apartment block and beach resort hotel in the coastal town of Serhiivka in southern Ukraine killed at least 21 civilians, Amnesty International said today following a new on-the-ground investigation. News JUkraine: Civilians killed by ‘reckless’ Russian attacks on Serhiivka apartment block and beach resort
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