HRWF (29.03.2024) - Armed conflicts are very often triggered despite prevention efforts deployed over years and decades by domestic and foreign political powers as...
violations of international humanitarian law are committed by all belligerents and Russia’s warfare on Ukraine is shedding further light on the need to protect civilians in the context of intensified urban warfare. In Ukraine, overtaking cities is of strategic value for Russia and is part of their warfare tactics. The terrain thus becomes very complex with the inevitable proximity of the military with the civilian population.