UN rights chief urges probe into Russian attack that killed nine children in Ukraine

ONU - 07/04
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called on Sunday for an investigation into the Russian attack on the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih which reportedly killed 18 people, including nine children.

Volker Türk issued a statement expressing shock at the attack, which occurred on Friday evening in a residential area.

A team from the UN Human Rights Office in Ukraine visited the impact site the following day, documented the damage, and established the names and identity of the children who were killed.

‘An unimaginable horror’

The incident is the deadliest single strike harming children which the Office has verified since the star...
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