Top UN Official in Dnipro Equated Ukraine with Russia in Killing of Civilians in Chaplyne

The United Nations Resident Coordinator in Ukraine, Denise Brown, called on "all parties" to adhere to international law after the Russian missile strike on the railway station in the Dnipropetrovsk region killed 25 people.

"I am truly shocked by the strikes that yesterday killed and injured civilians close to the rail station in Chaplyne, in central Ukraine. Children were killed in this attack and they died in places where they expected to be safe, in their homes or traveling with their families. Yes, they should have been safe and they weren't," Brown said on her visit to Dnipro on August 25.

She also mentioned the intense Russian shelling of Zelenodolsk and Nikopol in recent days.

"All actors, without exception, must respect their obligations under international humanitarian law and take constant care to spare civilians and civilian infrastructure so that they are protected, their houses preserved, and essential services remain," Brown stated.

Denise Brown's statement actually equates Ukraine with Russia and, to some extent, resembles the scandalous report of the human rights organization Amnesty International. They stated on August 4 that the Ukrainian military, which is trying to push back Russian forces, put civilians in harm's way by establishing bases and operating weapons systems in populated residential areas, including schools and hospitals.

In response, the President's Office stated that the lives of Ukrainians are threatened only by the Russian army. Amnesty International's statements are nothing more than participation in Russia's discrediting campaign against Ukraine. Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba said that he was outraged by Amnesty International's statement and considered it unfair.

President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced the selectivity of Amnesty International's report and believed that the organization is trying to grant amnesty to a terrorist state and shifting blame from the perpetrator of crimes to their victim.

In April, Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the UN Security Council remotely, emphasizing that the organization could be dissolved if it could not stop the war and war crimes committed in Ukraine.