By Chris Menahan
InformationLiberation
A new UN report found that Ukrainian officials ignored a nursing home’s request to evacuate its elderly and disabled residents to safety and instead allegedly mined the surrounding roads and had the military take up positions in the care facility and use its residents as human shields.
When Russia attacked the Ukrainian military’s outpost and allegedly injured or killed many of the residents within that they were using as human shields, the Ukrainians accused Russia of committing war crimes.
In fact, when the residents who survived the attack fled from the building into a nearby forest they were provided with aid by Russian forces.
