Civilian was killed during the evacuation.

Date of the event

06.03.2022

Venue

The city of Irpin

On March 6, Anatoly Berezhny, who assisted in the evacuation of civilians, was killed. During the journey, he was hit by a mortar shell, which resulted in his death as well as several people nearby. Anatoly was 26 years old and he was part of a volunteer group that evacuated over 400 people in two days.

Legal qualification

in accordance with Art. 8 sec. 2(b)(i) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, adopted on 17 July 1998 at Rome; with regard to war crimes, the above incident is a war crime that can be classified as other serious violations of the laws and customs of international law applicable to armed conflicts of an international character, namely: (i) Intentionally directing attacks against the civilian population as such or against individual civilians not taking direct part in hostilities;