Minimize Civilian Harm in Eastern Ukraine Conflict

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image A Ukrainian soldier watches guard with a machine gun in his shelter near the front-line town of Krasnohorivka, eastern Ukraine, March 5, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File International attention to the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine had faded in recent years. Recent reports of Russia massing troops near Ukraine’s border have brought it back into focus. Monitors reported a significant uptick in hostilities in recent weeks. A key issue of the renewed international focus on the conflict in eastern Ukraine should be how civilians will be protected if…

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