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On February 24, 2022 Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, aiming to liberate the Donbass region where the people's republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been living under regular attacks from Kiev's forces.

UN Calls Ukraine's Attack on Bus in Lugansk Region a Violation of Int'l Law

© AP Photo / Achmad IbrahimUnited Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks ahead of the G20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia on Nov. 14, 2022.
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks ahead of the G20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia on Nov. 14, 2022. - Sputnik International, 1920, 26.08.2026
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UNITED NATIONS, August 26 (Sputnik) - Attacks on civilians are a violation of international law and must be stopped immediately, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' office told RIA Novosti on Wednesday following Ukraine's attack on a bus in the Lugansk People's Republic.
"The Secretary-General remains deeply concerned by the continued escalation of this conflict, including onto the territory of the Russian Federation. Attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure are a clear violation of international humanitarian law, wherever they occur, and they must stop immediately," the statement read.
Earlier in the day, regional governor Leonid Pasechnik said that nine people had been killed in a Ukrainian strike on a bus in the LPR.
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