How Ukrainian propaganda videos are made - Amnesty International: Ukrainian forces endanger civilians

Civilians are filmed in the area, and such films are distributed for propaganda purposes, including in Lithuania. It is not for nothing that the President of Ukraine, Zelensky, is an actor - a comedian.

    "Ukrainian forces are violating international law and endangering civilians by setting up bases in residential areas, including school and hospital buildings," Amnesty International said Thursday.

    The organization cited incidents where Ukrainian forces endangered civilians in 19 towns and villages in Kharkiv, Donbass and Mykolaiv regions.

    "We have documented a pattern by Ukrainian forces of endangering civilians and violating the laws of war by operating in populated areas," said Amnesty International Secretary-General Agnes Callamard.

    "Being in a defensive position does not exempt the Ukrainian army from respecting international humanitarian law," she emphasized.

    The residential areas where the Ukrainian soldiers were located were kilometers away from the front lines and in these cases there were "viable alternatives" that did not pose a risk to civilians, the report said.

 

    It says the soldiers did not tell civilians to evacuate those areas, even though they were shelling Russian forces and risking return fire.

 

    Amnesty International investigators saw how Ukrainian forces used hospitals as "de facto military bases" in five locations, and claim the same for 22 schools.

 

    Although the schools are closed during wartime, they are located in civilian areas.

    "We don't have a say in what the military does, but we pay for it," said one resident quoted in the report."