{"id":70924,"date":"2025-10-30T17:33:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T17:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2025\/10\/30\/russian-drone-strikes-in-ukraine-are-war-crimes-un-commission-says\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:27:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:27:44","slug":"russian-drone-strikes-in-ukraine-are-war-crimes-un-commission-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2025\/10\/30\/russian-drone-strikes-in-ukraine-are-war-crimes-un-commission-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian drone strikes in Ukraine are war crimes, UN commission says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A United Nations human rights commission Monday called Russian drone strikes in Ukraine war crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/hrbodies\/hrcouncil\/coiukraine\/a-80-497-advance-unedited-version-en.pdf\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/hrbodies\/hrcouncil\/coiukraine\/a-80-497-advance-unedited-version-en.pdf\">report <\/a>alleges that drone strikes in an area spanning nearly 200 miles along the Dnieper River, which bisects Ukraine, have targeted Ukrainian civilians. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Russian armed forces have carried out attacks with short-range drones on the right bank of the river, which is under Ukrainian Government control, with full disregard for the civilian population, killing and injuring civilians and causing damage and destruction,\u201d the report says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The investigative team that produced the report was appointed by the U.N. Human Rights Council and formed in 2022. Citing <a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2025\/10\/1166189\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2025\/10\/1166189\">500 publicly available videos<\/a> and 226 interviews with Ukrainian citizens as evidence, the investigators say Russia\u2019s drone attacks in the nearly four-year conflict have been deliberately coordinated to spread terror.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report also alleges Ukrainian civilians are being forcibly deported from their residences. The report does not attribute blame to any specific perpetrators, stating only that \u201cRussian armed forces\u201d or \u201cRussian authorities\u201d have been responsible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn addition to attacking persons, Russian armed forces have relentlessly struck a wide array of civilian objects with drones, including civilian houses, buildings, gathering points, humanitarian distribution points, and objects of critical infrastructure that service civilians,\u201d the report states. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/08\/24\/russia-diplomat-lavrov-meet-the-press-00521938\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/08\/24\/russia-diplomat-lavrov-meet-the-press-00521938\">denied deliberately targeting<\/a> civilians. The U.N. commission stated it was unable to investigate Russian claims about Ukrainian drone strikes against civilians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Commission also examined Russian allegations of drone attacks by Ukrainian armed forces against civilian targets in Russian occupied areas,\u201d the U.N. stated <a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2025\/10\/1166189\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2025\/10\/1166189\">in a release<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt was unable to draw any conclusions due to lack of access to the territory, concerns relating to the safety of witnesses, and the lack of responses from Russian authorities,\u201d the U.N. said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report describes a variety of short-range and low-cost drones as being used, including the Russian-manufactured VT-40 quadcopter drone and Chinese-manufactured quadcopter drones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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