DISINFO: The Russian army is targeting only military infrastructure in Ukraine
SUMMARY
The Russian army is exclusively taking out military infrastructure and striking at Ukrainian troops.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The International Criminal Court has launched war crimes investigation over Russian invasion of Ukraine.
According to multiple international media reports, Russian troops are regularly shelling and bombing residential areas, schools, kindergartens, hospitals, orphanages, churches and other civilian objects. They are also planting mines in cities. The Eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv has been the most damaged city in Ukraine.
Russian troops are reportedly also using cluster bombs which are prohibited by the Convention on Cluster Munition, as well as thermobaric weapons, which may be subject to prohibition by the Protocol III of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons if used against civilian targets.
See the EU's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine here along with EU vs Disinfo's Guide to Deciphering Pro-Kremlin disinformation around Putin's War.