HRW denounces that the civilian population of Chernigov does not have access to basic services

MADRID, March 31 (Royals Blue) –

The NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) has denounced this Wednesday that the civilian population of the city of Chernigov, in the north of the country, needs access to basic services, humanitarian aid and safe evacuations.

“Chernigov’s civilians have been trapped for days in a cascading crisis with no access to basic services and no means of escape, all while living under constant threat of Russian attacks,” said Human Rights crisis and conflict researcher Watch, Richard Weir.

Thus, he stressed that “the Russian forces, together with the Ukrainian forces, must take the necessary measures to allow civilians to leave the city safely if they so wish and ensure that the basic needs of the civilians who remain are met” .

The NGO has detailed in a statement that, since March 24, Russian forces have besieged the city, controlling almost all access to it and attacking the bridge that provided the last remaining access route to enter and leave the city. location.

Conditions in Chernigov, where the evacuation of the wounded and children, as well as the distribution of humanitarian goods to the population, have been prevented, are similar to those in the port city of Mariupol, in the south-east of the country, where residents have no access to basic services, the organization has said.

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HRW has spoken with an official, a doctor and a resident of Chernigov who recently fled the city. They described a deteriorating situation, in which access to water, electricity, heating, and telephone and Internet communications have all but disappeared in recent days.

According to this NGO, the acute water shortage poses an “especially” serious risk for the approximately 130,000 residents who remain in the city, out of the almost 300,000 inhabitants that existed before the start of the war.

Chernigov city clerk Olexander Lomako estimates that more than 350 civilians have been killed during the attacks on the city, “but these are very rough figures,” he told Human Rights Watch.

“Many people remain under the destroyed houses. People are often forced to bury their neighbors and relatives in their backyards. So we can’t even count the exact number of victims,” ​​Lomako added.

On the night of March 23, the main bridge over the Desna River, on the road from Chernigov to the south of the country, in the direction of kyiv, was destroyed. Lomako has lamented its destruction because “it allowed humanitarian aid to be received and wounded and peaceful civilians – women and children – to be evacuated,” he said.

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“Now there is only (one) pedestrian bridge left. And (when) someone dares to cross it, the Russians bomb the bridge,” Lomako added. Thus, he has emphasized that the biggest problem for the residents who remain in Chernigov is the lack of water supply.

HRW has warned that, according to a Chernigov doctor, his hospital only has electricity from its generators and that these are beginning to run out of fuel. In the current situation, the generators are turned on for four hours each day. “We take advantage of that time to cook the milk for the babies,” said the doctor.

Thus, the doctor has denounced that the generator does not provide enough energy to perform surgeries or x-rays. “Because we don’t have electricity or water, we can’t sterilize our medical instruments, so we’ve had to use disposable kits,” he told HRW.

With all this, Weir has ruled that “civilians should not have or allow themselves to suffer like this.” “The parties to the conflict must fulfill their international responsibilities and protect all those who remain in Chernigov,” she concluded.

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