Destruction after attacks in the Dnieper, Ukraine, April 2025. Ukraine: The UN Mission is investigating a “possible violation of international law” after a blow to prison International law Aircraft workers, inflicted on Monday in a prison in the Zaporizhzhya region of Ukraine, as a result of which, according to reports, 16 people and almost 100 were injured, may be a “serious violation of international humanitarian law”. This was announced today in the UN Mission to Human Rights in the Country. according to the Ukrainian authorities, on July 28, several air bombs dropped by the Russian armed forces were struck by the Belenkovsky correctional colony No. 99, located about 25 kilometers from the front line in the Zaporizhzhya region. ~ 60 > blows to civilian objects “Prisoners are civilians, and they are subject to protection in accordance with international humanitarian law,” said Daniel Bell. ~ 60 > 60 > according to the information received from the Ukrainian authorities, all the dead were prisoners. The mission also conducted geolocation and analysis of several photographs from the scene of the incident, which visible the destruction characteristic of the use of powerful guided air bombs, as evidenced by extensive structural damage and a wide radius of the explosive wave. ~ 60 >~ 60 > representative of the President of the Russian Federation rejected responsibility for the responsibility for attack. 62 ~ international law ~ 60 > mission representatives plan to visit the scene at the first opportunity to collect additional information. according to the international humanitarian Law, attacks can only be aimed at military facilities, and not at civilians or civilian facilities. The prison is a civilian object and cannot become a target if it is not used for military purposes. ~ 60 > 62 ~ attack also a hit near the hospital in the city of Kamenskoye Dnipropetrovsk region was struck. According to the Ukrainian authorities, the hospital and its maternity ward were injured as a result, three people were killed and 22 were injured. At least two dead were patients, including a woman in the seventh month of pregnancy. In addition, on July 29, according to reports, five civilians were killed in the Kharkov region as a result of the blow and three were injured.