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HEADLINE: Top US General: Russia’s Indiscriminate Missile Attacks a ‘War Crime’ TEASER: Western allies renew pledge to help Ukraine ‘for as long as it takes’ PUBLISHED: 10/12/2022 at 10:43pm BYLINE: Carla Babb WRITERS: SCRIPT EDITORS: Reifenrath, Jepsen
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[[NATO defense ministers on Wednesday discussed ways to bolster Ukraine’s air defense systems to combat the barrages of missiles from Russia on civilian targets throughout Ukraine -- attacks the top U.S. general has called a “war crime.” VOA Pentagon correspondent Carla Babb has details.]]
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((COURTESY: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine))
With Ukrainians still reeling from the onslaught of indiscriminate Russian missiles this week, the top U.S. general blasted the missile attacks as a war crime.
((Gen. Mark Milley, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman))
“Russia has deliberately struck civilian infrastructure with the purpose of harming civilians. They have targeted the elderly, the women, and the children of Ukraine. Indiscriminate and deliberate attacks on civilian targets is a war crime in the international rules of war.”
((NARRATOR))
The European Union also accused Russia of committing war crimes this week, with dozens of Russian missiles killing at least 26 people.
((COURTESY: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine))
Russia launched missiles during rush hour Monday,
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targeted civilian infrastructure — parks, busy intersections and power plants — not military facilities.
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((President Joe Biden))
“It’s brutal. It’s beyond the pale.”
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[[Radio track: Robert Hamilton is a retired colonel and a fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute.]]
((COURTESY: Skype))
((Retired Col. Robert Hamilton, Foreign Policy Research Institute))
“These are the latest in a really, really long list of war crimes that Russia has committed in Ukraine, going back to Bucha, right? The suburb of Kyiv, which when the Russians withdrew, the mass graves, and mass graves that have been found in eastern Ukraine.”
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((NARRATOR)) ((COURTESY: US Department of Defense))
Ukraine’s urgent weapons wish list for NATO leaders includes more howitzers to provide artillery fire, and more air defense weapons to shoot down incoming missiles. Germany has delivered the first of its air defense systems to Ukraine, and a senior U.S. defense official told VOA that the U.S. will deliver two NASAMS -- National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems -- to Ukraine within the next month. That’s the same type of system used to protect the skies of the U.S. capital.
((Courtesy US Department of Defense))
At the top of Ukraine’s wish list to NATO, according to officials, are Multiple Launch Rocket Systems — tracked vehicles capable of launching 12 rockets at Russian targets before reloading. Such weapons are considered crucial in Ukraine’s counteroffensive.
((Lloyd Austin, US Secretary of Defense))
“We're going to do everything we can to make sure they have what's required to be effective. And most recently, we've seen them be very effective, both in the east and down in the south as they've taken back quite a bit of territory from the Russians.”
((NARRATOR))
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg called Russia’s actions in recent weeks “the most serious escalation of the war since the invasion in February.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow’s latest missile attacks came in direct response to a truck bombing Saturday that damaged a strategic bridge linking mainland Russia with the Crimean Peninsula. The Russian military has been using the bridge to resupply its forces in Ukraine’s south.
((CARLA BABB, VOA NEWS, THE PENTAGON))
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NetworkVOA
Location (dateline)
THE PENTAGON
Embargo DateOctober 12, 2022 16:20 EDT
Byline
VOA Pentagon correspondent Carla Babb has details.
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