Rocket attack on Ukrainian civilians could be a war crime

Deadly rocket attacks on the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol that “knowingly targeted civilians” broke international humanitarian law and could amount to war crimes, the United Nations’ political chief has said.

Jeffrey Feltman told an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council that monitors from the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe who examined the craters reported that the rockets originated from territory controlled by pro-Russian rebel separatists.