RUSSIAN MISSILE STRIKES ANOTHER SPORTS COMPLEX IN UKRAINE

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On August 23, Russian forces launched an airstrike on the town of Kurakhove in the Donetsk region.

The Russ­ian mis­sile specif­i­cal­ly tar­get­ed the “Olympic” sports com­plex, which was all but destroyed. This act under­scores Rus­si­a’s ongo­ing war crimes in Ukraine by delib­er­ate­ly strik­ing civil­ian infra­struc­ture, includ­ing sports facil­i­ties.

The “Olympic” com­plex fea­tures a 50-meter out­door swim­ming pool, pre­vi­ous­ly used as a train­ing base for Ukraine’s Olympic and Par­a­lympic teams. This facil­i­ty has also host­ed Ukrain­ian cham­pi­onships, cups, and the Uni­ver­si­ade. Rus­si­a’s attacks on such vital civil­ian infra­struc­ture high­light its con­tin­ued dis­re­gard for inter­na­tion­al law and human rights.