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Ukrainian foreign minister: Russian attacks on energy facilities are war crimes

FILE PHOTO: Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba attends a high-level meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the situation amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 22, 2022. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba accused Russia on Tuesday of committing war crimes by deliberately targeting energy facilities to create "unbearable conditions for civilians".

"Primary targets of Russian strikes are energy facilities. They’ve hit many yesterday and they hit the same and new ones today. These are war crimes planned well in advance and aimed at creating unbearable conditions for civilians — Russia’s deliberate strategy since months," he wrote on Twitter.

Russia has denied its forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine.

(Reporting by Jonathan Landay, Writing by Timothy Heritage, Editing by Matthias Williams)

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