UNITED NATIONS — Deadly rocket attacks on the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol this weekend that "knowingly targeted civilians" violated international humanitarian law and could amount to war crimes, the U.N. political chief said Monday.
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Reuters: UN says deadly attack on Mariupol could be war crime
People light candles in commemoration to the people killed during shelling in Mariupol, Ukraine, near the Lithuanian Parliament in Vilnius, January 26, 2015. The UN Security Council will hold a special meeting on the violence in eastern Ukraine after a rocket barrage blamed on Kremlin-backed rebels killed 30 and threatened to open up a new front in the war. AFP PHOTO / PETRAS MALUKAS
