Editing Human shield (section)

==== Russian invasion of Ukraine ====
{{Main|War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine#Use of human shields}}
During the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]], Russian soldiers held over 300 Ukrainian civilians as human shields in the basement of the school of [[Yahidne, Chernihiv Oblast|Yahidne]], where a Russian military camp was located; dozens of civilians died in the process.<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 April 2022 |title=Russia's unspeakable horrors in northern Ukraine: Torture, murder and cluster bombs |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-18/the-horrors-of-russian-occupation-in-ukrainian-villages/100994262 |work=ABC News |access-date=30 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=11 April 2022 |title=A Ukrainian village tries to make sense of Russian occupation |url=https://www.economist.com/europe/2022/04/11/a-ukrainian-village-tries-to-make-sense-of-russian-occupation |newspaper=The Economist |access-date=30 April 2022}}</ref> [[BBC]] found "clear evidence" of Russian troops using Ukrainian civilians as human shields in [[Obukhovychi]], near the Belarusian border, where 150 people were held at the local school.<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 April 2022 |title=Ukraine War: 'Russian soldiers held us as human shields' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61020565 |website=BBC |access-date=29 April 2022}}</ref> Local residents reported that Russian forces leaving the village of [[Novyi Bykiv]] used Ukrainian children as human shields.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 April 2022 |title=Ukrainian children used as 'human shields' near Kyiv, say witness reports |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/02/ukrainian-children-used-as-human-shields-near-kyiv-say-witness-reports |website=The Guardian|access-date=30 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=3 April 2022 |title=Russian soldiers accused of growing list of atrocities |url=https://www.jpost.com/international/article-703105 |work=The Jerusalem Post|access-date=30 April 2022}}</ref>