According to information from Ukraine, Russia shelled several Ukrainian cities on Sunday night. A district of Kherson, among others, was hit. “They used incendiaries for the attack,” the region’s military governor Yaroslav Yanushevich told his Telegram channel on Sunday. The Geneva Convention prohibits the use of incendiary bombs against civilian objects.
The 36-hour ceasefire imposed unilaterally by Russian President Vladimir Putin, which the Russian troops themselves have not complied with, expired at midnight local time (Saturday 22:00 CET). According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the city of Bakhmut and other places were shelled. At least two civilians were killed in Bakhmut and 13 others were injured.
“It has been confirmed once again: only the expulsion of the Russian occupiers from Ukrainian territory and the elimination of any possibility for Russia to put pressure on Ukraine and all of Europe will mean the restoration of calm, security and peace,” Zelenskyy said. in one Video Address (see video above) to his compatriots.
In the Donetsk region, the cities of Kramatorsk and Kostyantynivka were hit by rockets. According to the deputy head of the Ukrainian presidential administration, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, eight people were injured in the attacks in the Donetsk region and one person died.
Shot on thermal power station during ceasefire
Attacks were also reported on Zaporizhia and several cities in the Dnepropetrovsk region. On Sunday, the Ukrainian energy supplier DTEK also reported that a thermal power plant had been fired on on the Orthodox Christmas night of 6 to 7 January. However, the damage was quickly repaired.
On Thursday, Putin announced a unilateral ceasefire of the Russian armed forces, which would last until midnight from Saturday to Sunday (22:00 CET). Kiev had described the announcement as propaganda. While the ceasefire was officially in effect, Moscow had admitted it would continue to respond to frontline Ukrainian attacks.
Source: Krone
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