The Ukrainian government describes the bombing as a “war crime”, as Moscow intensifies its attacks in this region
Victory Day, a date commemorating the victory over Nazi Germany and which Russian President Vladimir Putin had marked on his calendar since he ordered the invasion of Ukraine, is marked this Monday by the Russian bombing of a school in Bilohorivka, which killed dozens of could have caused deaths. deaths. This city is located in the province of Lugansk and according to the governor of the region, Serhiy Haida, 90 people were sheltering in the center. Authorities assured that at least 30 of them have managed to get out of the rubble, but “there are few options for finding anyone else alive,” in Haida’s words. Two people were killed and rescue teams were looking for 60 missing persons last night.
The State Department condemned what it described as a “cruel war crime” and the United Nations reminded Moscow that “attacking civilians and civilian infrastructure, including schools, is a violation of international humanitarian law.”
After more than 70 days of offensive action, Russia has stepped up its operations in Donbas on the eve of an emblematic date that will arrive this Monday without taking a major victory. Lugansk has been the center of major operations following the invaders’ attack on Severodonetsk, an industrial city that was home to 100,000 people before the war, and Popasna, from which Ukrainian troops have withdrawn.
The governor explained that the departure of the troops is due to “the need to take stronger positions that have been prepared for a long time”. What the Ukrainians mainly expect is the deployment of the new American and European weapons that, according to Haidai, have already reached the conflict zone and which “could change the course of the war”, as has already been proven on other fronts. now.
However, the Kremlin this Sunday reported the “elimination” of a Ukrainian infantry brigade, as well as the destruction of weapons, three helicopters and two warplanes mobilized thanks to Western aid. The armed forces of Ukraine, for their part, assured that in the Novopavlovsk region, they had killed 400 Russian soldiers in 24 hours and shot down an Mi-8 helicopter near the island of Serpents.
The Russian advance into Luhansk contrasts with the loss of ground on the Kharkov front, where Ukrainian troops are advancing. The counter-offensive works and the liberation of towns and cities remove the threat of artillery punishing the second most important city in the country since the first day of the war.
The Russians leave and the civilians slowly return to their homes. This is the image that lives in villages like Malaya Roha, just 20 kilometers from the center of Kharkov. Known for producing milk from its cows, it is now waking up after weeks under an occupation whose legacy includes the bodies of Russian soldiers rotting in the fields, blown up tanks and houses looted and destroyed in the fighting.
Olga, 67, has not left her home in all this time and recalls that “the first Russians who arrived did not treat us badly, but when the replacement happened, the problems started. Very nervous and aggressive young people came, they had no supplies and they went from house to house looking for food and drink, and then they took what they wanted. She has also marked the date of May 9 on her calendar and will celebrate the day “by eating the traditional cold okroshka soup, because this is a day to remember all over the world. It is not owned by Russia, let standing of Putin.”
A few feet from his home, Yevgeni struggles to find traces of copper and aluminum in a huge charred Russian tank. “I’m going to sweat to get something out of these burned remains, but the war has skyrocketed costs and pensions aren’t enough anymore,” he says from the top of the armored car’s skeleton. The recycling of Russian incinerated scrap is one of the challenges Ukraine also faces.
Source: La Verdad
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