Authorities say several people, including a small child, were killed in a Russian rocket attack in the center of the western Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia. Three missiles allegedly hit an office center. There would have been no military installations nearby.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy immediately responded: “What is this but an overt act of terrorism?” he wrote in the news service Telegram. Russia kills civilians every day and uses missiles to attack civilian targets where there are no soldiers. “Beasts. murder state. Terrorist state,” Zelenskyj said.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in late February, Russia has repeatedly insisted that it will only attack military targets in the neighboring country – even though the many civilian casualties are now apparent.
The southern Ukrainian port city of Mykolaiv was also shelled again at night with rockets. Of the nine missiles, about one hotel and at least one school were hit. According to authorities, one person was injured.
In the eastern Ukraine region of Donetsk, the clean-up work in Chasiv Yar has now ended, where a residential building was destroyed last Saturday. A total of 48 bodies have been recovered since then, authorities said.
In contrast, Russian troops continue their advance in eastern Ukraine. The destination was the city of Kramatorsk in the Donbass. Rockets had hit the industrial area of the city. Power went out in some parts of the city. Kramatorsk is located in the Donetsk region, which together with the Luhansk region forms the industrial Donbass.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian military says it will continue its offensive against Russian-occupied areas in the south of the country. Two road checkpoints and a landing site were attacked, government officials said Thursday. Thirteen “occupiers” were killed in the advance towards Nowa Kakhovka in the Kherson region.
Source: Krone
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