Russian attack on Ukraine: 14 deaths in residential shot
Russian attack on Ukraine: 14 deaths in residential shot
A Russian air raid on a residential building in Central Ukraine killed at least 14 people, including two children, reported the emergency services. This was just one of many attacks that took place throughout the country this weekend.
reaction of the Ukrainian president
The Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj said that Russia targeted the building in Poltawa early Saturday morning and called the incident "another terrorist crime".
war course in Ukraine
The fight in Ukraine does not end, even after Donald Trump sits in the White House and to quickly achieve a ceasefire . The Ukrainian army will continue to be pushed back , since Russian troops are superior.
The victims of the attack
One of the victims of the attack in Poltawa was Olena Yavorska, her husband Dmytro and her 9-year-old daughter Sofia, as Olena’s colleague announced on Facebook. "Russia killed our colleague and her family," said Wolodymyr Popereshniuk, co -owner of Nova Poshta, a Ukrainian logistics company where Olena worked. "Olena was a biology teacher by profession, but joined Nova Poshta in 2015. The YAvorsky family lived on the second floor of the destroyed building."
help for the survivors
The emergency services and psychologists from the national police offer help for almost 200 people, the state emergency service reported on Sunday. Rescue actions are still underway.
mutual allegations between Ukraine and Russia
In the meantime, Ukraine and Russia exchanged mutual allegations of a fatal attack on a former boarding school on Saturday in the Russian region of Kursk, where Ukrainian troops kept an area after a surprising attack last summer. The Ukrainian armed forces stated that the Russian Air Force hit the school in the city of Sudzha with a directed bombing while looking for local protection and preparing for evacuation. At least four people were killed, while at least 84 more were saved and four are in "heavy condition". The Ukrainian military described the attack as a "war crime".Russian reaction to the attacks
At the same time, the Russian military accused Ukraine for the attack on boarding school and also described it as a "war crime". "The start of enemy rockets from the [Ukrainian] region of Sumy was registered by the Russian air defense systems," said the Russian military in a statement on Sunday. This explanation accused Ukraine of using the "provocation" to distract public opinion from the "atrocities" of Ukraine in another area of the Kursk region.
attacks on Ukrainian air defense
The dispute took place, while the Ukrainian air defenders shot dozens of drones on the night, as Russia performed new attacks, the Ukrainian Air Force reported on Sunday. In total, the Air Force indicated that they had started 40 out of 55 drones, which were started in various regions of the country, including the capital Kiev, but added that the regions of Charkiw and Sumy were also affected by the "enemy attack".
attacks on the energy infrastructure
The Ukrainian Energieinfrastructure was also attacked in several regions on the night of 1st The Ukrainian Air Force reported.