The target of the new Russian attack was Konstantinovka, in eastern Ukraine. Photo: AP.
A “massive attack” with Russian missiles left six dead in Konstantinovka, near Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, on the same day that President Zelensky marked the anniversary of the Bucha massacre by praising the Ukrainian resistance.
Source: AFP
The sad anniversary occurs the day after Russia assumed the presidency of the United Nations Security Councilwhich kyiv described as “slap” to diplomacy.
“Ukrainian people! They stopped the greatest force against humanity of our time. They stopped a force that he despises and wants to destroy everything that matters to the people.Zelensky wrote on Telegram.
In front, around bakhmutwhich has been the epicenter of the fighting for months, heavy fighting took place.
The situation in the region “still very tense”Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Ganna Maliar said on Sunday.
“The enemy is employing not only the fighters of (the paramilitary organization) Wagner, but also the units of professional paratroopers. The casualties, [incluso si son] excessively high, do not stop the enemy“he added.
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“MASSIVE ATTACK”
Russia “continues to concentrate the bulk of its efforts on offensive actions in the Lyman, Bakhmut Avdiivka and Mariinka sectors“The General Staff of the Ukrainian army reported in the afternoon, assuring that they had repelled”numerous enemy attacks on Bakhmut“.
On the same day, some 27 kilometers from this ruined city, In Konstantinovka, Russian bombardments left six dead – three men and three women – and eleven woundedannounced the Ukrainian authorities.
The police claimed that Russia carried out a “massive attack” in the morningtotal six S-300 and Hurricane missiles.
“Sixteen apartment buildings, eight private residences, a kindergarten, an administrative building, three automobiles, and a gas pipeline” were affected, he added.
Lilia, a 19-year-old psychology student and resident of one of the damaged buildings, was “shocked.” “I am very lucky that I was not at home at the moment,” she told AFP.
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“THE EVIL RUSSIAN WILL FALL”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday praised the Ukrainians who resisted against “the greatest force against humanity” of the present timeon the first anniversary of the discovery of the Bucha massacre.
The town, a northern suburb of kyiv, it became a symbol of the atrocities attributed to the invading troops.
kyiv esteem at “more than 1,400” the number of civilians killed in the district during the Russian occupation, including 37 children.
Moscow denies any involvement in the deaths of civilians and affirms that it was a “staging” by kyiv and its allies.
“We will liberate all our lands. We will put the Ukrainian flag back in all our cities and townsZelensky added.
Russia still controls more than 18% of Ukrainian territory.
“The Russian evil will fall, right here in Ukraine and will no longer be able to rise“, he declared together with the Prime Ministers of Croatia, Slovakia and Slovenia and the President of Moldova.
AN ALMOST IMMOBILE FRONT
He anniversary of the discovery of the Bucha massacre occurs at a time little progress or setbacks on the frontwhich extends from the east to the south of the country.
Since the beginning of the year, Moscow troops hardly claimed any progress. The few that were recorded occurred around the city of Bakhmut, in the eastern basin of the Donbaspartially occupied by pro-Russian separatist forces since 2014.
The Russian army fails to break through the Ukrainian defenses for the moment, reinforced by western weaponry.
In Russia, a leading Russian military blogger and ardent supporter of the military offensive in Ukraine was assassinated on Sunday in an attack in a cafe in the city of Saint Petersburg.
Vladlen Tatarsky was killed when a rigged gift containing a bomb explodedin an event organized by the group Cyber Front Zwhich refers to itself online as “Russia’s information troops.” Another 25 people were injured.
“Russian journalists constantly feel the threat of reprisals from the Kie regimev”, the Russian Foreign Ministry reacted, assuring that Vladlen Tatarsky was “dangerous” for Ukraine.
