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☆ Ukraine Steps Up Evacuation Calls as Russia Attacks in Northeast
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Constant Méheut | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Ukrainian forces retook it in a lightning counteroffensive in the Kharkiv region last September. But since then, Russian forces have constantly pounded the area with artillery, making it practically impossible to go back to everyday life. Farther south, in the eastern Donetsk region, Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday that five people died in Russian strikes. The prosecutor’s office of the Donetsk region said on Telegram that Russian forces had most likely used cluster munitions in their attack. Both Russia and Ukraine have used the controversial weapons, which are known to cause indiscriminate harm to civilians.

Persons: Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy, Oleh Syniehubov, Mr, Syniehubov, Emile Ducke, Pavlo Kyrylenko, Thomas Gibbons, Neff Organizations: Reuters, The New York Times, RUSSIA Kyiv Kharkiv Kupiansk Locations: Kupiansk, Ukraine, Russian, Ukrainian, Kharkiv, RUSSIA, RUSSIA Kyiv Kharkiv Kupiansk Dnipro R, UKRAINE Volgograd, Azov CRIMEA, Donetsk, Russia

State Emergency Service of Ukraine/ReutersThe twin strikes bore hallmarks of a "double tap." Another clip showed emergency officials working through the smoke-filled, hazy ruins after what seemed to be one of the missile attacks. A wounded local resident is seen in her destroyed flat after the strikes in Pokrovsk. Russian forces have been accused of carrying out double-tap strikes in both Ukraine and Syria. Pokrovsk is located in Donetsk, an eastern Ukrainian region where fighting has been ongoing since 2014, when Russia began backing pro-Moscow separatists in the Donbas region.

Persons: Serhii Dobriak, Volodymyr Zelensky, ”, Pavlo Kyrylenko, Dobriak, ” Dobriak, Mstyslav Chernov, Andrii Omelchenko, Viacheslav Ratynskyi, Vladimir Putin Organizations: CNN, Donetsk Regional Military Administration, Kremlin, Emergency Service of, Emergency Service, Authorities, Ukrainian, Reuters, Tuesday, State Emergency Service, Organization for Security, Cooperation, Moscow Locations: Russian, Ukrainian, Pokrovsk, Donetsk, Mariupol, Emergency Service of Ukraine, Ukraine, Syria, Europe, Russia, Kharkiv, Donbas

☆ Russian missiles kill nine, destroy hotel in eastern Donetsk, Ukraine says
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Vladyslav Smilianets | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

POKROVSK, Ukraine, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Russian missiles struck the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk twice on Monday night, killing nine people, wounding scores and destroying apartments and a popular hotel, officials said. [1/8]A view shows a building destroyed during a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine August 7, 2023. It was one of the few still operating in the eastern Donetsk region, close to the frontline. Then the second blast hit her building. Another resident, 75-year-old Lidia, said she was on the phone when the second blast hit.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Zelenskiy, Alexei Kulemzin, Administration Pavlo Kyrylenko, Lidia, Vladyslav Smilianets, Olena Harmash, Nick Macfie, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: Donetsk Regional, Administration, REUTERS Residents, Thomson Locations: POKROVSK, Ukraine, Russian, Ukrainian, Pokrovsk, Bakhmut, Donetsk, Donetsk region, Handout

☆ Ukraine says Russian missile strikes on apartment buildings kill five in east
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/4] A view shows a building destroyed during a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine August 7, 2023. Head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration Pavlo Kyrylenko/Handout via REUTERSKYIV, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Two Russian missile strikes killed five people and injured 31 when they hit residential buildings in the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region, Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said on Monday. Videos and pictures released by Ukrainian officials showed people sorting through the rubble including a badly damaged five-story apartment building. According to Klymenko, four civilians died in the first attack and Donetsk emergency official was killed during the second attack. Andriy Yermak, the head of Ukraine's presidential administration, later reported two more victims of Russian strikes in Kruhliakivka village in Kupiansk district.

Persons: Administration Pavlo Kyrylenko, Ihor Klymenko, Klymenko, Andriy Yermak, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: Donetsk Regional, Administration, REUTERS, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Donetsk, Handout, REUTERS KYIV, Ukrainian, Kruhliakivka, Kupiansk district

☆ Russia has 'sufficient stockpile' of cluster bombs, says Putin, as Ukraine gets U.S. cluster bombs
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Russian President Vladimir Putin tours an exhibition of promising Russian companies during the forum "Strong ideas for the new time" in Moscow, Russia June 29, 2023. Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview published Sunday that Russia has a "sufficient stockpile" of cluster munitions, and warned that Russia "reserves the right to take reciprocal action" if Ukraine uses the controversial weapons. In his first comments on the delivery of cluster munitions to Ukraine from the U.S., Putin said that Russia has not used cluster bombs in its war in Ukraine so far. The Pentagon said Thursday that cluster munitions provided by the United States had arrived in Ukraine. Proponents argue that Russia has already been using cluster munitions in Ukraine and that the weapons the U.S. is providing have been improved to leave behind far fewer unexploded rounds.

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☆ Russian missile hits restaurant in Ukraine's Kramatorsk killing at least eight
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Max Hunder | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine, June 27 (Reuters) - A Russian missile struck a restaurant in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk on Tuesday, killing at least eight people and wounding 56, emergency services said, as rescue crews combed the rubble in search of casualties. A second missile hit a village on the fringes of Kramatorsk, injuring five, but the main casualties were at the restaurant, where at least three children were among the dead. A Russian missile also hit a cluster of buildings in Kremenchuk, about 375 km (230 miles) west in central Ukraine, exactly a year after an attack on a shopping mall there that killed at least 20. In Kramatorsk, a city frequently targeted by Russian attacks, emergency workers scurried in and out of the shattered restaurant as residents stood outside embracing and surveying the damage. [1/9]A view shows a building of a restaurant heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in central Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine June 27, 2023.

Persons: Pavlo Kyrylenko, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ron Popeski, Chizu Nomiyama, Leslie Adler, Mark Heinrich, Cynthia Osterman, Simon Cameron, Moore Organizations: Police, Reuters, Donetsk Regional, Civil, Facebook, Thomson Locations: KRAMATORSK, Ukraine, Russian, Ukrainian, Kramatorsk, Kremenchuk, Donetsk region, Donetsk, Russia, Donetsk province, town's

The Chinese customs service did not provide detailed information on imports. It said that "company trade data are not disclosed in our public information". China imported copper and copper alloys worth $852 million from Russia between October and February, according to public customs statistics. As of early 2023, its only owner was the Ukrainian Donetsk regional state administration. The copper alloy shipments from the plant were carried out via the port of Novorossiysk in southern Russia, according to the customs data.

☆ Nine killed in Russian strike, rescue teams sift through wreckage
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( Kai Pfaffenbach | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Emergency services in eastern Donetsk Region, in a statement on Facebook, said the death toll stood at nine at midnight (2100 GMT), including a two-year-old child. Pavlo Kyrylenko, governor of Donetsk Region, told national television earlier that seven Russian S-300 missiles had been fired. Rescue teams searching for victims sifted through rubble through the night, using cranes, ladders and other heavy equipment in the shells of apartments and stairwells. [1/5] A man stands next to a residential building damaged by a Russian military strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, Ukraine April 14, 2023. "The evil state once again demonstrates its essence," Zelenskiy wrote in a separate post accompanied by footage of a damaged building.

☆ Russian shelling kills 3 Ukrainian civilians in Kherson, one in the east
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

KYIV, March 11 (Reuters) - Three civilians were killed in Russian shelling of Kherson in southern Ukraine on Saturday, and one more died in the eastern Donetsk region, regional officials said. Regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin said three people, including an elderly woman, were also wounded during the artillery shelling of the city. Ukraine recaptured Kherson in November after nearly eight months of occupation by Russian forces who seized it soon after the start of the large-scale invasion. Pavlo Kyrylenko, Donetsk regional governor, said one person was killed and at least three civilians were injured in the city of Kostyantynivka following several rounds of Russian shelling during the day. Donetsk region has seen some of the heaviest fighting since Russia sent troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24 last year.

"The enemy's offensive continues in the east, (with) round-the-clock attacks," Ukrainian Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Malyar said. Earlier, the Russian Defence Ministry said Ukrainian forces had retreated in the face of Russian operations in the Luhansk region, although it gave no details and Reuters was not able to verify this and other battlefield reports. "Even the more fortified second line of defence of the enemy could not hold the breakthrough of the Russian military." BAKHMUT ATTACKSRussia's main effort has been an artillery and ground onslaught on the city of Bakhmut, in Donetsk. Russian forces have launched attacks on several settlements, including Paraskoviivka on the northern approaches to Bakhmut, over the past day, Ukrainian military analyst Oleh Zhdanov said.

[1/6] A firefighter walks at a car park near an apartment block that was heavily damaged by a missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, February 15, 2023. "Even the more fortified second line of defence of the enemy could not hold the breakthrough of the Russian military." Later on Wednesday, Ukrainian deputy defence minister Hanna Malyar said Russian forces were mounting "round-the-clock" assaults on government positions, without specifying where. Near Bakhmut, Russian forces fired on more than 15 towns and villages, including the city itself, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said in its evening report. Russia calls the invasion a "special military operation" against security threats, saying NATO shows hostility to Russia daily and is growing more involved in the conflict.

☆ Russian rocket destroys Kramatorsk apartment building; 2 dead, governor says
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/4] People remove debris at a site of a residential building destroyed by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kramatorsk, Ukraine February 1, 2023. Head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration Pavlo Kyrylenko/Handout via REUTERSFeb 1 (Reuters) - A Russian rocket destroyed an apartment building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk late on Wednesday and at least two people were killed and seven injured, regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko wrote on Telegram. "Rescuers, law enforcement and public utilities are working at the scene to go through the rubble of the destroyed building. At least 44 people were killed last month when a Russian missile hit an apartment building in the eastern city of Dnipro. Last April, Ukraine said 57 people died when a Russian missile hit the train station in Kramatorsk.

[1/2] Smoke rises from strikes on the frontline city of Soledar, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, as seen from Bakhmut, Ukraine, January 5, 2023. In a video message, Prigozhin described Wagner as a fully independent force with its own aircraft, tanks, rockets and artillery. The short video contained no overt new criticism of the regular army, whose failings Prigozhin has lambasted in the past. Ukraine said on Saturday its forces were fighting to hold onto control of Soledar, contradicting Russian claims to have captured the town. Prigozhin complained on Friday about what he called constant attempts to "steal victory" from Wagner and belittle its achievements.

☆ Ukrainian's 'know what we are fighting for,' Zelenksyy says in defiant Christmas message after Russian strikes
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-25 | by ( Henry Austin | Henry Austin Is A London-Based Editor For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Ukrainians “know what we are fighting for,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a defiant Christmas message Saturday, hours after officials said 10 people were killed by Russian shelling in the southern city of Kherson. And Christmas bells can ring not so loudly and inspiringly through air raid sirens, or even worse — gunshots and explosions,” Zelenskyy said. Zelenskyy’s message came despite the fact that the majority of his compatriots are Orthodox Christians and mark Christmas on Jan. 7, in accordance with the Julian calendar. “This is not sensitive content — it’s the real life of Kherson,” Zelenskyy tweeted alongside images showing cars on fire, bodies on the street and building windows blown out. At least 10 people had been killed and 68 injured by the strikes, Kherson Regional Gov.

☆ 10 dead, 55 wounded as shells pummel Ukrainian city of Kherson, officials say
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-25 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian shells pummeled the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson on Saturday, killing at least 10 people and injuring 55 in the city that Moscow’s troops were forced to abandon last month. “This is not sensitive content — it’s the real life of Kherson,” Zelenskyy tweeted. He added that 55 people were wounded, 18 of them in grave condition. Yanushevych said scores of others, including a 6-year-old girl, were wounded by Russian shelling a day earlier. The shelling has been especially intense in Kherson since Russian forces withdrew and Ukraine’s army reclaimed the city in November.

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