TE24 International Desk:
Ukraine, Vinnytsia – On the front lines, Ukrainian cities mourned those killed in missile strikes, including a 4-year-old girl, as Russian bombing rained down on cities across the country.
Ukraine on Thursday used a Caribbean cruise missile launched from a Russian submarine in the Black Sea to attack an office building in Vinnytsia, a city of 370,000 people about 200 kilometers (125 miles) southwest of Kiev. Said that. Kyiv said the attack killed at least 23 people and wounded dozens.
Rockets destroyed a nearby medical center and some people who came for treatment were burned alive in a car outside, the center’s owner said. Two doctors were seriously injured. The attack was the latest in a series of Russian attacks in recent weeks, using long-range missiles on crowded buildings in cities far from the front lines, killing dozens each time.
Late Friday, Russian missiles struck downtown Dnipro, killing three and wounding 15, Governor Valentin Reznichenko said in a telegram. He said the rocket collided with an industrial structure and the road next to it. Footage on social media showed thick black smoke billowing from a building and a burning car.
Regional governor Pavlo Kirilenko said in a televised interview that eight people were killed and 13 wounded in a series of shelling at 10 locations in eastern Donetsk region.
“Right now, as I write this address, we have aerial alerts in almost all states. There is initial information about hits — Dnipro, Kremenchuk, Kyiv region” and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky. President in a telegram post. inside
In Vinnytsia, residents placed teddy bears and flowers at a makeshift memorial to victims of the attack on Thursday. Among the dead was Liza, a 4-year-old girl with Down syndrome who was found in the rubble next to a stroller. Her mother posted a photo of her pushing the same stroller on her blog within two hours of the attack, which quickly went viral. Her critically injured mother, Irina Dmitrieva, was hospitalized in a blackout of information, fearing her daughter’s discovery would kill her, according to doctors.
“He suffered burns, chest injuries, abdominal injuries, liver and spleen injuries. He had his organs stitched and his bones broken as if he had been through a meat grinder,” he said. Rice fields. “We will lose her” when she learns of her daughter’s death.
According to Russia’s Defense Ministry, the building housed an officer’s club used for meetings between military personnel and foreign arms suppliers. “As a result of the attack, the contestants were eliminated,” he added.
Ukraine says the club serves as a cultural center. The building also housed shops, sales offices and a concert hall where musicians rehearsed for pop concerts scheduled for the night. inside
Authorities in the southern city of Mykolaiv, near the front line, reported a new strike on Friday, injuring at least two people.
Despite crop advances
Bleeding, both sides described progress toward a deal to lift the embargo that restricts Ukrainian grain exports. Mediator Turkey said the deal could be signed next week.
Asked if the timeline was realistic, a Ukrainian official told Reuters: “I’m in a hurry as soon as possible.” “Russia’s Defense Ministry said a deal was close, but negotiators in Moscow warned the grain deal would not lead to a resumption of peace talks. The deal could include ship inspections to ensure Ukraine is not importing weapons, and guarantees from Western countries. That exempted Russia from its own food export ban.
Moscow on Thursday welcomed a written explanation from Washington that banks, insurance companies and trucking companies would not be allowed to facilitate the transport of Russian grain and fertilizer.
The battle dominated the G20 finance ministers’ meeting in Indonesia on Friday. The conflict between the world’s two biggest grain exporters and one of its top oil and gas producers has created global food and energy shortages, inflation, financial turmoil and the potential for hunger.
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said, “By starting this war, Russia is solely responsible for the negative impact on the world economy, especially the increase in commodity prices.” Russia called the February 24 intervention a “special military operation” to disarm Ukraine and eliminate nationalists. Qi and his allies call it an attempt to reclaim a country that left Moscow’s rule in 1991.
An increase in Russian attacks on cities away from the front line comes after weeks of Russian interests appear to have shifted momentum. Russia has been suspended since Severo seized the eastern industrial cities of Donetsk and Lysichansk in fighting that has killed thousands of soldiers on both sides.
A Ukrainian general said Q did not lose “1 meter” of territory in a week. Meanwhile, Ukraine launched a new US-sourced HIMARS missile system and attacked targets deep inside Russian territory. Moscow appears to have blown up an ammunition depot it relies on for mass bombardment. Ukraine’s defense minister said Friday that the first M270 systems, which will provide Ukraine with additional multi-missile firepower, have arrived in the country.
Ukraine has said it is preparing a counteroffensive in the coming weeks to retake part of its southern territory near the Black Sea coast.
