According to the Unian agency, the capital Kyiv and its surroundings were affected, but also Lviv in the west, Kharkiv and Donetsk in the east, Odessa in the south and other areas. According to local reports, explosions could be heard in Odessa. It was initially unclear whether it was a question of Russian rocket hits or defensive fire from the Ukrainian air defense. There were also explosions in the southern city of Mykolaiv.
Shortly before, it had been reported that six civilians had been killed in the contested eastern Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk. Twelve other people were injured, the area administration said on Saturday in the Telegram news service. Among the dead are two children who are said to have been killed in the village of Pryvillia under fire from Grad multiple rocket launchers.
Air raid on school in Bilogorivka
After a Russian airstrike on a school in the Luhansk region, the Ukrainian authorities say up to 60 people may have died. After an airstrike on the school in Bilogorivka, two bodies have been recovered so far, the governor of the region, Serhiy Hajdaj, announced on his Telegram channel on Sunday. “Probably all 60 people still under the rubble of the building are dead,” he added.
According to him, the air raid happened on Saturday afternoon. 90 people had sought protection from the attacks in the school building. A fire broke out in the school as a result of the bombing and the building collapsed. The emergency services were able to save 30 people – seven of them were injured, according to the governor. Bilogorivka is an urban settlement about ten kilometers west of Lysychansk. The town is heavily contested.
After several days without any significant progress, Russian troops have again gained ground in their attacks in the Donbass region, according to Ukrainian sources. “In the direction of Liman, the enemy attacked the northern outskirts of Shandrigolove,” the Ukrainian general staff said in its situation report on Sunday. Shandrigolove is around 20 kilometers north of the city of Sloviansk, which is part of the target of the Russian operation in the Donbass.
In addition, Russian troops continue to launch attacks in the direction of Sievjerodonetsk, Popasna, and Avdiivka. “In the direction of Kurakhove, the enemy is trying to resume its offensive on Novomykhaylivka with artillery support,” it said. In Mariupol, the Ukrainian units would continue to be blocked in the steel mill. With air and artillery support, the Russian troops continue their assault attempts there.
All in all, the Ukrainian military leadership speaks of nine repelled Russian attacks. Among other things, a Mi-28 helicopter, 19 tanks and 20 armored military vehicles were shot down.
According to the report, the Russians have gotten on the defensive in the north of the Kharkiv region. There, “the enemy concentrated their efforts on stopping the advance of our troops towards the border north and north-east of Kharkiv,” the general staff said.
According to the ruler of the Russian republic of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, the eastern Ukrainian city of Popasna in the Luhansk region has fallen. “Chechen special forces fighters … took control of most of Popasna,” Kadyrov wrote on Telegram. The central districts have been cleared.
Ukraine, on the other hand, reported that heavy fighting around the city continued. “Russian propagandists have happily reported that they have already taken the city, but that is not entirely true. This is the 117th ‘capture of Popasna’ they have claimed this week alone,” said an aide to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on social media with. The Chechen troops would not fight, but would loot and record videos. The reports cannot be independently verified.
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