“Absolute terrorism” – Russia is preparing a major offensive in the Kharkiv area
“Punishment of these Russian killers is inevitable”
After the shelling of a residential building in the Donetsk region with at least 15 dead civilians, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj threatened the Russians. “After such attacks, they will not be able to say that they did not know something.”
According to Kiev, Russia is preparing a major offensive in the east with artillery fire on Kharkiv. At least 18 people died in a rocket attack over the weekend. In the south, Ukraine plans to recapture occupied territories. An overview.
DAccording to Ukrainian information, the Russian artillery attacked the city of Kharkiv on a massive scale and is preparing a major offensive in the east of the country. The Ukrainian general staff announced on Monday morning that rocket launchers and tanks were in use. A veritable wave of bombing has begun, which has already hit several cities in the east. This is in preparation for a major Russian offensive.
Three rockets were fired at purely civilian buildings, Governor Oleh Synyehubov wrote on Telegram. “This is absolute terrorism,” he wrote. One of the rockets destroyed a school, a second a residential building and the third hit next to a warehouse. According to preliminary findings, six people were killed and 31 injured, the governor wrote. Dozens of people were injured, including several children between the ages of 4 and 16.
Kharkiv region is west of Luhansk and Donetsk. The city of Kharkiv is the second largest in Ukraine after the capital Kyiv.
A building in Kharkiv that was hit by Russian artillery on Monday
Credit: AFP/SERGEY BOBOK
In Chasiv Yar, where rockets hit a five-story apartment building on Saturday evening, about two dozen people were still missing, including a child. At least 18 people were killed. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy threatened Russian soldiers with consequences. “Punishment is inevitable for every Russian murderer,” said Zelenskyy.
In the destroyed residential building in Chasiv Yar there is still a sofa in the ruins
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The attack on the residential area showed once again that Russia’s troops also deliberately killed in residential areas. “After such attacks, they will not be able to say that they did not know or did not understand something,” said the Ukrainian head of state in his video speech on Monday night.
Kyiv is planning a counter-offensive in Kherson and Zaporizhia
At the same time he ordered his army to recapture occupied areas in the south of the country. Civilians were once again called upon to flee. Residents of the Cherson and Zaporizhia regions should urgently leave their homes – if necessary in the direction of the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, which has been annexed by Russia since 2014, said Deputy Prime Minister Irina Wereshchuk.
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Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov told the British “Sunday Times” that Zelenskyy had ordered the military to reclaim occupied territory in the south with the help of Western weapons. In particular, the coastal areas are of great importance for the Ukrainian economy.
Russian forces said they had attacked Ukrainian arms caches storing US M777 artillery pieces. For some time now, Russia has been trying to destroy supplies for the Ukrainian army coming from NATO countries. According to information from European security circles, these attempts have not been particularly successful so far.
Thousands of people have already been killed in Europe’s biggest war since World War II. Millions of Ukrainians have fled the fighting. More than 5.5 million of them have fled abroad.
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