Atleast 6 killed as Russia launches 'massive attack' in east Ukraine
HY News
03 April, 2023 12:30 pm IST
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At least six people were killed and eight other injured in heavy Russian shelling at Kostyantynivka, near Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine. Ukranian official said, the Russian missiles and rockets also damaged 16 apartment blocks and other buildings including a nursery school yesterday.
In the meantime, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed the resistance against what he called "the biggest force against humanity of our time".
News agency AFP reported that Zelensky was speaking on the first anniversary of the discovery of bodies of civilians killed in Bucha, a town near Kyiv that has become a symbol of the alleged war crimes carried out by Moscow during the invasion.
Russia has accused Ukraine and its allies of staging the atrocities. Sunday's macabre anniversary comes a day after Russia took over the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council despite outrage from Kyiv and Western nations that have imposed sanctions on Moscow.
Fierce clashes continue around Bakhmut, which has been at the epicentre of the fighting for months. In Kostyantynivka, about 27 kilometres (17 miles) from Bakhmut -- a city now in ruins -- a Russian bombardment left three men and three women dead and eleven wounded, Ukrainian authorities said.
Meanwhile, explosions also rocked Russian-held Melitopol, city's mayor Ivan Fedorov said, blasts targeted the rail depot there. Melitopol has been hit repeatedly by Ukrainian missiles because it is a transport hub for the Russian military.
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