The bodies of eight other Ukrainians were found the rubble of a bakery in a city in eastern Ukraine occupied by Russia and which, according to Moscow, was attacked by the Ukrainian army, bringing the death toll to 28, authorities said.
“Search operations continue in the collapsed bakery” in Lisichansk, the Russian government said in a statement on yesterday’s attack in the city of the eastern Ukrainian province of Luhansk.
“About 65% of the destroyed structure is dismantled; Unfortunately, 28 people died, including a child“, specifies the Russian ministry in the note, reports the AFP news agency.
Local authorities installed by Russia They accused the Ukrainian army of bombing the bakery, very busy on weekends. Ukraine has not denied or denied the allegations.
Ukrainian prisoners of war released as they arrive in Ukrainian-controlled territory at an undisclosed location near the Ukraine-Russia border. EFE photoThe governor of Luhansk, Leonid Pasechnik, announced on Sunday a day of mourning in the territory of Ukraine occupied by the Russian army.
Lisichansk, located in the Donbass mining basinfell to Russian forces after a bloody battle during the summer of 2022.
Months have passed since then the battlefront in eastern Ukraine remains largely staticbut bloody fighting and bombing continues, which both sides intensified during the winter.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj visited the soldiers deployed on the Zaporižja front, in the south of the country and received first-hand information on the war situation.
From there Zelensky underlined that the military “faces the difficult and crucial mission of repelling the enemy and defending Ukraine” in a video message published on the X social network.
Furthermore, he appointed the mayor of the city of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, as the new governor of the Zaporizhia province. an area partially occupied by Russian forces.
Zelensky underlined in an earlier message the critical importance of the United States and its allies Continue to support their fight.
“It is absolutely necessary to preserve the maximum consolidation of the free world and do everything possible and impossible so that Ukraine can inflict defeats on Russia” and thus bring the end of the war closer, he said.
Source: Clarin
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