“Bombarded again and completely destroyed”. In these terms the regional governor announced in the Telegram that the airport of a major city in eastern Ukraine was again targeted on Sunday by Russian forces.
” Nothing left. The airport itself and the nearby infrastructure were destroyed. And the missiles keep flying. “
We determine the number of victimsadded Mr. Reznichenko.
The Dnipro airport, an industrial city with a million inhabitants, was hit on March 15 by a Russian bombing, which destroyed the runway and damaged the terminal.
Bombings in the East
Russia’s bombs and missiles continue to rain in the western regions of the country. Two people are believed to have died in an artillery strike targeting the town of Derhachy, in the Kharkiv region, according to local authorities.
Further south, the governor of the Lugansk region, Serhiy Gaidai, for his part condemned the bombings that hit a school and a residential building in Sievierodonetsk. Fortunately, no one was killed, however, Mr Gaidai told the Telegram.
5,600 investigations into war crimes
Ukraine has opened at least 5,600 investigations for alleged war crimes on its territory since the Russian aggression began, according to Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova.
Speaking to Britain’s Sky News channel, Ms Venediktova said she had identified 5,600 cases of alleged war crimes, as well as 500 Russian war criminals.
Among other things, he cited the attack by a Russian missile targeted at the Kramatorsk station, which killed 52 civilians, including five children.
For the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, there is no doubt: it is a war crime.
So far, 1222 bodies have been discovered in the kyiv region, said Iryna Venediktova.
He also claimed to have evidence that Russia was behind the attack without giving further details.
Separately, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called on scientists to study the effects of Russian propaganda that set the stage for Boutcha’s atrocitiesa town near kyiv that was under Russian occupation.
” For years, Russia’s political and propaganda elites have incited hatred, dehumanized Ukrainians, fueled Russia’s superiority and prepared the ground for these atrocities. “
kyiv and Western countries have accused Russian troops of massacre and of war crimes after the discovery of dozens of corpses on the streets of Boutcha, a small town northwest of the capital captured on March 31 by Ukrainian troops.
Boutcha has become a symbol of the atrocities of war, but the findings are not limited to this city.
Dozens of victims at a mass grave near kyiv
On Saturday, the bodies of dozens of civilians were found in the village of Bouzova, near the Ukrainian capital kyiv, after the departure of Russian forces, according to Taras Didytch, head of the territorial community of Dmytrivka where Bouzova was part, which was under Russian occupation.
In testimony on Ukrainian television, he explained that the bodies were found in a ditch near a gas station. The number of casualties has not been confirmed.
Local media had already reported in early April the discovery of bodies in Bouzova and its surroundings. They advanced a preliminary assessment of 30 bodies, information not confirmed by Reuters.
This Sunday, a reporter fromAFP reported the discovery of two bodies in a manhole of a gas station on a highway near the town of Bouzova.
New humanitarian corridors
Evacuation efforts continue in the western regions of Ukraine.
Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk said on Sunday that Kyiv had allowed nine humanitarian corridors to be used to allow civilians to flee from combat zones in eastern Ukraine.
All routes of humanitarian corridors in the Luhansk region will work as long as there is a ceasefire from Russian occupation troops, he said in Telegram messaging.
On Saturday, about 4,500 people fled west because of a dozen humanitarian corridors.
4.5 million refugees, according to UNHCR
In a climate of fear since Russia’s invasion, more than 4.5 million Ukrainian refugees have fled their country, according to the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
About 90% of these refugees are women and children, Ukrainian authorities do not allow the departure of men of military age.
They are also 210,000 non -Ukrainians who have fled the country, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) indicatesUNwhich estimates the number of internally displaced people at 7.1 million.
Of the population of 37 million people in kyiv-controlled territories, more than 11 million people, or more than a quarter of the population, have to leave their homes. They may cross the border into neighboring countries or find refuge elsewhere in Ukraine.
Source: Radio-Canada