Ukraine: Attack in Luhansk Kills 28

In the midst of the intense war of more than 500 days, the Russian government of Vladimir Putin accused Ukrainian forces of shelling a bakery in Donetsk, a Ukrainian city taken by the Russian army, which caused the death of 28 civilians. Controlled by Russian forces since the summer of 2022, Luhansk is located in western Ukraine, near the border with Moscow, and in recent months was not the center of the fighting. In the winter, however, fighting intensified on both fronts.” Employees of Russia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations have rescued 10 people,” the ministry said in an official statement. “Search operations continue at the collapsed bakery. About 65 per cent of the destroyed structure has been dismantled; Sadly, 28 people, including a child, died,” they added. According to the statement of the Russian militias, the shelling was carried out by Ukrainian forces, who did not deny the versions or comment on the matter. Because of the attack, Governor Leonid Pasechnik decreed a day of mourning in the city. On a visit to the south of the country on Sunday, Volodimir Zelensky, Ukrainian president, said that “they face the difficult and critical mission of repelling the enemy and defending Ukraine.” Earlier, Zelensky had sent a message of thanks to the United States for the support it has given him since the beginning of the conflict. “It is absolutely essential to preserve the maximum consolidation of the free world and to do everything possible and impossible so that Ukraine can inflict defeats on Russia,” he said.

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