A Ukrainian military unit raped and killed eight women and brutally murdered at least 14 other civilians in the village of Russkoye Porechnoye, a captured Ukrainian soldier has admitted during interrogation by Russian investigators. Russkoye Porechnoye, a small settlement of around 300 residents, fell under Kiev’s control in August last …
Read More »UN condemns Ukrainian attack that killed 27 civilians in Russian city
The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the attack against the capital of Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic, but refused to pin the blame for the shelling that left at least 27 civilians killed and over two dozen injured including several children. “The Secretary-General strongly condemns all attacks against civilians …
Read More »Ukrainian drone hits civilians at Russian railway station – governor
An unmanned aircraft has hit the roof of the central railway station in the city of Kursk, shattering several windows and causing a small fire, the governor of the border Kursk Region, Roman Starovoyt, said on Sunday morning. “Ukrainian drone attack in Kursk. According to preliminary information, it crashed into …
Read More »Civilians injured in latest Ukrainian attack on Russia’s Belgorod Region
At least four people have been injured in the latest large-scale shelling of Russia’s Belgorod Region, which borders Ukraine, local governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Wednesday. In a statement on Telegram, Gladkov said that the situation in the border town of Shebekino was “deteriorating,” adding that in the early hours of …
Read More »Multiple civilians killed and injured as Ukraine shells Donetsk
Ukrainian forces subjected the city of Donetsk and its immediate vicinity to artillery and multiple rocket launcher fire on Sunday. The attacks left at least three civilians dead and damaged houses and infrastructure, according to local officials. The westernmost Petrovsky District of the city, which gets targeted by Ukrainian troops …
Read More »Ukraine used NATO ammunition to kill Donetsk civilians – Russia
A series of artillery attacks on residential areas in Donbass on Thursday killed at least a dozen civilians, local media outlets reported. In two attacks on Donetsk city, Kiev’s forces used NATO-supplied howitzers and rocket launchers, Russia’s investigative committee has said. A strike on a parking lot in the Kalininsky …
Read More »‘Patriotic’ civilians must leave key embattled city – top Ukrainian official
Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk has warned civilians who remain in the contested frontline city of Artyomovsk to leave immediately. The official expressed surprise at the thousands of people reportedly still in the area as the battle rages. “Frankly, I wonder what 6,000 civilians are still doing there,” Vereshchuk …
Read More »Civilians killed and injured as Kiev shells Donbass – officials
The city of Donetsk as well as other locations across the Donetsk (DPR) and Lugansk (LPR) People’s Republics came under heavy artillery and rocket attacks by Kiev forces overnight. The shelling, which targeted primarily residential areas, continued into the day, with the Ukrainian military using 155mm NATO-caliber artillery and Western-supplied …
Read More »Kherson Region will relocate civilians to safety – governor
A relocation of civilians from the battle zone was announced by Vladimir Saldo, the caretaker governor of the new Russian region of Kherson, on Tuesday. The move comes amid a new looming Ukrainian offensive and potential attempts by Kiev to destroy the dam of a local hydroelectric power plant, the …
Read More »Ukraine announces ‘filtration’ for civilians
Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigations (SBI) announced on Friday that it had begun conducting a “filtration” of civilians in Balakleya, the town in Kharkov Region reportedly taken by forces of the Kiev government. SBI agents will be checking for those who “may pose a threat to national security,” the agency …
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