Russian forces have pushed deeper into the partially occupied eastern Donetsk region. Its total capture is one of the Kremlin’s main ambitions.
A Russian bombing of the Ukrainian city of Chasiv Yar, located in the front linecaused on Saturday the death of at least five peopleaccording to the governor of the region.
The attack hit a skyscraper and a private home, Governor Vadym Filashkin said. The victims were apparently men between 24 and 38 years old. Filashkin urged the remaining civilians in the city -which before the war had a population of about 12,000 inhabitants- to leave the front line.
“Normal life has been impossible in Chasiv Yar for more than two years,” he said, “Do not become a Russian target. Evacuate.”
Meanwhile, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed to have captured the city of Piynichnealso in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk. Russian forces have pushed deeper into partially occupied eastern Ukraine as kyiv sends its forces into the Russian Kursk region.
Ukraine and Russia exchange blows
Violence continues to rage and the number of injuries increases after Friday’s Russian attack on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. six people diedincluding a 14-year-old girl, according to the region’s governor, Oleh Syniehubov. On social media he stated that the number of injured had increased from 47 to 96 injured.
Across the border, five people were killed and dozens more injured by Ukrainian shelling of the Russian city of Belgorod. Belgorod Governor Cyacheslav Gladkov stated on Saturday morning that 46 civilians had been injured in the shelling.
He added that 37 people had been hospitalizedincluding seven children, one of whom was in serious condition. According to authorities, Ukraine attacked Belgorod with cluster munitions and the deadly “Vampire” MLRS. Belgorod is about 40 km from the Russian border and has been repeatedly attacked since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.
