Twelve Ukrainians, including three children, were injured in a Russian bombardment on Saturday in the city of Voznesensk, not far from a nuclear power plant in the southern Mykolaiv region, according to a new report from Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office. office “According to preliminary information, 12 people were injured, including three children. Two children are in critical condition“, the prosecution said through Telegram messages.
Earlier, the governor of the region, Vitaly Kim, reported on the same network that nine were injured, including four children between the ages of three and 17, who he said “all in critical condition“.
Voznesensk is about twenty kilometers as the crow flies from Ukraine’s Privdenukrainsk nuclear power plant, the second largest in Ukraine, which has a total of four nuclear power plants.
The strike hit a residential building and several houses in Voznesensk, home to about 30,000 people, the State Emergency Service said on Facebook, posting images of the collapsed building.
“Russia will pay for everything.”
The Mykola region, which regularly comes under heavy Russian bombing, is close to the Kherson region, which has been almost entirely occupied by Russian troops since Moscow launched an offensive against Ukraine in late February. “Voznesensk. A terrorist country called Russia has hit a residential building“Andriy Yermak, the head of the staff of the president of Ukraine, condemned in Telegram. “Our task is to ensure that not only the current generation of Russians, but also their children and grandchildren are brought to justice. Russia will pay for everything“, he added.
The Ukrainian army also said on Telegram on Saturday that it shot down a Russian Kalibr cruise missile launched from the Black Sea near the city of Dnipro (center-east) using an anti-war defense system, the S-300 air defense system.
Ivan Fedorov, the exiled mayor of Melitopol of the Kherson region occupied by the Russians, for his part, said on Telegram in the morning that the Ukrainians bombed the Russian military base in this occupied city.
On the ground, the Ukrainian army reported on Saturday about the attempted Russian attack, particularly in the Donetsk region, near the towns of Bakhmut, Zaitseve and Kodema. “The fight continues– it is stated in the press release of the headquarters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Europe has also turned its sights on the Zaporizhia (southern) Ukrainian power plant, the largest on the continent, and fears a major disaster, while the plant, seized by Russian troops since March, has been the target of bombings, including recriminations from Kiev. and Moscow. On Friday evening, the presidents of France and Russia spoke “The importance of sending a mission from the International Atomic Energy Agency to the nuclear power plant as soon as possible, which will be able to assess the situation there.“, reports the Kremlin.
Source: Le Figaro
