A Russian attack on Zelensky’s hometown leaves 11 dead

At least eleven people died in the early hours of this Tuesday in a Russian attack against the town of Krivoy Roghometown of the president Volodymyr Zelenskyin the center of Ukrainewhere a missile destroyed an apartment building.

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Ukraine also reported night attacks in Kharkiv (northeast) and kyivwhere the visit of the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)the Argentine Rafael Grossi.

For his part, Russia claimed responsibility for the capture of several German tanks on Tuesday leopard and US infantry fighting vehicles Bradleyand released images of Russian soldiers inspecting the devices supplied to Ukraine by western countries.

In Krivoy Roga town located in the region of Dnipropetrovsk (central-east), a “massive missile attack” hit several sites in the city and in particular a residential building, according to local authorities.

According to the regional governor Serguii Lyssakthe bombardment left eleven dead.

Firefighters extinguishing a fire in a five-story residential building, the site of an overnight Russian attack, in the town of Kryvyi Rig, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Handout / THE EMERGENCY SERVICE OF THE STATE OF UKRAINE / AFP) (HANDOUT /)

Two previous balances reported three and six deaths.

The regional administration published a photo of the damaged building and blackened by flames, with smoke rising from the floors.

In addition to this building, the administration of Dnipropetrovsk identified two other “civilian” sites affected by the explosions.

After the bombings, Zelensky claimed that Russian forces are waging war against “residential buildings, ordinary cities and people”.

“We will not forget the terroriststhey will assume their responsibility for each missile they have launched”declared in a statement released on social networks.

In kyivthe military administration also reported night attacks with “cruise missiles”, although he assured that “all enemy targets in the airspace around kyiv were successfully detected and destroyed.”

For his part, the mayor of Kharkiv (northeast), Igor Terekhovreported a drone attack “against civil infrastructures” and that a hangar and the facilities of a company were damaged.

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“Difficult” counteroffensive

These attacks came shortly before Moscow claimed it had captured several German tanks. leopard and vehicles Bradley of USA.

“Leopard tanks and infantry fighting vehicles Bradley. These are our trophies. Equipment of the Ukrainian armed forces in the region of Zaporizhia”, The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

kyiv It has asked its Western allies to provide it with a wide range of modern military equipment to help Ukrainian forces retake large swathes of its territory conquered by Russian troops.

Firefighters extinguishing a fire in a five-story residential building, the site of an overnight Russian attack, in the town of Kryvyi Rig, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Handout / THE EMERGENCY SERVICE OF THE STATE OF UKRAINE / AFP) (HANDOUT /)

On Monday night, the president Zelensky He assured that the counteroffensive under way against the Russian troops was “difficult” but “keep it up”.

Shortly before, the Ukrainian government claimed that it had retaken seven towns in the south and east of the country. According to the military spokesman Andriy Kovalyovthe reconquered area in the east and south of Ukraine encompassed “more than 100 square kilometers”.

In addition, the Ministry of Defense stated that the Ukrainian forces advanced “from 250 to 700 meters” in the eastern region of bakhmutin the direction of the city of the same name, around which the two sides are waging one of their fiercest battles since the beginning of the war.

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IAEA Director visit

plans kyiv to reconquer territories were complicated by the destruction of the Kakhovkain southern Ukraine, which caused extensive flooding, in areas controlled by both the Ukrainians and the Russians.

According to the latest balances, the floods caused the death of 17 people in the area under Russian control and 10 in the area controlled by Ukraine.

According to military analysts, Ukraine it has not yet launched the bulk of its forces in its counteroffensive, and is currently testing the front with targeted attacks to determine weak points.

Meanwhile, the IAEA confirmed on Monday that its director, Rafael Grossiwill travel on Tuesday to Ukraine to inspect the atomic power plant Zaporizhia and analyze the impact on it of the destruction of the dam of Kakhovka in the river dnipro.

After visiting the Ukrainian capital, the head of the IAEA will go to the ZNPP power station, occupied by the Russians, “to assess the situation and organize a new rotation of experts.”

Since the start of the invasion, grossi does not stop warning about the risk of a nuclear accident at this plant in the southeast of Ukraine.

The destruction of the dam Kakhovka it has so far had no effect on the plant’s cooling pond.

Source: Elcomercio