The missiles that hit an entire Odessa condominium resulted in 21 deaths, including a 12-year-old child, and around forty wounded, confirming that Russia has changed strategy, hitting more massively than in the first part of the war. . Moreover, Moscow also partly uses missiles that are part of the obsolete Soviet stocks and are less precise: they do not always hit the intended targets, that is strictly military ones, causing more frequent “collateral damage”, as analysts claim. Dozens of rescuers at work after the bombing on residential buildings, in which not all the apartments were inhabited. Residents would be around 150 – 200 people.
And while another mass grave with 100 corpses was found in Mariupol and temporary graves in the streets are gradually turning into permanent graves, several explosions have also been reported in Mykolaiv. The use of cluster bombs by the Russians is also likely in this case. As for the Donbass, according to British military intelligence, Russian ground forces have captured the village of Pryvilla, northwest of the disputed city of Lysychansk, and the Russians also claim to have completed the encirclement and to continue the approach to the city. sister of Severodonetsk.
The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen spoke via video link to the Rada, the Ukrainian Parliament, for the first time since the granting of candidate status in Kiev. “There is a long way to go but Europe will be by your side every step of the way, until the moment you cross the door that leads into our European Union,” said Von der Leyen who dwelt on the need for Kiev to implement reforms and called on Ukraine “to focus on the anti-oligarch law”.
– The background – Putin to Macron: “Zelensky wants the nuclear weapon”. French TV reveals the phone call announcing the invasion of Ukraine
– The case – The borsch war and the victory of Kiev
– Yesterday’s day
03.30 – Powerful explosions felt in Mykolaiv
Powerful explosions were felt in the Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv. Mayor Oleksandr Senkevich said on social media: “There are powerful explosions in the city! Stay in the shelters!” Senkevich wrote on Telegram. It was not known what caused the explosions, Reuters reports. Antiaircraft sirens rang throughout the region. Mykolaiv has 476,101 inhabitants and is the ninth most populous city in the country
02-28 – Zelensky on Sergiyvka, from Moscow of “state terror”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of being embroiled in state “terror” and blamed Moscow for firing missiles on a southern tourist town which left 21 dead and dozens injured. The missiles hit an apartment building and a recreation center in the town of Sergiyvka, about 80 kilometers south of the Black Sea port of Odessa, which has become a strategic point of the war that has now lasted more than four months. The attacks took place a day after Moscow abandoned positions on a strategic island, the island of the Snakes in what the international media called a major setback of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Zelensky said in his daily speech to the nation that a 12-year-old boy was among the dead, adding that about 40 people were injured and the death toll could rise. “I emphasize that this is a deliberate and intentional act of Russian terror, not a mistake or an accidental missile attack,” Zelensky said. “Three missiles hit a normal nine-story building, where no one was hiding weapons or military equipment,” he added. “Normal, civilized people lived there.”
01.40 – Kiev The “Russians used phosphorus bombs on Snake Island”
The Ukrainian armed forces have accused Russia of having carried out attacks with phosphorus bombs on the island of the Snakes, the day after the announced withdrawal from the outpost in the Black Sea. “Today, around 6 pm – reads a note – airplanes SU-30 Russians have twice conducted phosphorus bomb attacks “on the island. Kiev accused the Russians, who yesterday described the withdrawal as a “gesture of good will”, of not being able to “respect even their own statements”. Attached to the note is a video showing a plane dropping bombs, the use of which against civilians is prohibited by international conventions.
01.18 – Zaporizhzhia, reactivated nuclear power plant connections
The Ukrainian state-owned nuclear company, Energoatom, has restored the link between the International Atomic Energy Agency and the surveillance systems of the nuclear plant in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia. Kyiv Independent reports it on Twitter. The connections had been cut off due to the Russian occupation.