The Russian army launched in the morning three missile attacks on a densely populated neighborhood of Chernihiv, city in northern Ukraine. According to what he reports on Telegram Volodymyr ZelenskyThere are ten dead and twenty injured: “My condolences to the families and friends. Unfortunately, the death toll could rise,” writes the president of Kiev. Who takes the opportunity to argue – for the second time in a few hours – with the Western allies asking for more military aid: “This would not have happened if Ukraine had received sufficient air defense equipment and if the world‘s determination to fight terrorism was also sufficient. Support matters.” The mayor of Chernihiv, Oleksandr Lomakosaid that civilian infrastructure was hit in the attack: “We have cut off all supplies in the area, electricity and gas, to avoid further destruction,” he said.
Meanwhile, according to a reconstruction by Bbc Russia and some independent media, Moscow’s count of dead soldiers in Ukraine has exceeded the threshold of fifty thousand: in the second year of the war they lost their lives well 27,300 menil 25% more compared to the first 12 months. The estimate is eight times higher than the only official public acknowledgment of the number of victims ever provided by Moscow, in September 2022. And “the number is likely to be much higher“, writes the Bbcdescribing Russian military tactics as “meat grinder strategy“: send waves of soldiers charging relentlessly, to try to wear down the Ukrainian forces.
The article Ukraine, Russian missiles on Chernihiv: at least ten dead. Zelensky continues to argue: “With air defense it wouldn’t have happened” comes from Il Fatto Quotidiano.