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  • russians already killed 97 Ukrainian children, more than 100 wounded

    15.03.2022

    russians already killed 97 Ukrainian children, more than 100 wounded
    As of the morning of March 15, russian troops killed 97 Ukrainian children and wounded more than 100, the Prosecutor General’s Office said in a statementThe bombings and shelling have already damaged more than 400 educational institutions, 59 of which were completely destroyed. The largest number of destructions was documented in Donetsk region – 119, Kharkiv region – 50, Mykolaiv region – 30, Sumy region – 28, Kyiv region – 35, Kherson region – 21 and in Kyiv city – ...
  • russians start refusing to be deployed to Ukraine

    15.03.2022

    russians start refusing to be deployed to Ukraine
    Cases where russian soldiers massively refuse to be deployed in Ukraine are being recorded, the Defense Ministry’s said.“russian occupation forces continue their offensive operation against our nation. They are trying to gain a foothold in the occupied positions and maintain the pace of the offensive in certain areas.In order to increase the number of groupings in Polissia, Tavriya, and Pivdenyi Buh operational areas, the enemy is forming and deploying to Ukraine’s borders their strategic reserves,” – the ministry said in a ...
  • russians so far ruined 600 houses and 50 schools in Kharkiv

    14.03.2022

    russians so far ruined 600 houses and 50 schools in Kharkiv
    About 600 houses, 50 schools, healthcare facilities have been destroyed as a result of the enemy shelling of Kharkiv.“About 600 houses have been destroyed in Kharkiv due to constant shelling of the city by the russian army… These houses cannot be restored, so people actually lost their homes. Moreover, 50 schools, a number of healthcare institutions, including maternity hospitals have been bombed in Kharkiv,” Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov told Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot via videoconferencing, the Kharkiv City Council said ...
  • russians damage power line at Chornobyl NPP again, planning to blow up ammunition at Zaporizhzhia NPP

    14.03.2022

    russians damage power line at Chornobyl NPP again, planning to blow up ammunition at Zaporizhzhia NPP
    russian forces have damaged a power line that supplies power to the Chornobyl nuclear power plant again, Ukraine’s national energy company Ukrenergo reported.The line that supplies power to the Chornobyl nuclear power plant and the town of Slavutych was again damaged by the occupiers after the Ukrenergo crew repaired it, the statement said. Ukrenergo emphasized that the Chornobyl NPP is an important facility that cannot be left without a reliable energy supply, because it can cause another disaster.At the same ...
  • Ukraine: American journalist killed by russian forces in Irpin

    13.03.2022

    Ukraine: American journalist killed by russian forces in Irpin
    An American filmmaker and journalist Brent Renaud was shot dead, and his colleague wounded after russian troops opened fire in Irpin.According to the Kyiv police chief Andriy Nebytov, the journalists were killed for detailing russia’s war crimes in Ukraine. The police are currently trying to evacuate another wounded and unidentified journalist from the combat area.Kyiv police chief called the attack targeting a foreign reporter an ‘insidious’ and ‘brutal’ act.Early reports said that Renaud was working for The Times because he ...
  • russians already killed 2,187 residents of Mariupol

    13.03.2022

    russians already killed 2,187 residents of Mariupol
    russian troops have already killed 2,187 residents of Mariupol, the Mariupol City Council has said in a statement.“Every day Mariupol suffers from air raids by russian fascists. At least 22 bombings of a peaceful city over the past 24 hours. About 100 bombs have already been dropped on Mariupol. Every bombing brings terrible destruction and takes away the main thing – the life of a peaceful Mariupol. To date, 2,187 Mariupol residents have died from russian attacks. May the memory ...
  • russians shell psychoneurological boarding school near Kyiv

    13.03.2022

    russians shell psychoneurological boarding school near Kyiv
    russians launched an artillery strike on Pushcha-Vodytsia Psychoneurological Boarding School, the Kyiv City State Administration said in a statement.One shell hit a boiler facility, having damaged the roof and the premises inside. Another shell hit a morgue. Due to the blast wave, the residential building was partially destroyed.At the time of the shelling, boarding school members and personnel were evacuated to a safe location. 
  • russians use forbidden phosphorus munitions in Popasna [video]

    13.03.2022

    russians use forbidden phosphorus munitions in Popasna [video]
    russians used phosphorus munitions to attack Ukraine’s Popasna, which are explicitly banned by the Geneva Convention, the head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration Serhiy Haidai said.“War criminals, the russian troops, used phosphorous munitions in Popasna. Destructive, devastating, and ugly force. This is what the Nazis called Brennende Zwiebel are now launching on our cities. Unbelievable suffering and fires,” Haidai wrote.According to the International Committee of ...
  • russians shoot women and children in ‘green corridor’. Seven dead

    12.03.2022

    russians shoot women and children in 'green corridor'. Seven dead
    During an attempt to evacuate from the village of Peremoha, Kyiv region, towards the village of Hostroluchchia along the agreed ‘green corridor’ on March 11, the russians opened fire on a column of civilians consisting only of women and children, the Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine said in a post.The result of this brutal act – seven dead. One of them is a child. The exact number of wounded is still unknown. After the ...
  • russians so far killed 79 children in Ukraine

    12.03.2022

    russians so far killed 79 children in Ukraine
    At least 79 children were killed and almost 100 were injured after russia launched a large-scale invasion in Ukraine on 24 February, the Prosecutor General’s Office reported.Most affected children are in the Kyiv, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Sumy, Kherson and Zhytomyr regions. So far, more than 280 educational institutions have been damaged, nine of them have been completely destroyed. Some 110 educational institutions were damaged in the Donetsk region, 28 in the Sumy region, 17 in Kyiv. More than 10 children’s medical institutions ...
  • Bayraktar destroys russian Electronic Warfare system in Kyiv region [video]

    12.03.2022

    Bayraktar destroys russian Electronic Warfare system in Kyiv region [video]
    Bayraktar TB2The Ukrainian army used a Bayraktar TB2 UAV to destroy a russian electronic warfare system in Kyiv region, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valeriy Zaluzhny, said in a post.“Our Bayraktar TB2 operators have skillfully ‘processed’ the enemy’s EW system in the Kyiv region,” he said.
  • russians use forbidden cluster munitions in populated areas of Ukraine – UN

    11.03.2022

    russians use forbidden cluster munitions in populated areas of Ukraine - UN
    The UN human rights office said it had received credible reports of several cases of russian forces using cluster bombs in Ukraine, including in populated areas.“On 24 February, a cluster munition exploded at the Central City Hospital in Vuhledar, in government-controlled Donetsk, killing four civilians, injuring 10 others, and damaging ambulances, civilian vehicles and the hospital itself. There were other cluster munition attacks in several districts of Kharkiv, in which nine civilians were killed and 37 injured,”  UN spokesperson Liz ...