The battle in the southern and eastern provinces of Ukraine is now entering another phase. The Russian military seems to have given the go-ahead for the final stage of the attack in both Donetsk and Luhansk, but especially in Mariupolwhich is literally in danger of extinction from the map.
According to reports, The Russians “raised” the Tu-95 / -160 battle bombers, ruthlessly bombing the city of Mariupol and leveling everything in their path. Operations are now conducted without exception, as Russian troops do not separate residential areas and military installations.
“On Thursday, April 14, two large Russian Tu-95 / -160 bombers took off from Krasnodar and headed for Mariupol, where they bombed it,” said Alexander Motuzyanik, a spokesman for the Ukrainian military. “It is also the first time that modern technology Tu-22M3 fighters have been used, hitting missile targets, also in Mariupol,” he added.
Civilians killed in Kharkiv bombing
Seven civilians were killed and 27 wounded yesterday, Thursday, by Russian fire on civilian evacuation buses in the Kharkiv region of eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office announced today.
“On April 14, Russian troops opened fire on civilian evacuation buses in the Borova region. “According to the first information, 7 people were killed and 27 were injured,” the Ukrainian prosecutor’s office said in a message to the Telegram application.
An investigation has been launched into “violations of the laws and customs of war, in connection with premeditated murder”, he adds.
Bombings in Zaporizhia as well
At the same time in the region of Zaporizhia, in southern Ukraineone person was killed and five were injured in a Russian bombing raid on the town of Vasilivka, in which houses, a butcher shop and the Tavrysk railway station were damaged, according to a message from the Ukrainian regional military administration on the Telegram application.
In Russia, more than 20 buildings and a school were damaged yesterday by the Ukrainian bombing of a Russian village in the Belgorod region of western Russia, the TASS news agency reported, citing Russian regional authorities.
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