► Deadly strike in eastern Ukraine
At least 23 people were killed in Saturday’s shelling of an apartment building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro, local authorities said on Sunday. “Twenty innocent victims”, the head of the Dnipro regional military administration, Valentyn Reznichenko, lamented on Telegram, stating that 73 people were injured. “Relief operations are continuing. The fate of more than 40 people remains unknown,” he added.
In the south, in Kryvyi Rih, one person was killed and another injured in the destruction of apartment buildings by a strike, according to an official report. Several explosions also sounded in the morning in kyiv, noted AFP journalists, while its mayor Vitali Klitschko called on the population to “stay in the shelters”.
In total, “the enemy carried out three airstrikes and about fifty missile launches during the daysaid the staff of the Ukrainian army. In addition, the occupiers launched 50 attacks with multiple rocket launchers. »
► Massive power cuts in most parts of Ukraine
Power cuts were ordered on Saturday in most parts of Ukraine after a wave of Russian strikes, Energy Minister German Galushchenko announced on Saturday.
“Today the enemy again attacked the country’s power generation facilities. There are attacks in Kharkiv, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Zaporizhia, Vinnytsia and kyiv regions. Due to the bombardments, emergency cuts have been decided in most regions,” said German Galushchenko on Facebook.
The operator Ukrenergo, for its part, said it was working to “eliminate the consequences” of this “twelfth massive missile attack on the energy sector in Ukraine”.
► The dynamic of the Russian offensive is “positive”, says Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin said the military campaign in Ukraine follows a “positive momentum” after the announcement of the capture of the city of Soledar, in eastern Ukraine, still denied by kyiv.
“The dynamic is positive and everything is going according to the plans of the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff. I hope that our fighters will still delight us more than once with their military results”he said in an interview with Russian public television, which aired on Sunday.
► For Volodymyr Zelensky, Russian “terror” can only be stopped by arms
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that the “terror” could only be stopped by arms, after the new wave of Russian strikes in the country. « Russia carried out another massive missile strike on Ukrainian cities (…) Is it possible to stop Russian terror? Yes it’s possible. Can we do it other than on the battlefield in Ukraine? Unfortunately no “he said in his daily message.
► Moldova says it found missile debris after Russian attacks on Ukraine
Moldova announced on Saturday that it had found missile debris on its territory after the new wave of Russian strikes on Ukraine, condemning these attacks. “Russia’s brutal war on Ukraine has affected Moldova again,”launched on Twitter its president Maia Sandu, illustrating her message with photos of the debris. “Border Police found missile fragments near the village of Larga in northern Moldova. We strongly condemn today’s violent attacks. »