2023-08-13 20:01:05
Seven people were killed and 13 others injured during Russian bombardments on the region of Kherson, in the south of Ukraine, announced the government of kyiv on Sunday August 13th. The shelling caused the death of three adults, a 12-year-old child and a baby in the locality of Shyroka Balka, as well as two other people in that of Stanislav. “An entire family died in Shyroka Balka”, lamented the Minister of the Interior, Igor Klymenko. The Franke “condemns in the strongest terms” these Russian strikes against civilians and denounces “unacceptable acts constituting war crimes”, in a press release from the Quai d’Orsay. Follow our live.
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Russian warning shots on a Ukrainian freighter. A Russian warship fired warning shots at a cargo ship heading for the port of Izmail in southern Ukraine, “in order to force the boat to stop”, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday. This port has become one of the main exit routes for Ukrainian agricultural products since Moscow ended the agreement on grain exports.
The Crimean bridge targeted by two drones. Two Ukrainian missile attacks were foiled on Saturday over the strategic bridge that connects Russia to the annexed Crimean peninsula, local authorities and the Russian army announced. “The Crimean Bridge was not damaged”assured the leader of Crimea, Sergei Aksionov, on Telegram.
A total of 20 Ukrainian drones targeted the Crimean region. Earlier in the day, Russia said it shot down 20 Ukrainian drones that targeted the Crimean peninsula, annexed in 2014. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, fourteen Ukrainian drones were destroyed by air defense systems and six others by electronic jamming systems.
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