At least 6 dead when a Russian missile hits a postal terminal in Kharkiv

2023-10-22 10:48:59

War Russia Ukraine, live: at least 6 dead when a Russian missile hits a postal terminal in Kharkiv

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Both the deceased and the injured are workers of the postal company that operates the terminal, explained the head of the Kharkiv Military Administration, Oleg Siniegubov: “The victims are between 19 and 42 years old and suffered injuries from shrapnel and the explosion.” .

Updated: Oct 22, 2023 | 19:04
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19:00

Russia says it shot down three Ukrainian missiles flying towards Crimea

Russia claimed today to have shot down three missiles launched by Ukraine that were flying towards the annexed Crimean peninsula. “Between 13:45 and 14:30 GMT three enemy missiles flying towards Crimea were shot down over the municipal district of Genichesk in the Kherson region,” wrote the Russian-imposed governor of this southern province, Vladimir Saldo, in his Telegram channel. According to the message, “the provocation of the terrorists of the kyiv regime was thwarted.” (EFE)

18:36

The Pope and Biden talk by phone about the wars in the world and the search for peace

Pope Francis held a telephone conversation today with the President of the United States, Joe Biden, about the conflicts in the world and “the need to find paths to peace,” the Holy See confirmed today. The conversation between the two took place this Sunday afternoon and lasted around 20 minutes. The conversation, according to a Vatican statement, “had as its theme the conflict situations in the world and the need to find paths to peace.” The Holy See has not specified the wars or conflicts that the pope has reviewed with Biden, the second Catholic president in US history, whom he received at the Vatican two years ago and who has recently been in Israel. However, Pope Francis frequently expresses his deep concern about two current conflicts, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the one unleashed in the Gaza Strip between the Palestinian Islamist militia of Hamas and Israel. (EFE)

15:55

Salman Rushdie calls for preserving peace, almost a “fantasy” when thinking about Ukraine

The Anglo-Indian writer Salman Rushdie called today to defend freedom of expression and preserve peace, a value that, in view of the current conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, seems more like a “fantasy”, when collecting the Prize in Frankfurt of Peace of the German Booksellers 2023. “Peace seems to me at the moment like a fantasy created by the smoke of an opium pipe,” said the author, awarded with 25,000 euros. He recalled in his speech that, while those present are today in this church, the Paulskirche in Frankfurt, “gathered to talk about peace”, not far away a war is taking place (that of Ukraine) attributable “to the tyranny of a single man and their thirst for power and conquest”, and in Israel and the Gaza Strip “an even more bitter conflict has broken out”. The combatants cannot even agree on the meaning of the word “peace,” he noted. (EFE)

15:25

Russia says it prevented Ukrainian forces from crossing the Dnieper in three areas of Kherson

Russia claimed today to have prevented attempts by units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to cross the Dnieper River in three areas of the southern region of Kherson. “In the direction of Kherson, in the areas of the towns of Pridneprovske, Tyaginka and Krynky, attempts by sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to cross the Dnieper River were stopped,” said the spokesman for the Russian Ministry of Defense. , Igor Konashénkov, in his diary war report. (EFE)

14:49

Gazprom: Russia will supply Hungary with additional gas for winter

Russia will supply additional volumes of gas to Hungary for the winter, the CEO of the Russian gas giant Gazprom, Alexei Miller, announced today. “There will be significant additional volumes for the Hungarian market. This year the additional volume has already amounted to 1.3 billion cubic meters of gas. And we have an agreement to supply additional volumes on a continuous basis during the autumn-winter period,” he noted in the program. Moscow. Kremlin. Putin” on the Rossúa-1 channel. (EFE)

13:15

Pope Francis calls for a day of “fasting, prayer and penance” for peace in the world

Pope Francis today lamented the “serious humanitarian situation” in the Gaza Strip, scene of clashes between Israel and the Islamist militia Hamas, and denounced the bombing of the Anglican hospital and an Orthodox church. “Dear brothers and sisters, once again my thoughts are on what is happening in Israel and Palestine. I am very worried and hurt, my prayer and closeness is for all those who suffer: hostages, victims, wounded and their families,” he said after the Prayer of the Angelus from the window of the Apostolic Palace. The pontiff denounced “the serious humanitarian situation in Gaza” and expressed his regret for the destruction of the Al Ahli hospital of the Anglican Church and the Orthodox Church of Saint Porphyry, where at least 18 Palestinian Christians died. “I renew my call for spaces to be opened, for humanitarian aid to continue to be delivered and for the hostages to be released,” urged the pontiff, before hundreds of people who listened to him from Vatican Square. And he added: “War, all wars in the world, I also think of the martyred Ukraine, is always a defeat, a destruction of human brotherhood. Brothers, stop!” (EFE)

12:45

The United Kingdom estimates between 150,000 and 190,000 Russian troops dead or incapacitated

The UK Ministry of Defense estimates that between 150,000 and 190,000 Russian troops, mostly military personnel, have been killed or incapacitated since the start of the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. According to its latest assessment of the conflict, published this Sunday in On its The Ministry of Defense specifies that these estimates do not include mercenaries from the Wagner group or prisoners incorporated into the ranks. (EP)

12:15

Russia attacks at night with drones and missiles and Ukraine shoots down four aerial targets

Russia attacked Ukraine last night with assault drones and guided and anti-aircraft missiles, and Ukrainian defense forces managed to shoot down four of them, official sources in kyiv reported. The Ukrainian Air Force states in a statement on Telegram that it recorded eight launches of S-300 missiles from the Belgorod region and the temporarily occupied territories of the Donetsk region. Russian forces also used a Kh-59 guided missile from a Su-34 aircraft from the airspace of the temporarily occupied territories of the Zaporizhia region, two more unmanned aerial vehicles of undetermined type from the north and three assault drones Shahed 136/131 from the Cape Chauda area, in the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea. (EFE)

11:45

42% of Gaza’s homes have been partially or completely destroyed

The Housing Ministry of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip has estimated that some 164,000 homes in the enclave, about 42 percent of the total “residential units” in the territory, have been “partially or completely destroyed” since the beginning. of the Israeli bombings in response to the attack by the Palestinian Islamist movement on October 7. According to the latest damage assessment presented by the Ministry, Israeli attacks have “completely demolished” 5,635 residential buildings comprising 15,100 “residential units.” (EP)

11:15

Ukraine manages to return three other minors deported by Russia

Ukraine managed to bring back three other children deported by Russia, Ukrainian ombudsman Dmitro Lubinets reported today. “Three other Ukrainian children managed to return to their homeland. This was carried out within the framework of the implementation of the Bring Kids Back UA action plan, initiated by the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky. Public organizations and partners also participate in this process international,” he wrote on his Telegram page. (EFE)

10:45

Russia deploys MiG-31 fighters in Crimea despite the risk of Ukrainian attacks

Russia has already deployed the MiG-31 fighters with which it will patrol the Black Sea at a Crimean airfield, despite the risk of being hit by long-range missiles from Ukraine, such as the American ATACMS, which recently hit two Russian air bases in the south and east ukrainian. An open source intelligence (OSINT) analyst, MT Anderson, published on the social network which identifies at least four MiG-31s ​​that were previously missing. (EFE)

10:09

EU Agriculture Ministers address the situation of agricultural markets tomorrow

Starting this Monday, the Agriculture Ministers of the European Union (EU) will hold a meeting in Luxembourg in which they will hold a debate on the situation of agricultural markets, which will especially take into account the consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Before the start of the debate, the Ukrainian Minister of Agriculture, Mikola Solski, “will be present” and will present to his counterparts from the Twenty-seven the situation of the Ukrainian agricultural market, as indicated by the Council of the EU, which brings together the Member States, in a statement. According to the community institution, Solski is expected to provide information on exports of Ukrainian agricultural products and how the community club could further support Kiev, “not only facilitating export” to the community club and global markets, “but also on the ground” in Ukraine. (EFE)

09:00

At least six civilians killed and 14 injured in Russian attack near Kharkiv

At least six people have died and another 14 have been injured this Saturday night in an attack by Russian troops in the Kharkiv region, in eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian authorities have reported. “A Russian missile has hit the Novaya Poshta terminal. An ordinary civilian object. Unfortunately there are victims,” ​​the Kharkov regional governor, Oleg Siniegubov, initially reported on his official Telegram channel.

08:29

Russian activity in the direction of Avdivka decreases slightly, according to Ukraine

The activity of Russian troops near the town of Avdivka, in Donetsk province, has decreased slightly, although they continue to “advance”, a Ukrainian military spokesman said today. “The enemy… you can say that, in terms of losses, their activity has somewhat decreased, but they continue to advance,” the spokesman for the joint press center of the Tavria strategic group, in charge of the southeastern zone, said in statements to television. of the front, of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Okeksandr Shtupun, quoted by “Ukrainska Pravda”. He added that Russia launched a missile strike and 24 airstrikes in the Tavria direction, most of them with guided bombs in the Avdivka direction.

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