Shelling also in the Donetsk region
The Donetsk region (east) has also been targeted by “the Russians (who) continue to bombard civilian infrastructure, in particular educational establishments,” regional governor Pavlo Kyrylen said on Sunday. “Three missiles hit the community of Toretsk: one hit a residential area, two in Zalizne where a school and a kindergarten were damaged. In Kostiantynivka, the Russians bombed a medical faculty. No information on casualties at this time,” he added.
Kharkiv targeted by missile strikes
Kharkiv, the country’s second largest city in the northeast, was the target of missile strikes overnight, according to regional governor Oleg Synegubov.
“Around three in the morning, in the Kyivsky district (of Kharkiv), one of the floors of a five-storey industrial building caught fire as a result of two missile strikes. A 59-year-old woman was injured and hospitalized,” he said.
Vitaliy Kim, head of the Mykolaiv region (south), denounced for his part this Sunday the strikes carried out the day before in the south of this region and on the city itself in the morning. “Around 3:05 a.m., Mykolaiv was hit by heavy shelling. At present, we are aware of a fire in two industrial enterprises,” he said.
“No other link” goods from the cargo plane “and Ukraine”
According to the Serbian minister, the majority of cargo planes carrying weapons are of Soviet production and in the possession of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. With Russia and Belarus under international sanctions due to the conflict in Ukraine, only Ukrainian transport planes are active and “engaged around the world”.
“Apart from the fact that they are the property of Ukrainian companies, no other link exists between these goods and Ukraine,” the minister said.
Ukrainian cargo plane crashes in Greece
The Antonov 12, owned by the Ukrainian company meridian LTD, was carrying around 11 tonnes of armaments, including illumination mortar mines, bound for Bangladesh. It crashed in northern Greece on Saturday evening, killing all eight crew members, Serbian Defense Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic said on Sunday. “I think they are also Ukrainians but we don’t have any information about that, they are not Serbs,” he said.
The plane took off from Nis airport (southern Serbia) on Saturday around 8:40 p.m. (6:40 p.m. GMT).
The exporter of these armaments is the private Serbian company Valir, within the framework of a transaction agreed with Bangladesh.
“Unfortunately some media have speculated that this flight was allegedly transporting weapons to Ukraine, which is completely untrue,” he said.
EU wants tougher sanctions on Russia
European Union foreign ministers will discuss tougher sanctions on Russia on Monday, as Moscow is accused of deploying launchers to fire missiles from the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in southern Russia. Ukraine. EU ministers will have to consider, among other things, a European Commission proposal to ban gold purchases from Russia to bring EU sanctions in line with those of its G7 partners.
Another proposal aims to put new Russian personalities on a blacklist.
According to a senior official, no decision is expected.
Zelensky: “No Russian missile can break our unity”
In a post on Telegram on Saturday, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that no “Russian missile can break” the unity of the Ukrainian people. “We will stand, we will win, we will rebuild our lives, we will do it together,” he said.