2024-01-01 00:28:23
21 dead in Russia. A Ukrainian strike on Saturday, in response to intensive Russian bombing the day before, left 21 dead and more than a hundred injured in Belgorod, a border town. According to the governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov, three children were killed. “We have witnessed the worst consequences of the Ukrainian army’s bombings in two years,” regretted the leader, who assured that the majority of rockets and missiles sent by kyiv had been intercepted.
A “terrorist” act. Russia accused Ukraine on Saturday at the UN of having committed an act of “deliberate terrorism” and of having used “cluster munitions” in Belgorod, during an emergency meeting of the Council of security requested by Moscow. It is “a blind and deliberate attack against a civilian target,” said the Russian ambassador to the United Nations, Vassili Nebenzia, accusing Ukraine of having targeted a sports center, an ice rink and a university. “The members of the Security Council have the opportunity to do their duty and objectively assess what happened,” he demanded, referring to a “deliberate act of terrorism” on the part of kyiv
New Russian attacks. After the strikes on Belgorod, which Moscow said would “not go unpunished”, the Russian army launched new bombings. Four Iranian-made “Shahed” drones targeted the city of Kharkiv, in northeastern Ukraine, during the night, said the spokesperson for the regional prosecutor, Dmytro Tchoubenko. “As a result of the night attack by Russian drones on Kharkiv, buildings in the city center were damaged. These are not military installations, but cafes, residential buildings and offices,” he said. said the mayor of the city, Ihor Terekhov, without mentioning any victims. “On New Year’s Eve, the Russians want to intimidate our city, but we are not afraid,” he added.
Ukrainian exports. Ukraine said on Saturday it had exported around 13 million tonnes of goods since the establishment of a maritime corridor in the Black Sea in August, despite Russian threats of bombing. These approximately “13 million tonnes” were transported by 400 ships, indicated the Ukrainian Minister of Infrastructure, Oleksandr Koubrakov. He expressed his “gratitude” to Ukraine’s army and international partners for ensuring the functioning of this corridor “under conditions of military aggression.”
After a difficult 2023 on the front, Ukraine can boast of successes in the Black Sea, where it defeated a Russian fleet reputed to be much more powerful. The kyiv army managed to keep Russian ships away from the southwest of this sea and reopen a maritime corridor for exporting grain.
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