Twelve killed in Ukraine as Russia pounds rebel-claimed province
The Ukrainian presidential office said Russian forces targeted cities and villages in the country’s south-east.
The Ukrainian presidential office said Russian forces targeted cities and villages in the country’s south-east.
The country’s presidential office said Russian forces targeted cities and villages in southeast Ukraine.
Russia has stepped up its offensive in the eastern province in the past few days.
The barrage intensifies fears that Russian forces are positioned to advance further into the Donbas area, after declaring victory in Luhansk province.
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Defence minister Sergei Shoigu said Moscow’s forces have taken control of Lysychansk, the last major Ukrainian-held city in Luhansk province.
Ukrainian fighters have spent weeks trying to defend Lysychansk, and to stop it falling to Russia, as neighbouring Sievierodonetsk did a week ago.
Ukrainian fighters have spent weeks trying to defend Lysychansk and to keep it from falling to Russia
Friday’s strikes come a day after Russian forces withdrew from a strategic Black Sea island.
Eighteen people were killed in the attack in Kremenchuk, which was denounced as a war crime by the French leader.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said more than 1,000 civilians were inside at the time of the attack in Kremenchuk.
Residential buildings were engulfed in flames following the attack early on Sunday.
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