Also on Wednesday, a civilian was killed in an air attack on Ukraine’s southern Kherson region, and Russia’s parliament passed a law withdrawing ratification of the global treaty banning nuclear weapons tests
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu inspected command posts of Russian troops in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, his ministry said on Wednesday, during a working visit close to the war’s front lines.
Video footage published by the ministry showed Shoigu disembarking from a helicopter before engaging in discussions with senior military personnel. “At about 07:20, the enemy dropped a guided aerial bomb on a residential area of the city . It hit a house. Unfortunately, a 42-year-old man was fatally wounded,” Prokudin said on the Telegram messaging app.
Earlier this week, local authorities ruled on the mandatory evacuation of families with children from the three districts of the Kherson region due to the ongoing bomb attacks.Also on Wednesday, Russia’s parliament completed the passage of a law withdrawing ratification of the global treaty banning nuclear weapons tests, evidence of the deep chill in relations with the United States.
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