President Zelensky said that “very tough battles” were occurring in the eastern Donetsk region, as Ukraine launches its long-anticipated counteroffensive, armed with Western weapons and trained in NATO tactics.
Eight people were injured after rockets hit Uman, in the Cherkasy region of central Ukraine,on Telegram. “There were two hits: on an industrial facility and a carwash. In the second case, a fire broke out as a result of the hit,” he said.
At least one woman was killed while 17 other people were injured by shells in the flooded town of Kherson, said Oleksandr Prokudin, Ukraine’s governor of the area. The injured included two workers from Ukraine’s state emergency services.The United Kingdom and Sweden scrambled jets to intercept Russian warplanes flying close to NATO and Swedish airspace,
the British Royal Air Force said. The Russian aircraft were not complying with international norms, but remained in international airspace and flew in a professional manner, itUkraine’s ambassador to the United Nations, Sergiy Kyslytsya, expressed “profound concerns” about reports that Russia has been shelling Kherson,was delivered on behalf of the United States and 13 other delegations.
The cause of the catastrophe remained unclear. Ukraine and Russia have blamed each other. But one Ukrainian knew whom she held responsible. “I hate the Russians and I wish a curse on them,” she blurted, and then broke into sobs.
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