Four people have been killed in a Russian airstrike on the Ukrainian city of Zaporozhye, according to Ukrainian officials.Photo courtesy of State Emergency Services/EPA-EFE
Russian President Vladimir Putin, shown here, delivered his annual State of the Union address on February 21, 2023, condemning Russian security services for describing the hostage-taking incident in Russia’s Bryansk region as “another act of terrorism “.Kremlin Pool/Photo by UPI
“The most difficult situation remains for Bakhmut,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a televised address on Tuesday, pictured here with U.S. President Joe Trump in February biden.Press Office of the President of Ukraine/Photo by UPI
March 2 (United Press International) — Four people were killed in a Russian airstrike in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhia on Thursday, Ukrainian officials said on Thursday, while Moscow blamed Ukraine Taking Russian hostages.
Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office reported on Telegram that “preliminary data” found that four people were killed and eight others were injured in the attack in Zaporozhye, and five others were wounded, including a child.
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Andrey Yermak, President of Ukraine Volodymyr ZelenskyThe chief of staff said shelling hit residential buildings overnight.
“People sleep in their homes, but residential buildings are also ‘military targets’ for terrorists,” he said.
Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine of an “act of terrorism” for allegedly firing on civilians near the border.
“They infiltrated the border area and opened fire on civilians. They saw it was a civilian car with children in it. They still opened fire on it,” he said.
Bryansk Region Governor Alexander Bogomaz said telegram message The attackers allegedly opened fire from a moving car, killing one person and injuring a 10-year-old child.
Officially, Russian officials also claimed that a group of “Ukrainian nationalists” had taken six hostages in the Bryansk region TASS.
“Russian Volunteers went to the Bryansk region to show hope to their fellow citizens, so that the free Russian people with arms in their hands could fight the regime,” a group calling itself the Russian Volunteers said in a statement. telegram message.
Ukrainian officials have denied the claim.
“Stories about sabotage groups in Ukraine in the Russian Federation are typical deliberate provocations. The Russian Federation wants to terrorize its people, justifies attacking another country and growing poverty after the war. The partisan movement in the Russian Federation is getting stronger and more aggressive .fear your party,” said Mikhailo Podolyak, adviser to Ukraine’s president tweets Thursday.
Ukraine has sent reinforcements to the frontline city of Bakhmut, according to Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hannah Malial.
The Russian military and its Wagnerian mercenary allies suffered heavy losses in repeated attempts to capture Bahamut. Ukrainian losses are also considered staggering, although Ukraine has not released full casualty figures.
In a televised address on Tuesday, Zelensky said “the most difficult situation remains for Bachmut”.
Ukrainian officials have open discussion The possibility of an exit, although there is no indication that such an exit has begun.