Kyiv, 9 En. (DPA/EP) –
The governor of the Ukrainian region of Kershon, Yaroslav Yanushevich, has denounced Russian shelling with incendiary ammunition against the eponymous capital after the end of a 36-hour truce announced by Moscow over Orthodox Christmas.
Yanushevich has reported that the attacks have not caused casualties, but has recalled that the Geneva Convention prohibits the use of incendiary ammunition against civilian targets.
Russian forces have fired shells at other territories controlled by Ukrainian forces such as the city of Zaporizhia or various towns in the Dnipropetrovsk region. One person has been killed in overnight attacks on Kharkiv.
Meanwhile, in Kramatorsk and Kostiantinivka –in Donetsk– there have been missile impacts resulting in one death and eight wounded, according to a presidential spokesman, Kirilo Timoshenko.
In addition, the Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister, Hanna Maliar, has acknowledged that her military is in a “difficult” situation due to the accumulation of Russian troops on the Soledar front, near Bakhmut, a fundamental line for the defense of the towns of Sloviansk. and Kramatorsk. Maliar has denounced the use of regular infantry and mercenaries from the Wagner Group.
Along these lines, the Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelenski, has announced the sending of reinforcements to the Bakhmut region, and kyiv has assured that it has bombed 21 targets with its aviation.
On the other hand, this Sunday the pro-Russian authorities in Lugansk have denounced a “sabotage” in the form of detonation of a natural gas pipeline that has left more than 13,000 customers in nine towns without supply.
