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We bring you the news of Ukraine.
Entering the third week of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Russian forces have expanded their airstrikes into western Ukrainian cities where there has been no engagement.
In addition, civilians are being harmed one after another by indiscriminately bombing medical institutions where patients are being treated.
Reporter Seo Hye-yeon!
Are you standing at a local hospital that treats Ukrainian refugees?
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Yes, this is in front of St. Pius Hospital, the only general hospital in Psemisil, Poland, where Ukrainian refugees, who were hurt in body and mind during the evacuation, visit this place to receive treatment.
The Russian military is also bombarding these medical facilities indiscriminately.
The world was outraged when a photo of a woman who was bombed by the bombing victims of Mariupol, which the Russian side claimed was fake, was released and the world was outraged.
The World Health Organization says there have been 29 attacks on medical facilities by the Russian military, killing 12 people and injuring 34 others.
The Russian military’s attack is also expanding to western Ukraine, such as Ivano-Frankiust and Lutsk, and it is analyzed that a new war phase is unfolding as the air strikes, which were concentrated in the eastern and southern regions, continue to the western part.
The pace of the Russian advance toward the capital Kiiu is also accelerating.
The British Ministry of Defense said that it had identified it as approaching as far as 25 kilometers from downtown Kiiwu.
The last high-level meeting between Russia and Ukraine was the foreign ministers’ meeting on the 10th. In response, Russian President Putin said “positive progress has been made” and Ukrainian President Zelensky said that “a strategic turning point has been reached.” Rather, it is getting bigger.
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Reporter Seo, did you meet our Koreans who dramatically escaped from Ukraine yesterday at the border area?
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Yes, two more Koreans from Ukraine who were staying in Ukraine escaped yesterday. Cheon-sik Jeong, a Korean who escaped from Chernhyu in the north, where the fighting was intense, vividly conveyed the horrors of the war.
Let’s hear it for yourself.
[정천식/우크라이나 교민]
“I still can’t get a good night’s sleep for more than 15 minutes. All night long, hundreds of bombs go down in a matter of seconds, three kilometers away (think about it).”
Jung’s face and back of his hands showed the difficult evacuation route, and he testified that Kiiu, the capital he had passed through, was nothing more than a ghost town.
Let’s listen.
[정천식/우크라이나 교민]
“The city seems dead. There aren’t many cars and no people… Their houses are blown up, and these people are just homeless in the subway station…”
With this, the number of Koreans residing in Ukraine has decreased to 28, of which 9 are also preparing to depart.
So far, it has been delivered from the Psemisil St.bio General Hospital in Poland.
Video coverage: Lee Ji-ho/Video editing: Park Byeong-geun
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