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2024-04-30 17:37:00
And new Russian bombing against Ukrainian railway infrastructure in Kharkiv killed at least one person and wounded nine on Tuesday in the latest deadly attack on the city in northeastern Ukraine, the regional governor said.
Russian bombing of Kharkivlocated near the Russian border and Ukraine’s second city, is have intensified in recent weeks.
“Nine people were injured and one died as a result of enemy shelling over Kharkiv”declared the governor, Oleg Synyegubov.
The Ukrainian Prosecutor’s Office has also announced that it is investigating a Russian airstrike “against the country’s civil railway infrastructure company.” The Prosecutor’s Office has confirmed the death of a worker and puts the number of injured in that attack at four. According to the Prosecutor’s Office, Russia also attacked another district of Kharkiv in which four other people were injured and property damage was caused.
He had previously stated that Russia “attacked Kharkiv with guided aerial bombs” and had initially put the balance at two deaths.
The Ukrainian railway company stated that the 26-year-old victim was one of its employees.
“As a result of the attack there are losses in the family of the railway workers. The track fitter has died Oleksandr Kotborn in 1998,” says the company’s Facebook account, which also reports another worker injured as a result of the Russian attack.
“This is another selective attack by the enemy against civilian railway infrastructure”added the company.
Kharkivwhich nearly fell into Russian hands at the start of the 2022 invasion, had a population of 1.4 million before the war.
He International Rescue Committee (IRC) issued a statement on Tuesday, describing a worsening situation in the citywith an increasingly anxious population subjected to regular air raids.
He stated that the recent attacks have caused “major damage to civil infrastructure and have caused a sharp increase in the number of victims among the local population.
The city now suffers regularly “serious power outages, interruptions in the supply of water and heating, and the total paralysis of trams for public transport.”
He summoned a doctor from Kharkiv, Oleksandr Volkovwhich described a increasingly distressed population.
“The inhabitants of Kharkiv are increasingly uneasywith increasingly less confidence in the future, especially after the frequent bombings of recent times,” declared Volkov.
“Living conditions are increasingly uncomfortable, which represents a significant deterioration compared to just six months ago“, he claimed.
Said “the air raid sirens sound day and night,” and that the local population “experiences increased anxiety and distress.”
Volkov also said that Kharkiv residents have increasingly more difficulties in accessing medicines.
“People cannot afford medical supplies for two main reasons: lack of funds and poor logistics compounded by the ongoing war,” he said.
A survey conducted by the IRC revealed that 54% of Kharkiv residents cannot get medication prescribed due to lack of funds and shortage of medicines.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces try to stop Russia’s rapid advances northwest of Avdivkain the Donetsk region, where residents are fleeing to escape the occupation.
Although limited in scale when compared to the entire front line, the recent Russian advances near the town of Ocherétinenorthwest of the occupied city of Donetsk, represent its greatest success after the capture of nearby Avdivka.
In addition to this village, of which Russian forces control at least 80%, in recent days Kremlin troops have captured several nearby towns.
Ukrainian forces have withdrawn to “prepared positions” in the west and the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, Oleksandr Sirskihas sent reinforcements to the area.
A 97-year-old resident of Ocherétine, Lidia Stepanivna, walked about 10 kilometers to escape the town attacked by Russia, the Ukrainian Police reported on Monday. His house was destroyed and his family members injured, according to what he said in a video.
To escape, The old woman walked all day, without food or water, falling down from exhaustion several times. She held on to a cane and a stick and “to her character,” in her words, until she was located by Ukrainian soldiers.
“I survived that war (World War II) and I am surviving this war. I have been left with nothing. But I got out on my own and I still have Ukraine left,” he said.
According to her, The city did not suffer anything like this during World War II.
“The entire Russian military industry is trying to kill us. And we damn it, we’re still alive“, he wrote on his social networks Stanislav Aseyevrenowned writer and currently an infantryman fighting near Ocherétine.
According to Aseyev, Russia relies on guided aerial bombs to destroy Ukrainian positions and advance in the area, while the country begs its allies for more air defenses.
“The problem with those bombs is that our brick basement shakes like a tent even if they fall far. If they are close, you lose your hearing. If a bomb falls right next to you, you die“It doesn’t matter where you are hiding,” he said.
This is depressing because soldiers “know that they can die at any moment”he stressed.
“One gets the impression that the units of our Army in this area are simply exhausted” wrote Kostantín Mashovets, a military analyst, who pointed to Russia’s “overwhelming” advantage in forces and equipment there.
However, he also believes that it is Russia unlikely to advance much further and will try to secure nearby positions first because the 10-kilometer-long wedge they have opened on this front makes their forces vulnerable to Ukrainian attacks from the flanks.
Russia has suffered heavy losses, with 1,250 killed or injured in the last 24 hoursaccording to Ukraine, whose forces rely on small suicide drones and remaining artillery ammunition to repel Russian assaults.
The situation in the area is the result of the accumulation of long-standing weaknessesaccording to Frontelligence Insighta Ukrainian military analysis group.
He failure of the West to supply weapons and sufficient ammunition, slow mobilization of Ukraine and the insufficient construction of fortified positions These are some of the key factors that Russia takes advantage of, the analysis highlights.
It is likely that Ukraine faces difficult summerbefore the intensification of the mobilization effort and the arrival of more weapons help stabilize the front line, analysts warn.
(With information from AFP and EFE)
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