In Kramatorsk, “Russian terrorists are hitting the city with a ballistic missile, causing civilian casualties. Some people are still under the rubble. No other target than terror”. So on Twitter Zelensky after the attack. “The only way to stop Russian terrorism is to defeat it” with “tanks, fighter jets, long-range missiles,” added the Ukrainian president
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Live news from the Ukraine-Russia conflict
06:46
Today Putin celebrates the anniversary of Stalingrad
The Russian President will today preside over commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory in the Battle of Stalingrad, one of the bloodiest of World War II. A wreath-laying ceremony at a war memorial and speeches at a concert will be held in the southern city of Volgograd, formerly known as Stalingrad, the Kremlin said.
03:29
Zelenskyi fires customs service chiefs for alleged abuse of power
In his usual speech of the evening, Zelenskyy announced that disciplinary proceedings were being instituted against some of the people who had been dismissed from the customs service. “Unfortunately, in some areas, the only way to ensure legitimacy is to change bosses along with the implementation of institutional changes,” the president said, adding that the change “is necessary to ensure people don’t.” abuse power”.
00:55
The number of civilian victims of a block of flats in Kramatorsk hit by a Russian missile has risen
At least three people were killed and around 20 injured when a Russian missile hit a residential building in Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday. At least eight neighboring buildings were damaged. “There may be people under the rubble,” Donetsk police said. More than a hundred police officers are on the scene. “Peaceful people are dead and lying under the rubble,” Ukrainian President Zelenskyy wrote on social media after the rocket was launched. “It is the daily reality of life in our country. A country on the brink of absolute evil”.