Among the deceased is a baby of a few months
A new missile bombardment, this time against the city of Vinnitsa, in the western half of Ukraine and southwest of kyiv, has caused at least twenty deaths and dozens of injuries this Thursday. Among the deceased is a baby of a few months whose photo is spread on social networks along with his bloody cart. This has just been reported by the Deputy Secretary of the Presidency of Ukraine, Kirilo Tymoshenko.
According to police sources in Vinnitsa, around 10:45 a.m., three rockets reached the city center and hit an office building and the so-called House of Officers of the Ukrainian Army in the town, and hit an establishment dedicated to provision of services such as laundry, shoe repair and locksmithing, where there was also a small market, apparently with a stall selling military uniforms.
According to local authorities, the explosions also damaged nearby residential buildings and a hospital, in addition to causing an intense fire. In the parking lot of the main square, several vehicles were destroyed by fire and the monument to the Ukrainian Air Force, also there, has also been seriously damaged judging by the images and videos that individuals have uploaded to social networks.
torn leg
One of the photos shows on the ground a leg ripped off one of the victims by shrapnel. The head of the Vinnitsa Regional Military Administration, Sergei Borzov, assured that there were four more missiles, but they did not reach their targets when they were shot down by the Army’s anti-aircraft defense.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has posted a video of the massacre on his Telegram account, calling the event a “terrorist attack.” In his words, «every day, Russia attacks the civilian population, kills Ukrainian children, directs missiles at civilian targets where there is nothing military. What is this but an open terrorist act?
The State Emergency Service of Ukraine (GSChS) has just confirmed that there are 20, for now, those killed during the raid. Much more deadly was last Sunday’s attack on the town of Chasiv Yar, in Donbass, near Bakhmut, where, according to the latest balance, 45 civilians lost their lives in a residential building that was almost completely destroyed.
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