The UN and the European Union declare themselves “horrified” as fear grows for the more than 350,000 citizens still trapped at the front
Ukraine has recorded 17,314 attacks against civilian targets since the start of the war on February 24. On the contrary, he claims that Russia has only directed its missiles against strictly military targets on 300 occasions. The Deputy Minister of the Interior, Yevhen Yenin, released this data yesterday, collected in a report that he himself commissioned in view of the increase in bombings on residential buildings, public centers and shopping malls that in three weeks have left a hundred dead.
Some analyzes consider that the number of military properties attacked falls short. The undervaluation in this case would respond to the government tactic of keeping secret data that could be used by the Kremlin to verify its effectiveness in combat. Instead, civil damages are considered valid in an international community that, through organizations such as the UN and the EU, is “horrified” at “atrocities” such as the one that occurred on Thursday in Vinnnitsa. The last balance increases to 23 the number of deceased civilians –three minors among them– and 8 the number of missing among the ruins of the buildings destroyed in this bombing. Eighty injured remain hospitalized.
Yesterday Jenin expressed his conviction that only those who intend to “annihilate the Ukrainians” fight like this. Almost as an endorsement of his words, the government reported a new offensive in Mikolaiv, where Russian artillery fired ten missiles at two university centers. The events occurred before eight in the morning with the facilities empty. Rescue teams reported that they had found two injured civilians and were continuing to remove debris in search of possible victims. kyiv called the attack a “terrorist act.”
The United Nations does not hide its fear of a civil catastrophe. Although it is estimated that a large part of the population has fled the war zones, 350,000 residents remain pocketed on the front line. Bajmut, Sloviansk and Kramatorsk have become a very dangerous triangle. In the latter, 50 civilians died in May while waiting their turn to board a train that would take them away from hell. In Sloviansk, an attempt to remove almost a thousand inhabitants failed yesterday due to incessant Russian artillery fire.
The mother of an angel
The UN has verified that 5,200 civilians have been killed in the clashes, but admits that they are just the tip of a terrifying iceberg. The specialized NGO Center for Information Resilience announced that it has detected a notable increase in burials in the Donbas area based on the analysis of satellite images taken in this region in the last year and a half. He has studied six areas. Between October 21, 2021 and March 28, the first month of fighting having passed, 1,000 new graves have been located in the Starokrymske cemetery.
Another 1,841 graves have appeared in the photographs taken around Mariúpol between March 28 and June 29. “Our report reveals the extreme and continuing pressure being exerted on civilian lives,” the organization said. Impromptu burials and the increasing number of graves, particularly in occupied areas, are striking evidence of the number of civilian deaths.”
Vinnitsa. Russia reported yesterday that its objective in the last city to be fatally hit by its missiles was a military center – the House of Officers – where, according to its version, Ukrainian Air Force commanders were holding a meeting with foreign arms suppliers for the transfer of a batch of aircraft and ammunition. The Zelensky Executive has denied this theory. The only thing certain is that the bombs blew up the House of Officers and three other nearby buildings, including a pediatric neurology clinic where Victoria Rekuta, 35, and her son Maksym Zhori, 7, were waiting. Lost childhood. None of them survived the impact. “Maksym has only been able to be recognized by DNA. Everyone should know that people die in Ukraine when they go for bread, to the doctor or even if they are standing on the street, ”a family friend lamented yesterday.
A large number of Ukrainians from other regions live in Vinnitsa because until now it was considered a safe city that had not been touched by war. That was the reason they ended up there with their relatives Iryna Dmitrieva, 33, and her daughter Liza. At 9.35 in the morning, the little girl, 4 years old and with Down syndrome, appeared happy and carefree taking long strides while she pushed her child seat in a video recorded by her mother with her mobile. At 10.45 it’s all over for her. Her cart and her bloody body are portrayed in a photograph that travels around the world and summarizes the dramatic Ukrainian reality. Iryna is hospitalized. Very serious. One of the messages she wrote before the bombing can be read on social media: “I am the mother of an angel.”
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