{"id":3454,"date":"2023-01-27T17:13:01","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T17:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=3454"},"modified":"2023-03-23T18:53:31","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T18:53:31","slug":"10-civilians-died-and-20-injured-in-latest-russian-shelling-on-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/analysis\/defense\/10-civilians-died-and-20-injured-in-latest-russian-shelling-on-ukraine\/2023\/01\/27\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"10 civilians died and 20 injured in latest Russian shelling on Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kyiv,<\/span> UKRAINE<\/span> (AP)<\/span> –<\/span> At<\/span> least<\/span> 10<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> civilians<\/span> have<\/span> been<\/span> killed<\/span> and<\/span> 20<\/span> injured<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> new<\/span> barrage<\/span> of<\/span> Russian<\/span> artillery<\/span> fire<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> single<\/span> day,<\/span> the<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> president’s<\/span> office<\/span> said<\/span> on<\/span> Friday.<\/span>\u00a0
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\n<\/span>Local<\/span> officials<\/span> said<\/span> towns<\/span> and<\/span> villages<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> east<\/span> and<\/span> south<\/span> within<\/span> range<\/span> of<\/span> Russian<\/span> artillery<\/span> were<\/span> the<\/span> most<\/span> affected.<\/span> Six<\/span> people<\/span> died<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Donetsk<\/span> region,<\/span> two<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Kherson<\/span> region<\/span> and<\/span> two<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Kharkov<\/span> region.<\/span> A<\/span> day<\/span> earlier,<\/span> rockets<\/span> and<\/span> self-propelled<\/span> reconnaissance<\/span> drones<\/span> fired<\/span> by<\/span> the<\/span> Russian<\/span> military<\/span> penetrated<\/span> deep<\/span> into<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> territory,<\/span> killing<\/span> at<\/span> least<\/span> 11<\/span> people.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> bombing<\/span> follows<\/span> US<\/span> and<\/span> German<\/span> announcements<\/span> to<\/span> send<\/span> powerful<\/span> tanks<\/span> to<\/span> help<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> defend<\/span> itself.<\/span> Other<\/span> Western<\/span> countries<\/span> also<\/span> said<\/span> they<\/span> would<\/span> share<\/span> modern<\/span> tanks<\/span> from<\/span> their<\/span> stockpiles.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Moscow<\/span> is<\/span> outraged<\/span> by<\/span> the<\/span> move,<\/span> accusing<\/span> the<\/span> West<\/span> of<\/span> entering<\/span> a<\/span> new<\/span> level<\/span> of<\/span> confrontation<\/span> with<\/span> Russia.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Serkhayday,<\/span> governor<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> neighboring<\/span> Luhansk<\/span> region,<\/span> said<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> artillery<\/span> shelling<\/span> hit<\/span> his<\/span> two<\/span> Russian<\/span> military<\/span> bases<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> occupied<\/span> cities<\/span> of<\/span> Kreminna<\/span> and<\/span> Rubishne,<\/span> killing<\/span> and<\/span> wounding<\/span> “dozens”<\/span> of<\/span> Russian<\/span> soldiers.<\/span> said.<\/span> His<\/span> claims<\/span> could<\/span> not<\/span> be<\/span> independently<\/span> verified.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Further<\/span> south,<\/span> Russian<\/span> forces<\/span> resumed<\/span> shelling<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> town<\/span> of<\/span> Nikopol<\/span> across<\/span> the<\/span> Dnieper<\/span> from<\/span> Russia’s<\/span> Zaporizhia<\/span> nuclear<\/span> power<\/span> plant,<\/span> damaging<\/span> homes,<\/span> gas<\/span> pipes,<\/span> power<\/span> lines<\/span> and<\/span> bakeries,<\/span> officials<\/span> said.<\/span> Separately,<\/span> Russian<\/span> officials<\/span> on<\/span> Friday<\/span> took<\/span> another<\/span> step<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> month-long<\/span> and<\/span> widely<\/span> criticized<\/span> effort<\/span> to<\/span> graft<\/span> four<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> provinces<\/span> onto<\/span> Russia’s<\/span> already<\/span> vast<\/span> territory.<\/span> They<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> illegally<\/span> annexed<\/span> provinces<\/span> would<\/span> switch<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> time<\/span> zone<\/span> covering<\/span> Kyiv<\/span> to<\/span> that<\/span> of<\/span> Moscow.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Russian<\/span> President<\/span> Vladimir<\/span> Putin’s<\/span> announcement<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> highly<\/span> orchestrated<\/span> illegal<\/span> annexation<\/span> came<\/span> despite<\/span> widespread<\/span> international<\/span> condemnation<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> fact<\/span> that<\/span> Russia<\/span> did<\/span> not<\/span> fully<\/span> control<\/span> the<\/span> annexed<\/span> territories.<\/span> .<\/span> Russia<\/span> claims<\/span> to<\/span> control<\/span> almost<\/span> all<\/span> of<\/span> Luhansk<\/span> and<\/span> about<\/span> half<\/span> of<\/span> Donetsk.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> planned<\/span> western<\/span> deployment<\/span> of<\/span> modern<\/span> tanks<\/span> to<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> was<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> minds<\/span> of<\/span> many<\/span> on<\/span> Friday.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Polish<\/span> Prime<\/span> Minister<\/span> Mateusz<\/span> Morawiecki<\/span> told<\/span> Canada’s<\/span> CTV<\/span> that<\/span> his<\/span> country<\/span> was<\/span> ready<\/span> to<\/span> send<\/span> 60<\/span> modern<\/span> tanks<\/span> \u2014<\/span> half<\/span> of<\/span> them<\/span> the<\/span> PT-91<\/span> model,<\/span> which<\/span> was<\/span> built<\/span> in<\/span> Poland<\/span> from<\/span> 1994<\/span> to<\/span> 2001<\/span> as<\/span> a<\/span> modernized<\/span> version<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Soviet-era<\/span> T-72M1.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> German<\/span> government<\/span> insisted<\/span> Friday<\/span> that<\/span> it<\/span> does<\/span> not<\/span> see<\/span> itself<\/span> in<\/span> direct<\/span> conflict<\/span> with<\/span> Russia,<\/span> after<\/span> Moscow<\/span> seized<\/span> on<\/span> comments<\/span> by<\/span> Germany’s<\/span> top<\/span> diplomat<\/span> this<\/span> week<\/span> that<\/span> suggested<\/span> otherwise.<\/span><\/p>\n

n a debate with parliamentarians at the Council of Europe parliamentary session on Tuesday, Foreign Minister Annelena Beerbock said it was important for European countries to avoid a “blame game” when it came to discussing their support for Ukraine. rice field.Ukraine leads Russia and is not at odds with each other. \u201d<\/p>\n

When asked about these statements, German government spokeswoman Christiane Hoffmann, referring to Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s remarks, told reporters in Berlin on Friday: “We support Ukraine, but we are not a party to the conflict,” she added.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Russian<\/span> state-run<\/span> media<\/span> say<\/span> the<\/span> state<\/span> communications<\/span> watchdog<\/span> has<\/span> restricted<\/span> access<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> CIA<\/span> and<\/span> FBI<\/span> websites<\/span> for<\/span> allegedly<\/span> spreading<\/span> materials<\/span> \u201ccontaining<\/span> inaccurate<\/span> socially<\/span> significant<\/span> information\u201d<\/span> and<\/span> \u201cdiscrediting\u201d<\/span> Russia’s<\/span> armed<\/span> forces.<\/span><\/p>\n

The<\/span> Russian<\/span> government<\/span> has<\/span> made<\/span> it<\/span> illegal<\/span> to<\/span> discredit<\/span> the<\/span> military<\/span> or<\/span> to<\/span> spread<\/span> “false<\/span> information”<\/span> about<\/span> it.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kyiv, UKRAINE (AP) – At least 10 Ukrainian civilians have been killed and 20 injured in a new barrage of Russian artillery fire in a single day, the Ukrainian president’s office said on Friday.\u00a0 Local officials said towns and villages in the east and south within range of Russian artillery were the most affected. Six […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[26,24,276,2480,2482],"tags":[154,170,174,76,77,132],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/newukrine.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3454"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3454"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3457,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3454\/revisions\/3457"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}