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Number of children killed by Russian forces in Ukraine grows to 348

Number of children killed by Russian forces in Ukraine grows to 348

Russian aggressors have already killed 348 children in Ukraine since the Russian invasion started on February 24, 2022. The Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office said this in a Telegram post As of early July 12, 2022, almost 1,000 children have been affected in Ukraine as a result of Russia's all-out armed aggression. According to juvenile prosecutors, 348 children were killed and more than 650 injured. Currently, most casualties were recorded in Donetsk Region (348), Kharkiv Region (190), Kyiv Region (116), Chernihiv Region (68), Luhansk Region (61), Mykolaiv Region (53), Kherson Region (52), and Zaporizhzhia Region (31). On July 11, a 17-year-old…
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Thirty-four civilians reported killed in Russia’s missile attack on Chasiv Yar

Thirty-four civilians reported killed in Russia’s missile attack on Chasiv Yar

A total of 34 civilians have already been reported killed in Russia’s missile attack on the city of Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Region. The relevant statement was made by Donetsk Regional Military Administration Head Pavlo Kyrylenko on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Rescuers have already recovered 34 bodies and rescued nine injured civilians from under the rubble of an apartment block in Chasiv Yar. Among those killed, there is a child,” Kyrylenko wrote. In his words, as of 06:30 a.m., July 12, 2022, the Ukrainian State Emergency Service dismantled about 70% of the structures destroyed. Rescue works are underway. A reminder…
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602 civilians killed in Donetsk Region since Russian invasion started

602 civilians killed in Donetsk Region since Russian invasion started

In Donetsk Region, a total of 602 civilians have been killed and 1,502 injured since the Russian invasion started. The relevant statement was made by Donetsk Regional Military Administration Head Pavlo Kyrylenko on Telegram “On July 11, 2022, eight more bodies were recovered from under the rubble of the apartment block in Chasiv Yar, including a 9-year-old boy. One civilian was killed in Marinka yesterday. Two more civilians were injured in the region,” Kyrylenko wrote. In addition, it is now impossible to calculate the exact number of casualties in Mariupol and Volnovakha. A reminder that, on July 9, 2022, Russian…
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Netherlands to provide Ukraine modern heavy weapons – Rutte

Netherlands to provide Ukraine modern heavy weapons – Rutte

Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte has said that his country would provide Ukraine with more heavy weapons and called on other countries to do the same. He said this at a joint briefing with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv "Of course, Ukraine needs our military support. We need to support Ukraine with modern weapons. I call on all my colleagues in Europe and in other parts of the world to help Ukraine with heavy weapons. Our country will provide heavy weapons, armored vehicles and self-propelled howitzers. I want to call on our allies to do the…
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Russians fired about 15 cruise missiles at Ukraine last night, 3 of them hit Kharkiv

Russians fired about 15 cruise missiles at Ukraine last night, 3 of them hit Kharkiv

Last night the enemy launched about 15 cruise missiles from the Russian city of Belgorod at Ukraine, three of which hit objects in Kharkiv. Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, said this during the nationwide telethon on Ukrainian TV channels, Ukrinform reports. “Last night we recorded the launch of about 15 cruise missiles in our direction from the territory of the Russian Federation, from the Belgorod region. The city of Kharkiv was hit three times. Of course, our anti-aircraft defense worked, some cruise missiles flew in another direction [not to Kharkiv region]. As to multiple rocket launchers,…
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Why do Ukrainians blame the Buryats for the crimes of all Russians?

Why do Ukrainians blame the Buryats for the crimes of all Russians?

Russia is a multicultural country. Tatars, Bashkirs, Chechens, Komi, and countless other nations, whose lands were conquered at one point or another, are a part of so-called russian federation. Russians love to boast about their diverse and multi-ethnic society, even though for hundreds of years the russian state did everything it could to erase the identities of those nations and assimilate them under the umbrella of the “Great russian Culture”. Most of the ethnically non-russian citizens have forcibly forgotten their native languages and traditions, and identifying as a russian is encouraged and considered something to be proud of. The superiority…
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24 bodies recovered from rubble of destroyed building in Chasiv Yar

24 bodies recovered from rubble of destroyed building in Chasiv Yar

The number of people killed in Russian missile strike on Chasiv Yar town, Donetsk region, has increased to 24. The State Emergency Service said this in a Telegram post "As of 13:55, in the course of emergency rescue operations at the site of a five-storey residential building, the bodies of two dead persons were found," the report reads. Since the start of rescue works, 24 dead bodies have been found at the scene. Nine people have been rescued from the rubble. The bodies of five victims remain under the ruins of the house. Rescue works are underway. Read also: State…
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Dutch PM visits Irpin

Dutch PM visits Irpin

Irpin Mayor Oleksandr Markushyn has asked the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, to help rebuild the war-torn town. Markushyn said this in a Telegram post, Ukrinform reports. <script async src="https://telegram.org/js/telegram-widget.js?19" data-telegram-post="markushyn/2710" data-width="100%"></script> "I just spoke with the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, who visited Irpin as part of a working visit to Ukraine. I gave him presentations of the destruction of our town and asked for his country's help in rebuilding the destroyed homes of Irpin's residents, our schools and kindergartens," the mayor said. Markushyn also thanked Rutte for the strong support of Ukraine and Ukrainians.…
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Danilov: Western weapons changing course of the war, and Ukraine hasn't started anything yet

Danilov: Western weapons changing course of the war, and Ukraine hasn't started anything yet

Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, has said that Western weapons received by the Ukrainian Armed Forces are already changing the course of the war. He wrote this on Twitter, "The quantitative advantages of the Russian army are leveled by Ukrainian missile and artillery accuracy. Western weapons for the Armed Forces of Ukraine are already changing the course of the war. And we haven't even started yet!" Danilov said. On July 7, at a meeting with the leaders of the factions of the Russian State Duma, Putin said that Russia had not yet taken any serious…
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Over 30 hospitalized after Russian attack on Kharkiv

Over 30 hospitalized after Russian attack on Kharkiv

Thirty-one people, including two children aged 4 and 16, were injured in Russia's shelling of Kharkiv early on Monday, July 11. Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, said this in a Telegram post, Ukrinform reports. "As of now, 31 people have been injured in the morning shelling of Kharkiv by the Russian occupiers. All of them have been taken to medical institutions. Among them are two children aged 4 and 16. Three people died," Syniehubov said. Early on July 11, Russian invaders used Smerch multiple rocket launcher to shell Kharkiv. According to preliminary information, ten rockets hit…
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