Strikes are raining down on Ukraine, and particularly on Odessa and Kharkiv. At least one person was killed and nine others injured Tuesday during Russian strikes, Kharkiv regional governor Oleg Synegoubov said. While in Odessa, the toll from a missile strike continues to rise.
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⇒ Russia used North Korean missiles
⇒ At least one dead and nine injured in strike in Kharkiv
⇒ The toll of a strike in Odessa increases
One dead, nine injured in Russian strike on Kharkiv
At least one person was killed and nine others injured Tuesday during Russian strikes against Kharkiv, the second Ukrainian city shelled by Moscow’s forces, according to a new report from the authorities, with the railways denouncing a “targeted” attack against its network. Russia has recently stepped up attacks on Ukraine’s railways, essential for trade, transport of civilians and military supplies.
Regional Governor Oleg Synegubov said Russian forces had hit Kharkiv, a city in northeastern Ukraine, with “guided aerial bombs”. One civilian was killed, he said, lowering an initial toll of two deaths. The number of injured rose to nine people, he later said.
UN inspectors confirm Russia used North Korean missiles
Missile debris that landed in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on January 2 came from a North Korean Hwasong-11 series ballistic missile, UN sanctions monitors told a committee of the Security Council, according to the Reuters news agency.
In the 32-page report, these experts conclude that there was a violation of the arms embargo imposed on North Korea. Observers traveled to Ukraine to inspect the debris and found no evidence that the missile was made by Russia. Trajectory information provided by Ukrainian authorities confirms that it was taken from the territory of the Russian Federation.
kyiv dismantles Soviet monument to friendship with Russia
Kiev town hall announced this Tuesday the dismantling of a Soviet monument evoking friendship with Russia against the backdrop of the Russian invasion of Ukraine which left tens of thousands dead in two years.
“The city’s municipal services have begun dismantling the composition in memory of the Treaty of Pereyaslav”, which marked Ukraine’s allegiance to Russia in 1654, the town hall said. The monument – stone sculptures depicting Ukrainian and Russian officials of the time including the signatories of the treaty – was installed in a park in the center of kyiv as part of an iconic memorial complex celebrating “friendship of peoples” Ukrainian and Russian.
Strike on Odessa: the toll increases
The death toll from a Russian missile strike in the port city of Odessa, in southwestern Ukraine, on Monday, April 29, rose to five deaths on Tuesday with a new death recorded in hospital. , officials announced.
The governor also indicated that 23 injured people were still receiving medical treatment. “Eight of them are in serious condition, including four in extremely serious condition, including a four-year-old girl,” he said. “Our doctors are doing their best,” he added.
In Russia, a man prosecuted for his blue and yellow hair, in the colors of Ukraine
Russian police have launched proceedings against a Muscovite, accused of having discredited the Russian army because his hair is dyed blue and yellow, the colors of Ukraine, a Russian NGO reported. Stanislav Netessov went to a police station in central Moscow on April 28 after being attacked the day before, beaten and robbed of his phone, explains the organization OVD-info, which specializes in monitoring the repression of voices critical of the Kremlin. , and which was contacted by the interested party.
“Believing that Netesov’s hairstyle symbolizes Ukraine and discredits the Russian army, the police drew up a report against him,” explains OVD-Info, which indicates that the accused now risks a fine because of his yellow, blue and green hair.
Since it invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Russia has engaged in a merciless crackdown on Kremlin critics, particularly those, anonymous or famous, who denounce this war.