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A member of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) observer mission in Ukraine was killed yesterday, Tuesday, during a “bombing” of Russian forces in Kharkov, the international organization announced last Wednesday night.
In a press release posted on its website, the OSCE named the victim, Marina Fenina, a Ukrainian national, saying she had lost her life on March 1 as she “made supplies for her family in a city that has become a war zone”.
The OSCE has ordered the immediate withdrawal of its observer mission from the country due to the ongoing hostilities.
In Kharkiv (east), Ukraine’s second largest city, as well as “in other Ukrainian municipalities, rockets, shells and rockets hit houses and city centers, killing and injuring innocent civilians – women, men and children indiscriminately,” the statement said. Zbigniew Rao, the Polish Foreign Minister, who holds the rotating OSCE chairmanship, and his Secretary-General, Helga Maria Smith, of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
“We strongly condemn the escalation of bombings in urban areas that cause deaths and injuries among civilians and reiterate our call on the Russian Federation to immediately cease hostilities and engage in substantive dialogue,” they added.
Russian airborne units deployed in Kharkov in the early hours of Wednesday morning and “attacked a hospital” in the city, according to the Ukrainian armed forces.
At least four people were killed and nine others wounded in bombings targeting security forces headquarters and a university.
The metropolis was already bombed the day before yesterday, Tuesday, resulting in the death of 21 residents, according to the governor of the region.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is deeply concerned about reports of attacks on hospitals and other public health facilities.
SOURCE: AMPE
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