Ukraine: At least 5 dead from Russian strikes in the Vinnytsia region

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At least five people were killed and 18 were injured today in Russian strikes on a railway station in the Vinnytsia region of central-western Ukraine, local prosecutors said.

“Five people were killed and 18 were injured in the bombardment,” a press release said, adding that rockets hit “transport infrastructure” near the small towns of Zmerinka and Koziatin in the morning.

“The enemy is trying to hit critical infrastructure,” the regional governor wrote in a video posted to the Telegram.

Ukraine’s military administration says Russia is trying to bomb the country’s railway infrastructure to cut off arms supplies from foreign countries.

“They are trying to destroy the supply routes of military-technical assistance from the partner countries (of Ukraine). To do this, they are focusing (the Russians) on strikes at railway junctions,” the military administration said in a Facebook post.

Moscow: Precision missiles destroy six facilities

Russia’s Defense Ministry announced tonight that precision-guided missiles destroyed six installations supplying railways used to transport foreign weapons to Ukrainian forces in Donbas.

According to Moscow, Russian forces also destroyed an arms depot near Slavyansk, in the Donetsk region, in addition to other military installations that were hit today.

The attacks are repulsed

Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said today that Russia continues to attack eastern Ukraine, but its attacks are repulsed.

Defense Ministry spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanik said Russian forces had attempted to break through the defensive line of cities such as Rubizne, Popasna, Sievirodonetsk, Mariinka and Advievka and were trying to advance from the city of Ivoryovsk to Moscow.

Attacks on the Azofstal plant continue

Russian forces continue to attack the Azovstal plant in Mariupol today, where Ukrainian fighters have been fortified, said aide to Ukrainian President Oleksiy Arestovich.

“The enemy continues to attack our defensive lines in the area of ​​the Azofstal factory, using aircraft, artillery; opening fire with tanks and trying to advance with an assault team, violating the command of their own commander-in-chief,” Aresto told a video message.

Four dead in Donbas

Four people, including two children, were killed today in Donbass, in eastern Ukraine, where Russia is continuing its military operations, said the governor of the region, Pavlo Kirilenko.

Moscow denies targeting civilians.

According to Kirilenko’s post in the Telegram, among the four victims were a 9-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy.

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