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Ukraine: Ukrainian army says it repulsed seven Russian attacks in Donbas – Kharkiv bombings

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Ukraine’s armed forces said in a statement on the war that seven Russian attacks had been repulsed in Donetsk and Luhansk in the past 24 hours.

In a Facebook post, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces also accused Russian authorities in Crimea of ​​ordering hospitals to refuse to treat sick patients in order to make beds available for Russian troops.

“The enemy continues to suffer casualties. In the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the occupying administration has ordered to stop accepting civilians in order to free the beds for the wounded. Donor blood is being collected intensively,” their.

“In the last 24 hours, seven (Russian) enemy attacks have been repulsed in Donetsk and Luhansk alone, one tank and six enemy vehicles have been destroyed. The air defense units have destroyed the Orlan-10 UAVs. The enemy has suffered casualties in other areas as well.”

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine also announced that the fighting for the city of Sheverodonetsk continues. “Using artillery, Russian forces launched an offensive in the Sheverodonetsk area,” he said.

Houses in the village of Demidiv remain flooded

About 50 houses in the village of Demidiv remain partially under water months after a dam collapsed in an attempt to stop Russian troops from advancing on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, regional governor Oleksy Koulebi said late yesterday.

The Ukrainian army blew up a dam on the Irpin River in February, flooding the village and large areas of land around it, although the move prevented Russian armor from reaching Kyiv.

“Currently, about 50 houses in the village of Demidiv remain flooded,” Kuleba told the Telegram.

“People are showing understanding for the situation. We, in turn, are making every effort to resolve the issue.”

The village was partially evacuated after the invasion began, local media reported, but some residents have returned since Moscow focused its attack on eastern Ukraine.

Over the weekend, Russian forces pounded cities in the eastern part of the country, in what the Kremlin described as a “special operation” to demilitarize and “de-Nazify” Ukraine.

Explosions in Kharkov after Zelensky’s visit

Several loud explosions were heard in the Ukrainian city of Kharkov, following a visit by President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Earlier it was reported that Zelensky visited today, Ukrainian soldiers fighting on the front lines of the conflict in Kharkov, located in the northeast of the country, as announced by the presidential office.

The visit marked his first official appearance outside the Kiev region since the start of the Russian invasion on February 24.

“You are endangering your lives, for all of us and for our country,” said the website of the Ukrainian presidential office, citing Zelensky’s statement, adding that the Ukrainian president had given excellence as well as gifts to the soldiers.

Source: Capital

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