After the Ukrainian military destroyed a Russian Air Force gasoline depot, town of Zaporizhzhia was attacked with rockets. Zelenskyj spoke of a “cruel” act and introduced his final Ramstein assembly earlier than Trump took workplace.
According to native authorities, at the least 13 folks have been killed in an assault by the Russian military on the southern Ukrainian metropolis of Zaporizhia. “The enemy attacked a residential area with two guided bombs. We know of 13 deaths so far,” regional governor Ivan Fedorov stated on Wednesday in a video printed in native media. It was one of many bloodiest particular person assaults in weeks. According to Fedorov, the assault befell through the day. He posted a video that confirmed a burning multi-story constructing and burned-out automobiles.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj known as the assault “cruel” and stated at the least 30 have been injured. He printed a video during which, amongst different issues, injured folks could possibly be seen on whom particles had fallen.
Near town of Zaporizhzhia is the decommissioned Zaporizhzhia nuclear energy plant, which has been occupied by the Russian military since March 2022. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) had already expressed considerations about security on the nuclear energy plant on a number of events.
The Zaporizhzhia area in southern Ukraine is likely one of the most hotly contested areas in Russia’s conflict of aggression towards Ukraine. Towards the top of final yr there was hypothesis about an impending new Russian offensive on town of Zaporizhzhia. Meanwhile, Governor Fedorov introduced that two folks had been killed in one other Russian assault on a city round 30 kilometers south of Zaporizhzhia.
Meanwhile, a significant fireplace broke out because of a Ukrainian drone assault on an “industrial enterprise” within the city of Engels in Russia’s Saratov area, regional governor Roman Busagrin stated. Two firefighters have been killed whereas extinguishing the fireplace.
The Ukrainian military had beforehand stated it had attacked an oil depot in Engels that was used to provide the Russian Air Force through the evening. The destruction of the depot creates “serious logistical problems” for the Russian Air Force and considerably reduces its capability to “attack peaceful Ukrainian cities and civilian objects,” the Ukrainian General Staff stated. The camp equipped the Engels-2 navy airfield, the place Russia’s “strategic air force” is stationed.
In latest months, Ukraine has repeatedly attacked amenities within the Russian oil trade with the intention of lowering income from the vitality sector, which Russia makes use of to finance its conflict in Ukraine.
Meanwhile, Zelensky introduced that he would journey to Germany on Thursday for a gathering to assist Ukraine. In addition to his participation within the assembly within the so-called Ramstein format on the US air power base of the identical title in Rhineland-Palatinate, he may even maintain talks on the degree of protection ministers and navy commanders, the Ukrainian president stated in his night video deal with.
The Defense Ministers of the Ukraine Contact Group will meet in Ramstein on Thursday for the final time earlier than Donald Trump takes workplace as US President. Against the backdrop of the brand new US authorities, it will likely be about each the way forward for assist to Ukraine and the way forward for the Ramstein format itself. Trump had repeatedly criticized the huge US assist to Ukraine.
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