Ukraine said the “brutal” shelling by<\/p>\n
Moscow so far of the southern city Mykolaiv killed a grain tycoon Sunday, as
\nRussia claimed an attack from a drone wounded six personnel at the
\nheadquarters of its Black Sea fleet.<\/p>\n
AFP journalists witnessed intense Russian bombardment of the eastern town of
\nBakhmut after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for civilians to
\nleave the front line Donetsk region bearing the brunt of the Kremlin’s
\noffensive.<\/p>\n
Authorities in Ukraine’s southern city of Mykolaiv said Sunday that
\nwidespread Russian bombardments overnight killed at least two civilians.<\/p>\n
“Today, one of the most brutal shellings of Mykolaiv and the region over the
\nentire period of the full-scale war took place. Dozens of missiles and
\nrockets,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an address.<\/p>\n
“I want to thank every resident of Mykolaiv for their indomitability.”<\/p>\n
Ukrainian agricultural magnate Oleksiy Vadatursky, 74, and his wife Raisa
\nwere killed when a missile struck their house, authorities said.<\/p>\n
Vadatursky owned major grain exporter Nibulon and was previously decorated
\nwith the prestigious “Hero of Ukraine” award.<\/p>\n
Zelensky offered condolences and paid tribute to Vadatursky in his Sunday
\naddress.<\/p>\n
Mykolaiv — which has been attacked frequently — is the closest Ukrainian
\ncity to the southern front where Kyiv’s forces are looking to launch a major
\ncounter-offensive to recapture territory lost after Russia’s February
\ninvasion.<\/p>\n
– Drone attack –<\/p>\n
Russian authorities in the Crimean Black Sea peninsula — seized by Moscow
\nfrom Ukraine in 2014 — said a small explosive device from a commercial
\ndrone, likely launched nearby, hit the navy command in Sevastopol.<\/p>\n
The local mayor blamed “Ukrainian nationalists” for the attack that forced
\nthe cancellation of festivities marking Russia’s annual holiday celebrating
\nthe navy.<\/p>\n
But Ukraine’s navy accused Russia of staging the attacks as a pretext to
\ncancel the festivities.<\/p>\n
The claim and counterclaim came as the dispute over which side struck a jail
\nholding Ukrainian prisoners of war in Kremlin-controlled Olenivka, rumbled
\non, with Kyiv and Moscow trading blame.<\/p>\n
Russia’s defence ministry said Sunday it had invited the International
\nCommittee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the United Nations to visit the site
\n“in the interests of an objective investigation”.<\/p>\n
But the ICRC said Sunday it had yet to receive approval to enter the site.<\/p>\n
Russia’s military said 50 Ukrainian servicemen died, including troops who had
\nsurrendered after weeks of resisting the bombardment of the Azovstal
\nsteelworks in the port city of Mariupol.<\/p>\n
Ukraine says Russia was behind the attack, with Zelensky accusing Moscow of
\nthe “deliberate mass murder of Ukrainian prisoners of war”.<\/p>\n
– Intense bombardments –<\/p>\n
AFP journalists on Sunday saw one wounded man collected by an ambulance after
\na ferocious bombardment of the town of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region where
\nRussia is focusing its firepower.<\/p>\n
Zelensky warned on the weekend that thousands of people, including children,
\nwere still in Donetsk’s battleground areas.<\/p>\n
He urged people to leave the besieged region, echoing calls from the
\nauthorities in recent weeks to evacuate.<\/p>\n
“Leave, we will help,” Zelensky said. “At this stage of the war, terror is
\nthe main weapon of Russia.”<\/p>\n
Official Ukrainian estimates put the number of civilians still living in the
\nunoccupied area of Donetsk at between 200,000 and 220,000.<\/p>\n
A mandatory evacuation notice posted Saturday evening said the coming winter
\nmade it a matter of urgency, particularly for the more than 50,000 children.<\/p>\n
Kateryna Novakivska, a deputy commander of a Ukrainian unit, said she was
\nfighting so her comrades could be reunited with their families.<\/p>\n
“The morale of our servicemen is at a high level now, but everyone wants to
\nvisit their homes, see their relatives and loved ones,” she said.<\/p>\n
The intense bombardments around Ukraine come as the authorities push to
\nrestart grain exports under a plan brokered by the UN and Turkey to lift a
\nRussian naval blockade.<\/p>\n
A spokesman for the Turkish presidency said there was a “high probability”
\nthat a first ship carrying Ukrainian grain could leave Ukraine on Monday.BSS\/AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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