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A total of 43 civilians have been killed as a result of the Russian attacks on Monday
A total of 43 civilians have died so far in Ukraine as a result of the massive attack launched by Russia against Kiev and the Dnipropetrovsk region during Monday.
The death toll in the Russian attack on the Ukrainian capital continues to grow as the debris debris work progresses and already stands at 31 civilian fatalities, according to the latest part offered by the Kiev Military Administration, which figures 117 injured.
On the other hand, Russia denounced a massive Ukrainian drone attack against five regions of the south and the center of the country.
In addition, Ukraine’s health facilities have suffered 1,884 attacks since the Russian invasion, in which 150 people have died and 379 have suffered injuries, the World Health Organization (WHO) said a day after a children’s hospital in Kiev was hit by a missile.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, which so far has not reported any victims, the air defense systems shot down a total of 38 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones last night.
The military side specified that the enemy drones were shot down in the regions of Belgorod (3), Kursk (7), Voronezh (2), Rostov (21) and Astrajan (5).
Although last night’s drone attack did not cause casualties in the Belgorod region, the governor of that border entity with Ukraine, Viacheslav Gladkov, denounced on his Telegram channel that yesterday four civilians were killed and another 20 were injured by Ukrainian artillery fire.
In the Rostov region, a drone hit an electrical substation and caused a fire, which was extinguished by firefighters, the governor of the entity, Vasili Gólubev, reported in Telegran.
According to the authorities of the Astrajan region, the airstrike caused a fuel tank to fire.
For security reasons, the airports of the cities of Astrajan and Volgograd restricted their operations.
The governor of the Volgograd region, Andrei Bocharov, reported that due to the fall of fragments of drones shot down by the anti-aircraft defense, there were fires in an electric substation and a fuel tank.
In addition, a joint attack with drones from the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and military intelligence (GUR) last night caused several fires at a military airfield in the Russian region of Astrajan and on energy infrastructures of the Russian oblasts of Rostov and Volgograd, according to sources from both Ukrainian services to the Ukrainska Pravda publication.
These attacks occurred after yesterday Russia launched dozens of missiles against several cities in Ukraine, causing about 40 deaths and more than a hundred injuries.
The Kremlin denied that the Russian Army is hitting civilian infrastructure in Ukraine, after yesterday’s attack.
On the other hand, about 400 members of the Ukrainian emergency services continue to work on rescue work at the Ojmatdit children’s hospital in Kiev and in other places in the capital affected by the missile attack that Russia launched on Monday against the city, as explained on Tuesday by the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenski.
“In the places where the missiles hit, emergency and rescue work has not stopped all night,” Zelenski wrote in a message published on his social networks in which he confirms that the death toll from Monday’s Russian attack on Kiev and the Dnipropetrovsk region, in central Ukraine, is currently 38 victims. Of these, 31 lost their lives in the Ukrainian capital.
Zelenski also wrote that his administration continues to work “to strengthen the protection” of Ukrainian cities from Russian attacks. “There will be decisions. The world has the necessary strength for it,” added Zelenski, who will arrive in Washington today to participate in the NATO summit.
Ukraine hopes to obtain new decisions from its allies at the summit that will allow it to better defend itself from Russian airstrikes like yesterday’s.
Kiev asks for total freedom to hit, with weapons from its partners, enemy military targets within the territory of the Russian Federation and to be able to neutralize the attacks of the Russian Army at the origin and in a preventive way.
The United States and other allies continue to impose restrictions on the use of their weapons in Russian territory for fear of Moscow’s reaction.
International
Pope Francis meets former Gaza hostages
Pope Francis met on Thursday at the Vatican with 16 Israelis who had been held hostage in Gaza for months by the Islamist group Hamas, according to the official Vatican news website.
The group consisted of ten women, four men, and two children, as reported by the same source. Several of the former hostages showed the Argentine pontiff banners or photos of their loved ones who remain in captivity.
Francis had previously met with the families of hostages in April this year and November 2023, but this was the first time he had met with individuals who had personally endured captivity.
Since the conflict between Israel and Hamas began, the pope has repeatedly called for the immediate release of Israeli hostages, while also condemning the suffering of the Palestinian population.
The war erupted on October 7, 2023, when Islamist militants attacked southern Israel, killing 1,206 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapping 251, according to an AFP tally based on official Israeli figures that include hostages who died in captivity.
Of the kidnapped, 97 are still being held in Gaza, but the Israeli military estimates that 34 of them have died.
The military offensive launched by Israel in response has killed at least 43,736 people in the Gaza Strip, mostly civilians, according to data from the Ministry of Health in the Hamas-governed territory.
International
Israeli airstrikes on Damascus kill 15 and injure 16, including women and children
Israeli forces carried out airstrikes on residential buildings in the Syrian capital, Damascus, and its surroundings on Thursday, resulting in at least 15 deaths and 16 injuries, according to Syria’s Ministry of Defense and state television.
The ministry stated that around 3:20 p.m. local time (12:20 GMT), the Israeli military launched an aerial attack from the direction of the occupied Golan Heights, targeting several residential buildings in the Mazzeh neighborhood in western Damascus and the Qudsaya suburb to the northwest of the capital.
The airstrikes “resulted in the death of 15 people and injuries to 16 others, including women and children,” based on initial estimates, in addition to significant damage to private property and civilian buildings, the ministry added.
Meanwhile, state television reported Israeli airstrikes on three buildings in Mazzeh and another on a building in an educational complex located in a residential area of Qudsaya.
Following the strikes, loud explosions were heard throughout the city, and thick plumes of smoke could be seen rising from the targeted locations. Ambulances and emergency services rushed to the scene to attend to the victims.
International
Drug trafficker dies after boat collision with Guardia Civil Vessel in Sanlúca
Three people were on the boat that collided with a Guardia Civil vessel around midnight at the mouth of the Guadalquivir River in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, near the Andalusian city of Cádiz, a spokesperson for the Civil Guard reported.
Two officers sustained “contusions,” the spokesperson explained.
The drug traffickers managed to bring the boat to shore, where one of them was “abandoned” severely injured. The other two fled.
The Civil Guard officers attempted to resuscitate the victim before transporting him to Sanlúcar de Barrameda, but he ultimately died early in the morning.
The other two suspects took advantage of the officers’ absence while they were taking the victim and returned to set their boat on fire.
The collision occurred very close to the site of another accident on September 1, where a drug trafficker died following a Guardia Civil pursuit.
The suspects’ boat traveled “400 meters” before crashing head-on and “at full speed” into the riverbank, where a hundred bundles of hashish were found.
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