Ukraine, humanitarian aid center in the east bombed

The Ukrainian police shared a video showing the consequences of the Russian bombing in the city of Lysychansk, in the Lugansk region: the headquarters for the distribution of humanitarian aid was razed to the ground, more than 40 people lived permanently in the building, but not information on possible victims was provided.

The Guardian reports it.

The images show damaged administrative and residential buildings and roads.

Delivering more weapons to Kiev by Westerners has the sole objective of "extending the conflict as far as possible," Russian President Vladimir

said , according to TASS.

If the West supplies long-range missiles to Kiev, Russia will take note and hit structures hitherto spared from the war, Putin said.

"The Russians controlled 70% of Severodonetsk, but within two days they were pushed back, now the city is divided in half. The occupiers have lost a huge number of personnel, eight Russians have been taken prisoner."

This was stated by the governor of Lugansk Serhiy Gaidai, quoted by Ukrinform.

Several explosions hit the Ukrainian capital

at dawn, Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported on Telegram.

"Several explosions were heard in Darnytsky and Dniprovsky districts."

One person was injured.

For his part, the Ukrainian army general staff wrote on its Facebook page that "the aggressor continues to launch missiles and conduct air strikes on the military and civilian infrastructures of our country, especially in Kiev".

The missiles were launched from a Tu-95 strategic bomber flying over the Caspian Sea, the Ukrainian Air Force said, according to reports from the Ukrinform agency.

One of the missiles was shot down by Ukrainian forces.

The Tu-95 is a Soviet-made four-engine aircraft, developed in the 1950s by Tupolev and designed to carry out deterrence missions and nuclear strikes.

And in a video of the night, Ukrainian President Volodymyr

spoke of fighting in the streets of

the city in eastern Ukraine where the situation remains critical for Kiev's forces in the face of a massive deployment of Russian troops.

"The situation in Severodonetsk, where street fighting continues, remains extremely difficult," said

deploring "the air raids, the artillery and the constant launches of missiles".

The city remains at the center of the Russian offensive in the Donbass mining basin, a region under partial control of pro-Russian separatists since 2014, which Moscow aims to conquer in full.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Ukrainian forces are withdrawing from Severodonetsk and in the fighting have lost up to 90% of their military in some units.

Meanwhile, Kiev claims to be fighting to win it back.

The Russian troops "managed to enter the city and control a good part of it, dividing it in two - commented the mayor, Olexandre Striouk -. But our soldiers have managed to reposition themselves, to build a defense line. We are currently doing all the work. necessary to restore full control "

of the city.

According to the regional governor, Russian forces have lost ground in Severodonetsk.

Ukraine, Zelensky: 'Over 2,500 Russian missiles against us'

Russian forces launched a missile attack on the city of

, in the Donetsk region (east) last night, according to the mayor, Oleksandr Honcharenko and Ukrinform reported on Facebook.

According to Honcharenko, there are no victims, but "two companies were seriously damaged".

About 31,150 Russian soldiers have been killed in Ukraine since the invasion began, according to the Kiev army.

In its update on Moscow's losses so far, the Ukrainian army indicates that 210 fighters, 175 helicopters and 548 drones have also been shot down after 102 days of conflict.

In addition, the Kiev forces claim to have destroyed 1,381 Russian tanks, 686 artillery pieces, 3,392 armored personnel carriers, 122 cruise missiles and 13 ships.  

ANSA agency

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The direct from the cities (ANSA)

Russia today launched a cruise missile that flew "critically low" over the southern Ukrainian nuclear power plant in the Mykolayiv region.

The national operator of the power plants, Energoatom denounced this.

Russian forces "still do not understand that even the smallest fragment of a missile that can hit a functioning power supply can cause a nuclear catastrophe and a loss of radiation," the agency said in a statement.

"Russia has committed another act of nuclear terrorism: at 5:30 a cruise missile, similar to the 'Caliber' missile, flew low over the nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine. Probably, this missile was launched in direction of Kiev, where explosions were heard this morning ",

THE POPE

The Pope launched an "appeal to the leaders of nations: do not bring humanity to ruin", "let real negotiations be put in place, concrete negotiations for a ceasefire": these are the words of Francis to Regina Coeli speaking of the conflict in Ukraine.