Eight people died and 12 were injured Tuesday, May 17 in a Russian strike on Desna, a Ukrainian village north of kyiv known to house a large military training camp, local relief said.
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Eight killed, 12 wounded
," Oleksandr Ivchenko, spokesman for the regional branch of the State Service for Emergency Situations, told AFP about the strike on this village located about sixty kilometers from the Ukrainian capital, in the Cherniguiv region.
In the morning, regional governor Viatchaslav Tchaous had reported on Telegram messaging of dead and wounded in Russian "
missile strikes
" against Desna.
"
The war is not over, the war has not left the region, the war has not left our cities
," added Vyachaslav Tchaous, whose region was partially bombarded by Russian troops at the beginning of the war, before they back down.
Intense and massive bombings
Another Russian attack on Tuesday morning hit a Ukrainian military base in the Lviv region (west) located just 15 kilometers from the border with Poland, according to Maxim Kozitsky, the regional governor of Lviv.
The Russian Ministry of Defense for its part indicated that Kalibr sea-to-surface missiles had struck the Starytchi station, close to this base in the Yavoriv district, "
eliminating reservists in training
" as well as "
foreign weapons and military equipment from the United States and European countries that was to be sent to the Donbass
”.
He also confirmed the strike on Desna and another training camp in Okhtyrka, in the Sumy region (north).
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According to the governor of the Sumy region, Dmytro Zhyvytsky, this latest strike left "
at least five wounded
".
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There has not been such intense and massive bombardment since the beginning of the war
," he told the Interfax-Ukraine news agency, saying that he saw "
increased activity by the Russian air force, helicopters in recent days
.