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A destroyed building in the Donetsk region (end of June): rockets hit houses
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Several dead in attack on residential buildings
9:08 a.m .:
Six people were killed in a rocket attack in the city of Chasiv Yar, according to the governor of the Donetsk region.
A Russian missile hit a five-storey residential building on Saturday evening, writes Pavlo Kyrylenko on Telegram.
The building then collapsed.
Six people were killed and five injured.
Residents feared at least 34 people were trapped in the rubble.
Canada wants to send serviced Russian gas turbines to Germany
6.40 a.m .:
The Canadian government wants to enable the delivery of the serviced Russian Nord Stream 1 turbine to Germany.
Canada will give Siemens Canada "a time-limited and revocable permit," said Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson in a statement.
Without the necessary gas supply, the German economy would suffer greatly and Germans might not be able to heat their homes in winter.
The aim is to ensure that Europe has "access to reliable and affordable energy" while slowly moving away from Russian oil and gas.
Dead and injured in shelling
3:18 a.m .:
At least three people were killed and eight injured in Russian shelling in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk on Saturday, according to Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko.
In the town of Avdiivka alone, there were more than ten attacks on residential areas and civilian infrastructure, he said.
For their part, the pro-Russian separatists accused the Ukrainian army of attacks.
City Council President calls for energy saving
1.50 a.m .:
In view of the gas crisis, City Council President Markus Lewe calls for energy saving.
"Even now we all have to save every kilowatt hour that is possible. Everything belongs to the test bench, in every household and at work," says Lewe of the Funke media group, according to a preliminary report.
"Cities don't leave out any area either: retrofit street lighting more quickly and reduce it at night, less hot water in public buildings, run air conditioning systems for shorter periods and adjust heating better. Saving energy and expanding renewable energies are now a priority."
Association fears overload in schools
1:03 a.m .:
The federal chairman of the Association for Education and Training (VBE), Udo Beckmann, fears that schools could be overburdened by a growing number of Ukrainian students after the summer holidays.
Compulsory schooling for children from abroad begins after six months at the latest.
"This means a further increase in Ukrainian students in the schools, beyond the 140,000 who are already in the system," Beckmann told the newspapers of the Funke media group.
"This expected increase is encountering an education system that has been dramatically weakened in terms of personnel due to years of financial undersupply," said Beckmann.
»Teachers have been working at the limit for years and urgently need to be relieved.«
ptz/dpa/Reuters