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Vinnytsia, Ukraine
Rubble and ash in Vinnytsia, around 260 kilometers from Kyiv - one of those places far away from the combat zones that the Russian armed forces have been shelling with rockets in recent days.
Thore Schroeder, DER SPIEGEL
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We are standing here on Victory Square, in the center of Vinnytsia, where a total of three Russian rockets landed on Thursday morning.
One of them here, right behind me, in the middle of the square.
A total of 24 people died.
And this monument here behind me is a reminder of the founding of the Ukrainian Air Force in 1992 and ultimately this attack also has a symbolic value, namely that the Russians can strike anywhere in Ukraine they want.«
Four children died in the missile attack, including four-year-old Lisa.
The girl was buried on Sunday.
A video that Lisa's mother posted on Instagram on the day of the attack.
According to the Ukrainian authorities, Iryna Dmitrieva is in hospital with serious injuries.
The Russian Ministry of Defense continues to claim that only military targets are being attacked - the images and reports from the locations hit raise doubts, for example from Chuhuiv near Kharkiv, where three people were killed in a Russian missile attack on Saturday.
Chuhuiv, Ukraine/16.
July 2022
Halyna Minaeva, Mayor Chuhuiv
»What kind of military targets are we talking about?
Destroyed houses, schools, damaged kindergartens, are these military targets?
These are all civilian establishments.
Today there are many families who have lost the roof over their heads.
They have no apartments, no houses.
People have worked all their lives for a normal standard of living.
Today the enemy took all that from them
."
People are left with nothing and cursing Vladimir Putin.
Raisa Shapoval, Resident
“I want to tell him, someone please tell him, that he's gone insane, that he's lost his mind.
How is it possible that all these missiles, bombs and rockets are being used now in the 21st century?
Not even the Germans did such a thing
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Vinnytsia, Ukraine
In Vinnytsia, people are trying to get back to their everyday lives after the devastating attack.
But that will probably not work for the time being.
Thore Schroeder, DER SPIEGEL
»Today, a few days later, life here in the city goes on as normal, at least apparently: people go for walks in the park, anglers try to catch fish in the river. There was even a wedding party at our hotel today. – But everyone you talk to tells you that something has changed fundamentally here in the city: everyone here is afraid now. And that too was certainly a target of this attack
."