Ukraine War: Russian officer allegedly ordered civilians to be killed
Created: 08/11/2022 04:52
By: Helena Gries, Sandra Kathe, Nail Akkoyun, Andreas Apetz, Lucas Maier
The Ukraine war is claiming more and more victims.
The Russian army is shelling southern Ukraine: the news ticker.
Russian offensive in Ukraine:
Massive Russian rocket fire in southern Ukraine claims many lives.
Explosions on the Crimean Peninsula:
Severe damage to a Russian air force base.
Editor
's note: You can read all the news about the Ukraine conflict in this news ticker.
Some of the information comes from warring factions in the Ukraine war and cannot be checked directly and independently.
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This news ticker on the Ukraine war has ended.
You can find out more news about the conflict between Russia and Ukraine in the new news ticker.
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There were several Russian rocket attacks in the south of the city of Zaporizhia.
Governor Oleksandr Starukh reported on Telegram that a 52-year-old woman was killed by the shelling.
“Four private buildings were completely destroyed.
Several dozen houses are without windows and roofs,” Starukh said.
As
aljazeera.com
reports, there has been no direct statement from Moscow on the allegations.
Russia has repeatedly denied targeting civilians in the so-called "special military operation" in the neighboring country - despite documents and footage showing the opposite for months.
A destroyed building after a Russian attack in Ukraine.
(Archive photo) © Valentin Sprinchak/Imago
News on the Ukraine war: Russian officer is said to have ordered the killing of civilians
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As reported by
The Kyiv Independent
, a wiretapped conversation became public in which a Russian officer ordered the killing of civilians.
As early as March, the officer ordered the killing of civilians in the Brovary district of Kiev Oblast, according to the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).
According to the service, he is an intelligence officer with the 15th Russian Separatist Motorized Rifle Brigade.
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As the
FAZ
reports, the Russian army claims to have destroyed a German “Gepard” anti-aircraft tank in southern Ukraine.
The
FAZ
refers to the Ministry of Defense in Moscow.
Accordingly, the weapon system was hit in the area of the city of Mikolayiv.
In Cherson, south-east of Mikolajiv, seven Himars missiles from US stocks were also destroyed.
The information could not be independently verified.
Ukraine-News: Death toll rises after Russian shelling
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As reported by
The Kyiv Independent
, the Russian forces shelled the Sumy area 30 times.
The governor of the Sumy region, Dmytro Zhyvytsky, said on August 10 that the region had been shelled with artillery and mortars.
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The death toll from the Russian shelling in the Dnipropetrovsk region increases to 13. According to Governor Valentyn Reznichenko, 11 people were injured, five of them are in critical condition.
In the early morning of August 10, the Russian military shelled the Nikopol district in the region.
Ukraine-News: Massive Russian rocket fire in southern Ukraine - many dead
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According to British secret services, Russia should recruit volunteers for a new army corps to strengthen its offensive in Ukraine.
The recruits - men up to the age of 50 and with middle school qualifications - would be offered lucrative bonuses, the British Ministry of Defense said in an update on Wednesday.
The new unit, dubbed the 3rd Army Corps (3AC) by the British, will be headquartered in Mulino, a settlement in the Nizhny Novgorod region east of Moscow.
News about the war in Ukraine: Massive rocket fire in southern Ukraine
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According to official information, at least eleven people were killed by rocket fire at night in the Ukrainian region of Dnipropetrovsk.
The two hit towns are opposite the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, which was hit several times recently - on the other bank of the Dnipro River, which was formed here into a reservoir.
The small town of Marhanez was hit the hardest.
In the city, 20 multi-storey buildings were damaged by the rocket fire, including the Palace of Culture, two schools and a dormitory.
Ten people were killed in the city and eleven others injured, seven of them seriously, Resnichenko said.
In a village not far from the city of Nikopol, another woman died in the attack in her house and a couple was injured.
News about the war in Ukraine: President Zelenskyj promises to recapture Crimea
Update from Wednesday, August 10, 6:40 a.m .:
The explosions at a Russian air force base on the Crimean peninsula have caused serious damage, according to media reports.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has promised his compatriots that the lost peninsula will be brought home: "Crimea is Ukrainian and we will never give it up," he said in Kyiv late Tuesday evening.
With the annexation in 2014, Russia turned Crimea into one of the most dangerous places in Europe.
"This Russian war against Ukraine, against the whole of free Europe, started with Crimea and must end with Crimea, with its liberation," Zelenskyy said.
The cause of the explosions at the Saki airbase north of Sevastopol remained unclear.
However, the number and force of the explosions suggest a targeted attack by Ukraine, reports the
German Press Agency (dpa)
.
The Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday that ammunition had exploded due to negligence.
News about the Ukraine war: Conflicting information about the causes of the Crimean explosions
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According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the shelling of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant Zaporizhia at the weekend does not pose an immediate threat to nuclear safety. This was announced by IAEA boss Rafael Mariano Grossi on Tuesday at the agency’s headquarters in Vienna.
The assessment is based on information from Ukrainian authorities, who had reported damage, but the radiation measurements were still at a normal level.
Russia and Ukraine blamed each other for the shelling of the nuclear power plant.
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There were several different statements during the evening about the cause of an explosion at a Russian air force base on the Crimean peninsula annexed by Russia.
While the Russian side reported that the explosion and fire in the ammunition depot were probably caused by "fire safety violations", observers initially assumed it was an act of sabotage.
Now, the US newspaper
New York Times
reports that an unknown senior Ukrainian military officer said in an interview with the newspaper that an attack by Ukraine was behind it.
This was carried out using a weapon “developed by Ukraine itself”.
Local partisans loyal to Ukraine also played a role.
There was no further information on this, nor could the information be verified so far.
Several media previously reported that Ukraine officially said it had nothing to do with the blast.
Ukraine-News: No big territorial gains and chaotic withdrawals in Donetsk
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According to a daily summary by the Ukrainian General Staff, Russian troops could not have conquered any towns on Tuesday, despite many attacks on the Donetsk region.
When the Spire was attacked, the Russians encountered Ukrainian resistance so much that they retreated "chaotically".
When attempting to attack the towns of Vesely, Yakovlivka and the town of Soledar, the attackers "turned on their heels" when Ukrainian troops launched a counterattack.
The information could not be independently verified.
News about the Ukraine war: Russia plans referendum in southern Ukraine - Selenskyj demands travel ban for Russians
Update from Tuesday, August 9th, 7:40 a.m.:
"The most important sanctions are to close the borders, because the Russians are taking their country away from others," said Zelenskyj of the US newspaper
Washington Post
on Monday.
Russians should "live in their own world until they change their philosophy".
He was reacting to the occupation authorities' announcement in the southern Ukrainian region of Zaporizhia that they would hold a referendum on joining Russia.
Similar plans exist for the occupied Kherson region.
News about the Ukraine war: Explosions reported in Kharkiv
Update from Monday, August 8, 7 a.m.:
According to a report by the
Kyiv Independent
news portal, the mayor of Kharkiv reported seven explosions in Kharkiv.
Ihor Terekhov said the city had been hit by Russian rockets.
No injuries were reported.
"It's very noisy in the city. I'm asking everyone to stay safe," Terekhov said.
The governor of the Sumy region reported more than 50 explosions.
Dmytro Zhyvytsky said that Russian troops shelled the north of the Sumy region.
The region bordering Russia is under constant fire, the governor reported.
Ukraine-News: Another attack on nuclear power plant – Zelenskyj sees “nuclear threat”
Update from Saturday, August 6th, 7:00 a.m.:
"Anyone who creates nuclear threats for other peoples is definitely not able to use nuclear technology safely," said Ukrainian President Selenskyj on Saturday night.
Specifically, he demanded punitive measures against the Russian state-owned company Rosatom.
He holds Russia responsible for the shelling of the nuclear power plant in Zaporizhia.
Meanwhile, Russian forces are said to have shelled a farm and a grain silo in Zaporizhia Oblast.
Russian shelling in the Novomykolaivsky district of the region destroyed grain silos with about 3,000 tons of grain, reports Ukrinform, citing the director of the silo.
Russian shelling also reportedly hit agricultural infrastructure, destroying a warehouse containing over 365 tons of sunflowers.
Ukraine war: Another attack on nuclear power plant – Russia blames Ukraine
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Vladimir Putin’s troops called on the “international organizations to condemn the criminal actions of the regime of Volodymyr Zelenskyy, which commits acts of nuclear terrorism”.
The power plant has been under Russian occupation since the beginning of March.
Moscow was recently criticized for this from the ranks of the USA.
Foreign Minister Antony Blinken said that Russia "knows very well that Ukraine cannot and will not fire back because it could accidentally hit a nuclear reactor or high-level radioactive waste stored there".
News about the Ukraine war: concerns about nuclear power plants continue to grow
First report from Friday, August 5:
Zaporizhia - According to British intelligence services, actions by the Russian armed forces are highly likely to endanger the security of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant Zaporizhia.
Moscow's intentions regarding the largest nuclear power plant in Europe are "still unclear" five months after the start of the Ukraine war, the British Ministry of Defense said in an update on Friday (5 August).
Russia is said to be using artillery units in the areas adjacent to the power plant to attack Ukrainian regions west of the Dnipro River.
They may have used the high-security status of the power plant site to protect themselves and their equipment from Ukrainian counterattacks at night, sources said.
Ukraine War News: Nuclear Safety Principles “Violated”
With six blocks and an output of 6000 megawatts, the plant in the city of Enerhodar in the Zaporizhia Oblast is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe.
Russian troops occupied the facility in early March.
After that, the nuclear power plant continued to be operated by Ukrainian personnel, but was monitored by Russian nuclear specialists.
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has described the situation at the nuclear power plant as extremely unstable and fragile.
"All the principles of nuclear safety have been violated in one way or another," Rafael Grossi said in New York this week.
An IAEA inspection to check technical safety is urgently needed.
(nak/ska/hg/luc/aa with dpa/AFP)
