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More than 20 dead in rocket attack on train station in Ukraine Created: 08/25/2022, 07:27 By: Karolin Schäfer, Nadja Austel, Vincent Büssow, Jan-Frederik Wendt, Christian Stör, Tanja Koch The Ukrainian Independence Day starts with air raids in numerous regions. Russian troops are probably abducting children: the news ticker on the Ukraine war on Thursday, August 25th. Accession to Russia: “Don


More than 20 dead in rocket attack on train station in Ukraine

Created: 08/25/2022, 07:27

By: Karolin Schäfer, Nadja Austel, Vincent Büssow, Jan-Frederik Wendt, Christian Stör, Tanja Koch

The Ukrainian Independence Day starts with air raids in numerous regions.

Russian troops are probably abducting children: the news ticker on the Ukraine war on Thursday, August 25th.

  • Accession to Russia:

    “Donetsk People's Republic” forces referendum

  • Allegations against Russian troops:

    armed forces apparently abduct children

  • 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.

Update from Thursday, August 25, 2022, 7:24 a.m .:

After the rocket attack on the Tschaplyne train station, the number of people killed has risen to a total of 22, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

50 other people were injured.

Initially, the President had assumed 15 fatalities.

The information could not initially be verified independently.

"Chaplyne is our pain today," Zelenskyj said in his video message.

Ukraine war: Dead in rocket attack on train station - "No signs of an end to the fighting"

+++ 10.40 p.m .:

At least 15 people died in Russian shelling at the Tschaplyne train station in eastern Ukraine.

50 people were injured, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a video link with the UN Security Council in New York.

The attack was carried out in the village of Chaplyne, "directly on the carriages" of a train, according to Zelenskyj.

As a result of the attack, four wagons caught fire.

The first images published on Twitter and Telegram, which have not yet been verified, show the alleged extent of the attack.

You can see a destroyed train and other piles of rubble.

Ukraine war: "No signs of an end to the fighting"

+++ 10:15 p.m .:

Even after six months, the Ukraine war continues to cause deaths and injuries, such as a Russian shelling of the Tschaplyne train station in the Dnipropetrovsk region (see update from 9 p.m.).

"Today marks a sad and tragic milestone," UN Secretary-General António Guterres said at a Security Council meeting.

Thousands of civilians were killed or wounded, including hundreds of children.

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An end to the war does not seem to be in sight any time soon.

"Despite progress on the humanitarian front, there is no sign of an end to the fighting in Ukraine - and there are new areas of potential dangerous escalation," Guterres said.

Tensions around the contested Zaporizhia nuclear power plant are increasing.

Despite the official support of the warring parties, there is still no green light for an international expert mission.

"The warning lights are flashing," warned the UN chief.

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News about the Ukraine war: dead in rocket attack on train station

+++ 9:00 p.m .:

According to information from Kiev, several regions were fired at on the 31st Independence Day of Ukraine.

There was an air alert throughout the day.

Ukraine had already expected Russian attacks on the national holiday.

In the Khmelnytskyi region in the west of the country, heavy explosions could be heard on Wednesday afternoon, Governor Serhiy Hamalij said.

According to the responsible command of the Ukrainian Air Force, three Russian Kalibr cruise missiles had previously been intercepted there.

The Schytomyr region in the north of the country is also said to have been shelled.

The city of Dnipro has become the scene of fighting in the Ukraine war.

Two men carry a ladder past a destroyed house during the cleanup after a rocket attack.

© Ukrinform/dpa

A child has been killed in a Russian missile attack on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, said Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Kyrylo Tymoshenko.

At least 15 people were killed in a rocket attack on the Chaplyne train station in the same region, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a video call with the UN Security Council in New York.

According to initial information, a passenger train is said to have been hit.

50 people were injured.

"Rescue workers are on duty.

Unfortunately, the number of deaths may increase," said Zelenskyy.

“This is how we live every day.

This is how Russia prepared for this UN Security Council session.”

In addition, according to Ukrainian information, opposition activists from Belarus allegedly registered the launching of several rockets from Belarusian territory, the

German Press Agency (dpa)

reported .

Ruler Alexander Lukashenko has made his country available to Russian troops to launch attacks on Ukraine.

War in Ukraine: Britain announces military support

+++ 19:42:

The outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson traveled to Ukraine's 31st Independence Day on Wednesday for a surprise visit to Kiev.

Johnson continued to pledge Britain's support to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

"And you can and will win," said the prime minister.

Johnson also announced another package of military support.

According to information from London, the package should contain 54 million pounds (64 million euros) 2000 drones and ammunition.

News on the Ukraine war: Russia's border shift "never recognize"

+++ 6.12 p.m .:

After six months, there still seems to be no end in sight to the Ukraine war.

In view of this, the UN Security Council also met on Wednesday.

At the meeting, the US reaffirmed its support for Ukraine's defense against Russia.

"To be clear, the international community will never recognize Russia's attempt to forcibly alter Ukraine's borders," said US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield.

The past few months have produced horrific atrocities, including rape, murder and torture by Russian forces in cities like Bucha and Irpin, Thomas-Greenfield said.

In addition, there were increasing indications that the Russian military had arrested, interrogated and forcibly deported numerous civilian victims, including children.

“Their reasons are clear: they want to destroy Ukraine – its culture, its people, its existence.” August 24 also marks the anniversary of Ukraine's Independence Day.

As a result, Ukraine expected more attacks in the country.

Putin on Ukraine war: "Life goes on"

+++ 2:33 p.m .:

According to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the country is currently concentrating on “the events” in Ukraine.

Nevertheless, in view of devastating forest fires, Russia has sufficient capacity to deal with other crises.

“But life goes on, other problems arise.

I would like to note and emphasize that all the necessary means, forces and resources are available to respond to such emergency situations," Putin said at a briefing on fighting forest fires in Russia.

"There are no problems here," said the Russian ruler.

As in previous years, many Russian regions are fighting severe forest fires this summer.

Again and again there are reports of a lack of personnel for the firefighting work, which is also said to have something to do with the fact that the military deployed in Ukraine cannot help.

News on the Ukraine war: Regional administrator dies in attack

+++ 12.00 p.m .:

Ivan Sushko, regional administrator in the Russian-occupied Mykhailwka region, was apparently killed in an attack.

The Russian Defense Ministry announced on Wednesday morning that he had died in a car bomb explosion.

Just four days ago, the daughter of right-wing extremist Russian ideologue Alexander Dugin was also killed by a car bomb in Moscow.

The Kremlin suspects a Ukrainian assassination attempt.

"An explosive device was planted under his car seat," said Vladimir Rogov, the Russian administrator of the Zaporizhia region above Mykhaylivka.

According to Rogow, "saboteurs" were behind the attack.

So far, there has been no statement from the Ukrainian side.

None of the above information can be independently verified.

+++ 11.15 a.m .:

A large shopping center is currently burning in the Donetsk region.

The news portals

Kyiv Independent

and

Nexta

published corresponding photos showing the cloud of smoke.

So far it is unclear whether suspected rocket attacks are behind it and whether there are victims.

The city's mayor, who was installed by the separatists, Alexey Kulemzin, accused Ukraine of shelling the shopping center on Telegram.

The information cannot be independently verified.

News on the Ukraine war: "Donetsk People's Republic" is pushing for a referendum on Russia's accession

+++ 10.30 a.m .:

Denis Puschilin, head of government of the self-proclaimed “Donetsk People’s Republic”, has stated that the region is now ready for a referendum on joining Russia.

He therefore expects the "allied forces" to withdraw from the area.

The news portal

Nexta

reports that Russian troops have only been able to take 28 percent of the Donetsk region so far.

The information cannot be independently verified.

News about the Ukraine war: Troops are said to kidnap children to Russia

+++ 09.45 a.m .:

According to the US think tank “Institute for the Study of War”, Russia is supposed to abduct children from the Luhansk region to Russia.

Accordingly, security forces were sent to the region to make appropriate preparations.

Patrols would be carried out together with the local police to find suitable children.

The information provided by the think tank cannot be independently verified.

+++ 9:00 a.m .:

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj has once again strengthened his country’s defensive struggle.

With its attacks and acts of violence, Russia shows that it does not want to negotiate, Zelensky said at the end of an international conference on Russian-occupied Crimea.

Ukraine tries in vain to make this clear to the world.

“They have decided to occupy our country.

When they made that decision in 2014, the world didn't just punch them in the face, and so they went on and on and on.

But we'll give them a face," said Zelenskyy.

In 2014, the Crimean peninsula was annexed by Russia - without major consequences for the country.

The forum in Kyiv was now intended to discuss the repatriation of the annexed territories. 

Update from Wednesday, August 24, 6:45 a.m .:

The Russian army attacked the infrastructure of Zaporizhia again on Wednesday night (August 24).

This is reported by the

Kyiv Independent

portal , citing reports from the city's mayor, Anatolii Kurtiev.

According to the portal, the attacks have not yet been officially confirmed, but helpers are already on site and checking the situation.

News about the Ukraine war: Flying objects shot down over Crimea

First report from Monday, August 22nd:

Kiev/Moscow – The Ukraine war has now lasted almost half a year.

Now the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj has honored several compatriots for their special merits.

Among others, football legend Andriy Shevchenko, who used his fame to help Ukraine, received the order "National Legend of Ukraine", Zelenskyy announced on Telegram on Monday night.

The honorees also include a train conductor who brought fleeing people from particularly hard-fought areas and whose wife was killed on one of the journeys.

News about the Ukraine war: shock in Moscow after the death of Dugin's daughter

Moscow is shocked by the alleged murder of Darja Dugina, daughter of right-wing nationalist ideologue Alexander Dugin.

"Alexander Gelyevich, your tragedy has become the pain of millions," Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Dugin on Telegram.

His daughter was considered an ardent supporter of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine.

Ukraine has denied involvement in the incident.

(tk/jfw/vbu/na/cs with AFP/dpa)

Source: merkur

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