Moscow and Kyiv report civilians killed in Ukraine war.
Russia sees an "attack on a civilian facility" - and fires on a clinic.
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Battles
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Cherson in the Ukraine War
: Ukraine reports Russian shelling.
Dead
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Zaporizhia
: Russia reports Ukrainian shelling.
"Rather big successes" in
Zaporizhia
: Russia reports capture of nine villages
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Update from January 29, 7.10 a.m
.: In the Ukraine war, the heavy fighting could shift to an area that has so far been largely spared from hostilities: Crimea.
A high-ranking former US military officer assumes this.
“The crucial terrain for this war is Crimea.
The Ukrainian government knows it cannot be satisfied with Russia maintaining control of Crimea," former US Army Europe commander Ben Hodges said, according to
Insider
.
In the coming months, Ukraine will create the conditions for the eventual liberation of Crimea, Hodges continued.
He stressed that the country will never be safe or able to rebuild its economy as long as Russia occupies Crimea.
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A member of a Russian volunteer unit on duty in Crimea (stock photo)
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Crimea, illegally annexed by Vladimir Putin in 2014, plays a crucial role for the Russian armed forces.
It served as a launch pad for the Russian invasion last February and is an attack base for Russian aircraft and warships.
Battles in Cherson in the Ukraine war: Ukraine reports Russian shelling
First report from January 29
: Cherson/Zaporischschja - The Ukraine war is currently raging again in the south-east of the country.
Fighting continues where Ukraine was last able to push back Russian troops.
Both warring parties reported dead on Sunday.
According to Ukrainian sources, Russian troops fired on a hospital building in Cherson.
There were multiple attacks on Sunday (January 29) in the southern Ukrainian regional capital, which was recaptured from Ukraine at the end of 2022.
According to the Kherson regional administration, three people died.
Five others were injured.
According to the
Kyiv Independent
, in addition to the clinic building, a school, bus station, post office, bank and several residential buildings were also damaged.
⚡️Health Ministry: Russian forces shell hospital in Kherson, nurse injured.
According to Kherson Oblast Military Administration, Russian troops also heavily shelled residential areas in Kherson, “killing and injuring many civilians,” on Jan. 29.
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— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) January 29, 2023
Three people were killed in rocket attacks on the Ukrainian city of Kostyantynivka in the Donetsk region on Saturday morning.
The regional administration of Donetsk once again called for people to leave the entire Donetsk region - because cities further away from the front - like Kostyantynivka - are not safe either.
Dead in Zaporizhia: Russia reports Ukrainian shelling
For their part, the Russian occupiers in the neighboring region of Zaporizhia reported four deaths from Ukrainian shelling.
According to the Russian news agency Tass, there was an attack on a railway bridge in the village of Svetlodolinskoye.
According to the administrator of the Russian-annexed parts of Ukraine's Zaporizhia Oblast, the attack was carried out at midday, while repair work was being carried out on the bridge.
"According to preliminary information, four railway workers were killed and five others were wounded by the shelling," he wrote on his Telegram channel, according to Tass.
The politician stressed that this "targeted attack on a civilian facility" was "another crime against the civilian population".
Almost simultaneously, the Russian bombs fell on a Ukrainian clinic building and a bus station.
"Pretty big successes" in Zaporizhia: Russia reports capture of nine villages
Recently, there have also been repeated Russian attacks in the region.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday (January 26) that Ukrainian troops are under pressure in the Zaporizhia region as well as in the east.
The Russian troops attacked regardless of casualties.
“These are extraordinary numbers.
They don't give a damn," he said.
"There are thousands dead on their side, but they just throw people in."
Russia, on the other hand, reported taking nine villages in the Zaporizhia region over the weekend.
The spokesman for the pro-Russian collaboration organization “We stand with Russia” spoke on the Russian television channel Rossiya 1 of “fairly great successes” and said: “Our troops have taken the initiative along the battle line in the Zaporizhia region.” This information is not correct independently verified.. (
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