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Ukraine death toll hits 137 with 316 wounded as Russian assault intensifies
More than 100 people have died less than one day into Putin’s assault
Andy Gregory,Sam Hancock
8 minutes ago
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday night that 137 people had been killed, and 169 wounded so far, after Russia launched a full scale invasion on his country by land, sea and air.
As night fell for the first time since Vladimir Putin initiated the all-out assault, heavy exchanges of fire were taking place the regions of Sumy and Kharkiv in the northeast, and Kherson and Odessa in the south, while Kiev said heavy Russian shelling was still underway in the eastern Donetsk region.
Moscow’s defence ministry said ground forces had moved in from annexed Crimea, and claimed to have “neutralised” Ukraine’s air defences and destroyed 11 airfields, with Russian troops also seizing an airbase just 25 miles from the capital’s centre. Ukraine’s airforce is thought to have comprised of roughly 200 aircraft.
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-news-russia-war-deaths-b2022806.html
More than 100 people have died less than one day into Putin’s assault
Andy Gregory,Sam Hancock
8 minutes ago
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday night that 137 people had been killed, and 169 wounded so far, after Russia launched a full scale invasion on his country by land, sea and air.
As night fell for the first time since Vladimir Putin initiated the all-out assault, heavy exchanges of fire were taking place the regions of Sumy and Kharkiv in the northeast, and Kherson and Odessa in the south, while Kiev said heavy Russian shelling was still underway in the eastern Donetsk region.
Moscow’s defence ministry said ground forces had moved in from annexed Crimea, and claimed to have “neutralised” Ukraine’s air defences and destroyed 11 airfields, with Russian troops also seizing an airbase just 25 miles from the capital’s centre. Ukraine’s airforce is thought to have comprised of roughly 200 aircraft.
more...
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-news-russia-war-deaths-b2022806.html