The death toll from the Russian rocket attack on the block of flats rises to 24
The death toll from a Russian rocket attack on an apartment block in the eastern Ukrainian town of Chasiv Yar over the weekend has risen to 24, said the state emergency service of Ukraine , Reuters reported.
The attack on the Donetsk region of Ukraine took place on Saturday and caused the building to collapse.
Emergency services said 55 people were helping the rescue effort, which has seen nine people rescued from the ruins of the five-story building.
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Russia stops gas flows to Germany via North Stream 1
The Nord Stream 1 pipeline, through which Russian natural gas has been flowing in Germany since 2011, will be closed for about 10 days due to scheduled maintenance work.
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Russia suspended gas deliveries to Germany via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline for annual summer maintenance works.
The 10-day maintenance works on Europe’s largest gas import infrastructure are scheduled from Monday to July 21st. It has fueled fears that Russia could take advantage of planned maintenance to delay or only partially return gas supplies.
It comes at a time when European governments are struggling to fill underground storage with gas supplies to provide homes with enough fuel to keep lights on and homes warm during the winter.
“We can’t rule out the possibility that gas transportation won’t resume later for political reasons,” Klaus Mueller, the head of Germany’s energy regulator, told CNBC last week.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has earlier denied claims that Russia used oil and gas to exert political pressure on Europe, according to Reuters.
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The Russians bombed Kharkiv, residents said they would stay inside to avoid “extreme” danger.
Russian troops are bombing the city of Kharkiv with multiple rocket launch systems, and local residents are being asked not to go outdoors amid “extremely dangerous” conditions.
The head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, Oleh Synyehubov, issued a warning to Telegram in which he said that “Russian occupiers have opened fire, reportedly with multiple rocket launch systems.”
“Attention! Residents of Kharkiv and the Kharkiv region, please do not stay outdoors unless absolutely necessary. It is extremely dangerous. All services are responding quickly and working at the scene,” he said. Synyehubov.
View from a school in Kharkiv that was destroyed by a Russian rocket on July 10, 2022.
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Ukraine’s armed forces have already reported Monday morning that Russian missile attacks were aimed at Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, with a school among the buildings being destroyed.
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The death toll from the Russian rocket attack on an apartment block rises to 18
The death toll from a Russian rocket attack that struck a five-storey apartment block in the eastern Ukrainian town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk has risen to 18 on Monday.
Search and rescue teams are still running to reach the survivors among the rubble, emergency services said. Images released on Sunday showed teams using their hands to try to remove debris and reach people trapped in the building’s ruins.
Rescuers cleared the scene after a five-story residential building was hit in Chasiv Yar, Bakhmut district of eastern Ukraine on July 10, 2022.
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“Rescuers have recovered the body of another victim under the rubble of a 5-storey apartment block destroyed in the missile attack on the town of Chasiv Yar,” the report said on Facebook on Monday.
“A total of 18 civilians were found dead. Six civilians were rescued from under the rubble. A total of 138 tons of destroyed structures were dismantled. Rescue works are underway.”
A new update indicated that two more men had been rescued from the rubble in the ongoing rescue operation.
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Russia launches a wave of attacks in eastern Ukraine
Russian forces have launched a wave of attacks on several cities in the east of the country and it appears they are preparing to intensify their assaults, Ukraine’s general staff said on Monday.
Russian forces have especially intensified their assaults on Ukraine’s second largest city, Kharkiv, with artillery, rocket launchers and tanks deployed in and around the city, state spokesman Oleksandr Shtupun said on Facebook on Monday. major of the armed forces of Ukraine.
View from a school in Kharkiv that was destroyed by a Russian rocket on July 10, 2022.
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Shtupun said that in the direction of Donetsk, “there are indications that enemy units are preparing to intensify combat operations in the directions of Kramatorsk and Bakhmut” and that in the Sloviansk area, a city on the new front line Donetsk, several settlements in the north and northwest had been bombarded with cannon and reaction artillery.
The nearby city of Kramatorsk in the south had not seen active operations, Shtupun said, but cities between Sloviansk and Severodonetsk, the Russian-occupied border area between Luhansk and Donetsk, have been bombarded with cannon artillery, Shtupun said.
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Le Maire: Russia cutting gas in Europe is one of the key scenarios
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, speaking to CNBC’s Charlotte Reed on Sunday at the Aix-en-Provence Economic Meetings event, discusses the possibility of Russia shutting off gas taps in Europe.
“I think this is one of the key scenarios and we need to be prepared for all options. It is the responsibility of all politicians to take into account the geopolitical situation,” he said.
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In the pictures: lifeguards are looking for victims and survivors of the attack on an apartment block
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article contains an image of search and rescue teams removing human remains from the Chasiv Yar apartment block that was hit by Russian forces.
Firefighters and members are looking for survivors after the Russian missile attack on the Chasiv Yar apartment block.
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Search and rescue operations continue in Chasiv Yar to find victims and survivors of a Russian missile attack on an apartment block. The city is located southeast of Kramatorsk in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine.
At least 15 people were killed in the attack and the death toll is likely to rise, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday night.
Firefighters and members of a rescue team carry a body after a building was partially destroyed after the bombings, in Chasiv Yar, eastern Ukraine, on July 10, 2022.
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Several dozen people are believed to be trapped under the rubble and residents have been displaced after losing their homes.
Ukrainians recover the belongings they can after an air raid on their apartment block in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk province.
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Russia has repeatedly said it does not target civilians despite the numerous occasions civilian infrastructure has been affected during the war.
A woman is in her apartment badly damaged after a Russian missile hit her apartment block in Chasiv Yar, Bakhmut district in eastern Ukraine.
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Russia is a “terrorist state,” Zelenskyy says after the attack on an apartment block
Firefighters and members of a rescue team cleared the scene after a building was partially destroyed after the bombings, in Chasiv Yar, eastern Ukraine, on July 10, 2022.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said the death toll is likely to rise after the Russian attack on an apartment block in Donetsk over the weekend.
“I have been receiving reports all day today from the city of Chasiv Yar in the Donetsk region,” Zelenskyy said in his nightly speech last night. “There are 15 names on the death list and unfortunately this is not the final number.”
“It was a missile attack. And all those who give orders for these attacks, all those who carry them out in our ordinary cities, in residential areas, kill absolutely deliberately,” the president added.
Rescuers cleared the scene after a building was partially destroyed after the bombings in Chasiv Yar, eastern Ukraine, on July 10, 2022. The building was hit by a Russian missile from the hurricane, Pavlo Kyrylenko, governor of the Donetsk region that the Russian army is looking for. conquer, he said on July 10, 2022 in Telegram.
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Zelenskyy said that Ukraine will try to punish those responsible for the attack and anyone else involved in the invasion of Ukraine. “Since the beginning of this invasion, Ukrainian law enforcement officers have done everything necessary to record the crimes of the occupiers and to gather evidence,” he said, adding that Russia should be considered a terrorist state:
“Russian terror has long crossed the line beyond which it became clear to many in the civilized world that it is a matter of global security to punish Russia, a terrorist state, for everything it has done against Ukraine and the international legal order “.
Russia has repeatedly said it does not target civilians despite the numerous occasions civilian infrastructure has been affected during the war.
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Russia is not taking an “operational break,” Zelenskyy says
From Ukraine’s perspective, Russia is not taking an “operational break” from the intense fighting in the Donbass in eastern Ukraine, the country’s president said Sunday night.
“Last week, there was a lot of talk about the alleged‘ operational pause ’in the actions of the occupiers in the Donbas and other parts of Ukraine,” Zelenskyy said in his nightly speech. “Thirty-four airstrikes by Russian planes in a past day is a response to all who invented this ‘pause’.”
Zelenskyy’s comments come after military analysts said Russia appeared to have made little progress on the Donbas last week; the capture of the entire region is one of Russia’s declared war objectives.
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