Five killed in a raid on the occupied Lugansk region
The Russian authorities accused the Ukrainians of using the American HIMARS systems. Cakber Pimple/Reuters
Status update – On Wednesday morning, the Russian authorities accused the Ukrainian army of the night bombing, which left five people dead and 19 wounded.
A fatal strike on the Lugansk region, the evacuation of Russian children from the border regions, the rogue army that claims to have destroyed the last Ukrainian warship … Le Figaro evaluates the situation.
Five killed in an attack in the occupied Lugansk region
The Russian authorities said, on Wednesday, that a night bombing of a poultry farm in the occupied Ukrainian region of Luhansk killed at least five people and wounded 19 others, and accused the Ukrainian army of carrying out the strike. “The shelling of the village of Karpaty (located 35 kilometers west of Lugansk, ed.’s note) by Ukrainian armed groups (…) caused 24 deaths – five killed and 19 wounded – and according to preliminary information it was carried out using (American) systems. Hemars ”, the Russian control center in Telegram indicated the security situation in the Lugansk region.
A poultry farm and a site where workers were temporarily living were damaged, according to the same source, which did not specify whether the victims were soldiers or civilians. But in a first assessment, published a few hours earlier, it indicated that four workers had been killed. “The enemy fired four missilesShe said.
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Evacuation of children from bombed Ukrainian border areas
On Wednesday, the Russian authorities announced that they had begun evacuating children from some Ukrainian border areas that had been subjected to intense bombardment for several days, as they were worried about “The situation deteriorated“.
“From today we take our children out of the Chebekinsky and Grayvoronsky districtssaid Vyacheslav Gladkov, the governor of the Belgorod region where these two regions are located. “Today, the first group of 300 children will be sent to VoronezhIt is a town about 250 km to the northeast, and thus farther from the Ukrainian border.
A damaged street following what is said to be shelling by Ukrainian forces in the town of Chebykino, Belgorod region, in this photo released May 31, 2023. Governor of the Belgorod region / Reuters
The Russian military claims to have destroyed the last Ukrainian warship
On Wednesday, Russia announced the destruction of an amphibious assault ship in Odessa (southern Ukraine). Yuri Oliverenkopresented by Moscow aslast“A warship of the Ukrainian Navy is still operational.
“On May 29, as a result of a high-precision strike by the Russian Air Force on the mooring area of military boats in the port of Odessa, the last warship of the Ukrainian Navy, Yuri Oliverenkowas vandalizedThe Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
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