On the fifteenth day of the war in Ukraine, the invasion of the Russian armed forces extends to the west: raid on Lutsk, where three missiles hit the airport. Missiles and cannon fire also on Ivano-Frankivsk, about a hundred kilometers south of Lviv. Three explosions in Dnipro, an inland city on the Dnieper River, in the central-eastern part: one allegedly hit a shoe factory, the other two near a nursery school and an apartment building. The drama of the besieged cities continues: in Mariupol more than 1,200 bodies removed from the streets, mass graves are being dug, as well as in Bucha, a suburb north-east of Kiev. Air-raid sirens also sound in the Ukrainian capital, and the city hall invites citizens to hide in shelters.
More attacks on Ukrainian nuclear sites
And the alarm over nuclear power plants is still high, with the Ukrainian state company denying the restoration of electricity supply in Chernobyl. Ukraine also announced that a nuclear research institute was hit in Kharkiv. According to the Ministry of the Interior “some equipment could release radiation if damaged”. The IAEA announces “physical inspections in nuclear power plants”. Missile and cannon fire explosions are reported in the city of Ivano-Frankovsk in southwestern Ukraine.
According to the intelligence service of the British Ministry of Defense, «Russia is restoring and repositioning its forces in the field for a new offensive in the coming days. This will probably also include operations against the capital Kiev ”. Over 16,000 “volunteers” from the Middle East want to be drafted to fight with separatists in the Donbass, says the Russian Defense Minister
Meanwhile, the West is aiming to isolate Russia more and more on the economic front. With the leading US, which wants to take away all commercial privileges in Moscow.
Putin orders the dispatch of 16,000 “volunteer” fighters
On the Russian military front, it is learned that Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his army to support the sending of “volunteer” fighters to Ukraine, in response to the deployment of “mercenaries” from the West.
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