Russian artillery kills 70 Ukraine soldiers in military base shelling - GulfToday

Russian artillery kills 70 Ukraine soldiers in military base shelling

  • 01 Mar 2022
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This satellite image shows burning homes in Ivankiv, Ukraine. Picture used for illustrative purposes only. AFP

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More than 70 Ukrainian soldiers were killed after Russian artillery hit a military base in Okhtyrka, a city between Kharkiv and Kyiv, the head of the region wrote on Telegram.

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Governor Dmytro Zhyvytskyy posted photographs of the charred shell of a four-story building and rescuers searching rubble. In a later Facebook post, he said many Russian soldiers and some local residents also were killed during the fighting on Sunday. The report could not immediately be confirmed.

Russian troops shelled a military base in the town of Okhtyrka in Ukraine's northeastern Sumy region, regional governor said.

 

 

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