Unfortunate attack

It has been more than one year since the war started between Russia and Ukraine that resulted in destruction, killing of innocent people and huge financial losses  (“Four killed in Russian attack on hospital in city of Avdiivka: Ukraine,” May 17, Gulf Today website).

When economically stable countries start a war against each other, the result remains the same which destabilises countries and makes their people’s lives miserable.

According to the report, four people were killed in a Russian missile attack that hit a hospital in the eastern city of Avdiivka on Monday, regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said.

“The Russians attacked the city with missiles this morning, they hit a hospital,” the official wrote on Telegram. He posted photographs of a heavily damaged three-storeyed brick building that had a chunk chopped off its side and had spewed rubble and debris onto the ground.

He called on residents of the small city in the industrial Donbas region to evacuate as fast as possible.

I hope that a sense of peace prevails and Russia and Ukraine start a meaningful dialogue for a peaceful solution to the disputed matters between both countries.

Kashif Azam,
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