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Russian Strikes Kill 13, Injure Over 100 Across Ukraine

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In Short: Russian strikes killed at least 13 people and injured over 100 across Ukraine, according to Kyivindependent (Ukraine) and Al Jazeera (Qatar).

Uman after Russian missile strike, 2023-04-28 (63)
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Local authorities in Ukraine reported that Russian attacks over the past day killed at least 13 people and injured 104 others.

In Kryvyi Rih, a Russian air strike damaged a hospital, while in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, one person was killed and three others injured.

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Eastern Donetsk Oblast saw three deaths and 11 injuries, and Sumy Oblast reported a 49-year-old man killed and four others injured due to Russian drone strikes.

In Kherson Oblast, one person was killed and four injured in Russian attacks.

The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) reported that Russian forces carried out repeated attacks, killing and injuring civilians and damaging infrastructure.

In a separate incident, Russian forces struck a vegetable sorting facility in Stara Hnylytsia, Kharkiv region, killing seven civilians and injuring 12.

From September 1 to 24, the HRMMU recorded at least 200 civilians killed and 1,234 injured.

Al Jazeera (Qatar) reported six deaths and eight injuries in a Russian attack on a farm in northern Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, and two more deaths in attacks on Kyiv.

The Kyiv Post (Ukraine) reported that Russia launched a massive overnight missile and drone attack, killing at least nine people and damaging residential buildings and civilian infrastructure.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that attacks on commercial vessels in the Black Sea are “inexplicable” and steps must be taken on navigational safety.

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski told Al Jazeera that NATO had “contingency plans” for Russian “provocations.”

Deputy Prime Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski called the incident “hybrid warfare” and said it aligns with Russia’s new doctrine of attack.

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Russian strikes across Ukraine killed at least 13 people and injured over 100, according to Kyivindependent (Ukraine) and Al Jazeera (Qatar).

Russian strikes killed at least 13 people and injured over 100 across Ukraine, according to Kyivindependent (Ukraine) and Al Jazeera (Qatar).

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