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Russian Strikes Kill 13, Injure Over 100 in Ukraine

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

Uman after Russian missile strike, 2023-04-28 (63)
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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). Kyivindependent reported that at least 13 people were killed and 104 others injured in Russian attacks across Ukraine over the past day, with a hospital in Kryvyi Rih damaged by an air strike. Al Jazeera (Qatar) reported six people killed and eight wounded in a Russian attack on a farm in northern Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, and two more killed in attacks on Kyiv, one in the car park of a maternity hospital.

Kyivindependent reported that in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Russian attacks killed one person and injured three others, while in eastern Donetsk Oblast, three people were killed and 11 were injured. In Sumy Oblast, a 49-year-old man was killed and four people were injured due to Russian drone strikes. In Kherson Oblast, one person was killed and four others injured in Russian attacks, according to regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin.

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Al Jazeera (Qatar) reported that Russian attacks across Ukraine have killed at least eight people as the United States steps up diplomatic efforts to de-escalate the war. The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine reported that Russian armed forces carried out repeated attacks across Ukraine, killing and injuring civilians and damaging homes, hospitals, shops, and workplaces.

The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine reported a deadly attack today, where Russian forces struck a vegetable sorting facility on a farm in Stara Hnylytsia, Kharkiv region, killing seven civilians and injuring 12 others, according to local authorities. From September 1 to 24, the Mission recorded at least 200 civilians killed and 1,234 injured in Ukraine.

Kyivindependent reported that in Sumy Oblast, Russian attacks killed one person and injured four others. In Kharkiv region, a vegetable sorting facility was hit, killing seven civilians and injuring 12 others. Al Jazeera (Qatar) reported that Russian attacks on a farm in Kharkiv region killed six people and wounded eight, and two more were killed in attacks on Kyiv.

Al Jazeera (Qatar) reported that Russian attacks on Ukrainian ports exacerbate global hunger and starvation. Deputy Prime Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski called the incident “hybrid warfare,” and NATO had “contingency plans” for Russian “provocations.” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that attacks on commercial vessels in the Black Sea are “inexplicable.”

Kyiv Post (Ukraine) reported that Russia launched a massive overnight missile and drone attack across Ukraine, killing at least nine people and damaging residential buildings and civilian infrastructure in several cities. Two people were killed according to preliminary information from regional authorities.

While Kyivindependent and Al Jazeera (Qatar) reported different casualty figures, both outlets agreed that Russian strikes across Ukraine have killed and injured civilians, damaged homes, hospitals, shops, and workplaces, and exacerbated global hunger and starvation.

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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).

Ukraine is constructing pontoon crossings across the Dnipro River in Kyiv following Russian strikes on key bridges.

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