Already in the first fortnight of the start of the Russian offensive in UkraineKiev has accused Russia of having bombed a children’s hospital in the city of Mariupol on Wednesday, while several humanitarian corridors agreed between the parties were open to evacuate the civilian population and Odessa was preparing its fortification to stop the Russian offensive.
Bombing a children’s hospital
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, denounced this Russian air attack and again called for the closure of Ukrainian airspace. “Direct attack by Russian troops on children’s hospital. There are people, children under the rubble. Atrocity! How much longer will the world be complicit in ignoring this terror? Close the airspace now,” Zelensky wrote on Twitter.
The attack, which caused at least 17 injured according to the Ukrainian authorities, it took place while they were open six humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of civilians from the cities, amid mutual accusations of non-compliance with the truces.
humanitarian corridors
According to the head of the parliamentary faction of the Ukrainian ruling Servant of the People party, David Arajamia, during the last day were evacuated more than 40,000 civilians from locations throughout the country where hostilities are taking place.
Chernobyl power plant without electricity
This Wednesday morning, the Ukrenergo National Energy Company reported that the Chernobyl nuclear plant had run out of electricity due to attacks by Russian troops.
The Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dmitro Kuleba, warned that the electricity generators that supply the plant have a reserve capacity of about 48 hours and, after that time, their cooling systems will stop.
But later the Russian Ministry of Defense accused the Ukrainian forces of having attacked the electrical network that supplies the nuclear power plant and assured that it was Russian experts who acted immediately to switch to standby diesel generators.
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