Russian forces killed 132 civilians in Makariv, a Kiev region, the city’s mayor said on Friday, as Ukrainian officials continued to assess the extent of the devastation around the capital and the north of the country. Local officials collected the bodies and said they had been shot by Russian forces, Mayor Vadim Tokar told Ukrainian parliament television. Almost all of Makariv’s infrastructure has been destroyed, he said, adding that apartment complexes and other buildings were bombed and a hospital destroyed. “For more than a month now we have been without electricity, water, gas, telephone lines. “We do not even have basic goods at home,” Tokar said. Makariv, he said, has been hit by a “medical disaster”, with all doctors evacuated. He also warned that people in the city should be careful as mines are scattered in the fields. “Our deforested areas are very full of mines and so we will work first to demine these areas before we can start the full restoration of our infrastructure,” he said. The city has received help and citizens are taking to the streets and doing everything they can to clean up the rubble, the mayor said. Before the invasion, about 15,000 people lived in Makariv, but now there are less than 1,000 left. Tokar said residents are gradually returning and the city is slowly recovering. According to preliminary estimates, about 45% of Makariv has been destroyed, Tokar said.

title: “Live Updates Russia Invades Ukraine " ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-01” author: “Susan Carone”

The military governor of Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk region said the evacuation of civilians was “adjusting” after a Russian missile strike on the Kramatorsk railway station on Friday. Speaking on national television, Serhii Haidai said: “Unfortunately, after yesterday’s disaster in Kramatorsk, evacuation routes are being adapted, but we are ready, we will continue to evacuate people.” Haidai said bombings continued throughout the area. “All the settlements are being bombed,” he said. “The most difficult areas are Rubizhne, Popasna and the Hirske community. The Hirske community is bombarded from morning till night, constantly, the enemy has not stopped at all, they are shot with all kinds of weapons, but also by aircraft. continues in Popasna and Rubizne “. On Saturday, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Iryna Vereshchuk announced in the Telegram that 10 evacuation corridors have been agreed. In the Donetsk region, he said there would be a corridor from Mariupol to Zaporizhia for private vehicles. In the Zaporizhzhia region, Vereshchuk said four corridors, from Berdiansk, Tokmak, Enerhodar and Melitopol to Zaporizhzhia, would be open to private vehicles and buses. In the Luhansk region, Verestsuk named five corridors to Bakhmut, which came from Sheverodonetsk, Lysikhansk, Popasna, Rubizne and the village of Hirske. Background: At least 50 people, including five children, were killed and nearly 100 injured in a Russian rocket attack on a train station used as an evacuation hub in the eastern city of Kramatorsk on Friday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the strike was “another Russian war crime for which all those involved will be held accountable.” Kramatorsk is a key evacuation point for civilians seeking to escape heavy fighting in eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian officials have also warned that Russia is preparing a major offensive in the eastern Donbass region. CNN’s Christiane Amanpour and Jo Shelley contributed to the report in this post.

title: “Live Updates Russia Invades Ukraine " ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-17” author: “Clayton Lagrone”

Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed a new general to lead the war in Ukraine as his military changes plans after failing to occupy Kyiv, according to a US and European official. Officials told CNN that Army General Alexander Dvornikov, commander of Russia’s Southern Military District, has been appointed theater director of the Russian military campaign in Ukraine.
“This speaks to a Russian admission that things are going extremely badly and that they have to do something different,” the European official said. A new theater commander with extensive combat experience could bring a level of coordination to an attack that is now expected to focus on the Donbass area, rather than multiple fronts.
Dvornikov, 60, was the first commander of Russian military operations in Syria since Putin’s troops were sent there in September 2015 to support the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. During Dvornikov’s rule in Syria from September 2015 to June 2016, Russian aircraft supported the Assad regime and its allies as they besieged rebel-held eastern Aleppo, bombing densely populated neighborhoods and large neighborhoods. . The city fell into the hands of Syrian government forces in December 2016.
Russian forces have used a similarly heavy approach in parts of Ukraine, hitting residential buildings in major cities and demolishing much of the Ukrainian port of Mariupol.
“We will see how effective this will be,” said the European official. “Russian dogma, Russian tactics remain almost as they are from Afghanistan.” “They do things the same old way,” the official added. Military analysts and US officials familiar with intelligence estimates speculate that Russian generals are aiming to show Putin some tangible progress on the battlefield before Victory Day on May 9, when Russia sees the defeat of Nazi Germany and the occasion with a parade in Moscow. Red Square.
The European official described it as a “self-imposed deadline” that could lead to further mistakes by the Russians. But it could also lead to more atrocities by Russian forces, as happened in the Russian-occupied suburb of Bucha in Kiev. “The stench of these war crimes will hang over these Russian armed forces for many years to come,” the official said. Former United Kingdom ambassador to Russia Sir Roderic Lyne told Sky News on Saturday that Moscow had appointed a new general with “a rough enough history in Syria to try to gain at least some territory in Donetsk that Putin could present as win”.
The appointment of a new commander-in-chief for Russia’s war in Ukraine could be an attempt to create a more coherent strategy. CNN previously reported that Russia did not have a commander in the entire theater for operations in Ukraine, which means that units from different Russian military regions operated without coordination and sometimes for cross-cutting purposes, according to two U.S. defense officials.
The United States has previously said Putin would likely name a general whose forces are operating in southern Ukraine because the Russians have occupied and held more territory there, as opposed to Russia’s attempt to encircle Kyiv and cities in northern Ukraine. an effort that recently ended in withdrawal. The General Staff of Ukraine announced on Friday that Russian forces have completed their withdrawal from the northern Sumy region of Ukraine, while continuing the accumulation of forces in the east of the country.

title: “Live Updates Russia Invades Ukraine " ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-11” author: “Jose Ferguson”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed his nation on Sunday, calling Ukrainians “the bravest people in the best country in the world.” “We are reaching the end of another week,” Zelensky said in a speech he made regularly during Russia’s offensive in the country. “Our struggle for freedom, for the state. Another week in which Ukraine survived, despite Russia’s efforts to destroy us. we fight. We are defending. We repel the attacks. “ Zelensky said the nation was doing everything it could to win the war and accused the Russian leadership of “lying” in trying to absolve itself of responsibility. “When cowardice grows, everything turns into disaster,” he continued. “When people do not have the courage to admit their mistakes and apologize, to conform to reality and see that they are turning into monsters.” The Ukrainian president said Russia had lost touch with reality, acting as an attacker, but blamed Ukraine for the actions of Russian troops, including the Bucha assassination, the rocket attack on the Kramatorsk railway station and “every ruined city and burned village. ” “They have ruined the lives of millions. “They have started a full-scale war and they are behaving as if we are to blame for that.” He added that Russia, fearing defeat, would launch more full-scale hostilities in eastern Ukraine. “But we are ready,” he said, vowing to ensure that Ukraine has enough weapons and to impose tougher sanctions on Russia in order to get justice. Shortly before his speech, Zelensky said he had honored the “18 defenders of Ukraine” – including members of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the Special Communications Service and the police – for their heroism. He also thanked the journalists who share the truth about what is happening in the country. “The truth will win and Ukraine will win,” Zelensky said. “This is certain. Glory to Ukraine “.