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Russian Air Strikes Kill 9 Soldiers In Ukraine Military Base
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Ukraine says more than 1,500 civilians have died in a near two-week siege, which has left the city without water or heat, and running out of food
- Attempts to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people have repeatedly failed
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Russian air strikes killed nine people at a military base outside Ukraine’s western city of Lviv in an attack that brings the conflict dangerously close to the Polish border.
Ukraine’s capital Kyiv meanwhile prepared for possible encirclement by Russian forces who invaded the country on February 24.
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In a video address posted on social media late Saturday night, President Volodymyr Zelensky was adamant that the Russians would not take Ukraine.
“The Russian invaders cannot conquer us. They do not have such strength. They do not have such spirit. They are holding only on violence. Only on terror,” he said.
After more than two weeks of attacks in eastern and southern Ukraine, Russian forces have in recent days hit targets in the centre and now the west, edging close to the frontier with EU and NATO member Poland.
Overnight, Russian missiles struck a military training ground in Yavoriv near Lviv – about 20 kilometres (12 miles) from the Polish border – killing nine people and leaving 57 injured, local officials said.
It was a training centre for Ukrainian forces and also a hub for joint exercises with NATO allies. Ukraine’s defence minister said foreign instructors worked there, but did not say whether they were present at the time of the attack.
Meanwhile, efforts continue to get help to the strategic southern port city of Mariupol, which aid agencies say is facing a humanitarian catastrophe.
A convoy of aid headed for Mariupol was blocked at a Russian checkpoint, but hoped to arrive on Sunday, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said.
Ukraine says more than 1,500 civilians have died in a near two-week siege, which has left the city without water or heat, and running out of food.
Attempts to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people have repeatedly failed.
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