13 killed after Russian rockets hit central Ukraine

Shelling by Russian forces killed 13 individuals and critically wounded 5 others in Ukraine’s central Dnipropetrovsk area in a single day, in accordance with the pinnacle of the area’s army administration.

The cities of Myrivska and Marhanets in Nikopol district have been hit by 80 rockets that landed in residential areas late Tuesday evening, Valentyn Reznichenko wrote in a Telegram submit Wednesday.

Marhanets sits on the alternative financial institution of the Dnipro River from the occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant.

Greater than 20 high-rise buildings, a cultural middle, two colleges, town council constructing and a number of other different administrative buildings have been struck, Reznichenko stated.

A number of thousand persons are with out electrical energy in Marhanets, whereas as much as a thousand individuals in Myrivska are with out fuel, in accordance with Reznichenko. “It was a tragic evening,” he wrote within the submit.

Some context: Kyiv has accused Russian forces of storing heavy weaponry in and launching assaults from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, which they took over in early March. Moscow, in the meantime, has claimed Ukrainian troops are focusing on the complicated. UN Secretary-Basic Antonio Guterres has described current artillery and rocket fireplace within the space as “suicidal,” additional including to fears of an accident on the plant, which is the most important of its sort in Europe.