At least three killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine despite Moscow’s self-declared ceasefire; UK says fighting continued at ‘routine level’ into Orthodox Christmas
Ukrainian soldiers fire towards Russian forces on the Donbas frontline in Donetsk province on Saturday.Ukrainian soldiers fire towards Russian forces on the Donbas frontline in Donetsk province on Saturday.Last modified on Sun 8 Jan 2023 06.22 GMTdespite Moscow’s declaration of a 36-hour ceasefire from midday on Friday to midnight on Saturday for Orthodox Christmas. At least three people were killed., according to governor Yaroslav Yanushevych.
No casualties have been reported, but residential and commercial buildings continued to come under fire. The Russian-installed governor of the occupied Crimean city of Sevastopol has said air defences shot down a drone in an apparent attack The ministry’s daily intelligence update stated that fighting was focused in heavily forested terrain to the west of the town of Kremina in eastern Ukraine’s Luhansk province, where “combat has devolved to dismounted infantry fighting, often at short range”.The Italian newspaper La Repubblica reported that the request was made in a conversation between the US national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, and Francesco Talo, an adviser to the Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni.
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