The deadly new attacks included a strike on a residential block in the historic city of Uman in central Ukraine theSun theSundaily Russia UkraineWar Ukraine Uman
A T-34 tank is transported along the Garden Ring road towards the Red Square for a rehearsal of the Victory Day military parade, in central Moscow, on April 27, 2023. Russia will celebrate the 78h anniversary of the 1945 victory over Nazi Germany on May 9. AFPPIX: Russian strikes battered cities across Ukraine on Friday, killing 26 people including five children, as Kyiv said preparations for a counter-offensive against Moscow's forces were nearly complete.
Earlier in the day, Dmitry, a 33-year-old resident from Lugansk, an eastern city under Russian control, was looking for his children.Rescuers were using cranes to search for survivors among the remains of the multi-storey housing block in the city of 80,000 inhabitants. Separately, authorities in the southern region of Kherson said on Friday evening that Russian forces shelled the village of Bilozerka, killing a 57-year-old woman and wounding another three people.“Only absolute evil can unleash such terror against Ukraine,“ he said in his evening address.
The capital had not been hit by missiles in more than 50 days, although last week it was attacked by 12 Iranian-made drones, eight of which were shot down without causing any casualties.The country's air defence system has been bolstered in recent months by the delivery of Western equipment crucial to the country's war effort.
Kyiv has said throughout the war launched by Russia in February 2022 that it is intent on repelling Moscow's forces from territory they control in eastern and southern Ukraine.- 'Only way to survive' -But he added that Washington’s promised Abrams tanks “will not have time to take part in this counteroffensive”.
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