The Ukrainian side announced that a total of 37 people were killed and 134 people were injured in the large-scale missile attacks on several cities carried out by Russia, which continues its military invasion of Ukraine, over the two days until the 11th of this month. did.
On the 12th, there was an artillery bombardment by the Russian army at the market, which increased the number of civilian casualties.
The Russian military launched large-scale missile attacks on several Ukrainian cities over the next two days, in retaliation for an explosion on a bridge leading to Crimea in southern Ukraine, which it unilaterally annexed eight years ago. I was.
Deputy Chief of Staff of the President of Ukraine Tymoshenko announced on SNS on the 12th that a total of 14 civilians were killed in the attacks on the previous day in the eastern Donetsk and southeastern Zaporizhia provinces. A total of 37 civilians died during the day, and 134 were injured.
On the 12th, at least 7 people were killed and 8 injured in an artillery shelling by the Russian army at a market in Donetsk Odyivka, increasing the number of civilian casualties.
The series of missile attacks also damaged a park in the center of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, and has been criticized by Western countries. He reiterated that the explosion on the bridge leading to the Ukrainian intelligence was sabotage.
He also criticized the large-scale gas leak that occurred in the gas pipeline connecting Russia and Germany, saying, "There is no doubt that this is an act of international terrorism aimed at undermining Europe's energy security." He claimed that it was a sabotage operation involving the United States.
On the 12th, President Putin invited the daughter of a pro-Russian cadre who died in the battle in Donetsk province, which was unilaterally annexed, to Moscow and handed over a medal that she was a Russian hero. He has not broken his hard-line stance, such as by appealing his stance to justify the annexation.