Poltava tragedy: how Putin and the enemy must answer for all crimes against humanity – a legacy of Russian strike on Ukrainian soil
The attack happened a day after two ballistic missiles blasted a military academy and nearby hospital in Poltava in Ukraine, killing more than 50 people and wounding more than 200 others, Ukrainian officials said, in one of the deadliest Russian strikes since the war began.
“A great tragedy for Poltava region and entire Ukraine,” Pronin wrote on his Telegram page. “The enemy certainly must answer for all (its) crimes against humanity,” he said.
The day that Russian President Putin arrived in Mongolia was the site of the strike. His host would not heed demands to arrest him on an international warrant for war crimes.
Zelenskyy appealed for military aid to be delivered quickly. He chided the US and European countries for being slow to make good on their pledges.
He also wants them to ease restrictions on what Ukraine can target on Russian soil with the weapons they provide. Some countries fear that hitting Russia could escalate the war.
We need long-range strikes to protect us from Russian terror now. He said that every day of delay, more lives are lost.
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A partially destroyed building of the Poltava Military Institute of Communications. People found themselves under the rubble. Many were saved,” Zelenskyy said in a video posted on his Telegram channel.
“All necessary services are involved in the rescue operation,” he added. He said he had ordered “a full and prompt investigation” into what happened. Zelenskyy didn’t provide any further details.
The capital of the region is Poltava, officials said. Poltava is located about 350 kilometers (200 miles) southeast of Kyiv. The main highway and rail route between the city of Kiev and the city of Kharkiv is within walking distance of the Russian border.
At least 41 people were killed and 180 others were wounded in a missile attack on a military training facility and hospital in eastern Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian president.
The resignation of Kuleba will be discussed by lawmakers at their next session, according to the speaker. President Zelenskyy indicated that he would make a Cabinet shuffle last week as he seeks to strengthen his government 212 years into the war.
Kuleba has been second to Zelenskyy in carrying the message of the war in Ukraine to an international audience. In July, Kuleba became the highest-ranking Ukrainian official to visit China since Russia’s full-scale invasion started in February 2022. He has been foreign minister since March 2020.
More than half the current Cabinet will undergo changes, said Davyd Arakhamiia, a leader of Zelenskyy’s party in the Ukrainian parliament. He said that the ministers will be leaving on Wednesday and new appointments will be made on Thursday.
Assassination of a sniper rifle in the Kursk border region as Russian forces hunt for a terrorist attack in Lviv
The mayor said at least seven people were killed by Russian attacks on the city of Lviv. A child and a medical worker were among the dead and others are in critical condition, he said.
The attack happened as Ukrainian forces sought to carve out their holdings in Russia’s Kursk border region after a surprise Ukrainian incursion that began Aug. 6 and as the Russian army hacks its way deeper into eastern Ukraine.