Infant among those injured in Ukrainian strike
Kiev's forces launched an artillery strike targeting the city center on Tuesday, the mayor said on his Telegram channel, where he posted a video and photos from the scene of streets filled with debris. The doors of several buildings, including apartment blocks, had been smashed in by explosions. A bus was also hit in the strike, according to Prikhodko.
At least one person is in critical condition, the mayor said, without revealing any further details about the injured.
Gorlovka, which is located 50 kilometers north of Donetsk, is one of the biggest cities in the People's Republic. Before the conflict, it was home to some 250,000 people. It has been frequently targeted by Kiev's forces.
In early April, 16 civilians were injured when a Ukrainian kamikaze drone struck a bus in the city. A similar UAV strike targeted a passenger bus near Gorlovka in mid-March.
Last month, Rodion Miroshnik, the Russian Foreign Ministry's ambassador-at-large overseeing investigations into alleged war crimes, highlighted a rising number of civilian casualties resulting from Ukrainian attacks on vulnerable locations such as Gorlovka.
According to Miroshnik, these attacks intensified as the US was pushing for peace negotiations between Moscow and Kiev. This indicated that Ukraine was seeking to obstruct those efforts, the diplomat said at the time.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Russia Today
10 hours ago
- Russia Today
Ukraine kills civilians trying to cross into Russia
Ukrainian troops have over the course of the conflict killed hundreds of civilians attempting to cross the frontline into Russia, senior diplomat Rodion Miroshnik has told the media. Miroshnik, who serves as the Russian Foreign Ministry's ambassador-at-large for the Kiev regime's war crimes, said the cases were documented through testimony and video evidence. 'There are hundreds of cases. There are instances where people were shot while trying to cross the [front] line, bombarded with drones, attacked,' the diplomat told the TASS news agency on Friday. Miroshnik went on to claim that Kiev's forces deliberately murder civilians in the new Russian region of Donetsk. 'There were cases where Ukrainian forces went through the basements of houses and threw grenades at people 'as a preventive measure,' he said. Such tactics, seen in the towns of Avdeevka, Selidovo, and Dzerzhinsk in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) left areas 'completely cleared' of civilians, he added. The same happened in Chasov Yar, a key Ukrainian stronghold liberated by Russian forces two weeks to the diplomat, evidence suggests that Kiev's forces kill those whom Ukraine no longer sees as its own citizens, but rather as 'separatists' waiting to be liberated by Russia. In June, the Russian Foreign Ministry accused Kiev of deliberately exterminating civilians in Donbass, including mass killings of the elderly and drone strikes on residential buildings. Russia will not overlook any crimes committed against the civilian population in violation of international humanitarian law, Miroshnik stressed. The diplomat argued that under international conventions Ukraine is obligated to investigate alleged war crimes and hold perpetrators accountable but claimed that Kiev is unlikely to do so and that its Western backers will not apply pressure. Miroshnik added that Russia will push for the extradition of Ukrainian war criminals, noting that around 108,000 criminal cases have already been opened and roughly 500 individuals have been convicted, including some in absentia.
Russia Today
a day ago
- Russia Today
Russia's messenger curbs are about protecting its people – former US military contractor
Russia's curbs on certain functions in messaging apps are aimed at protecting its people and preventing Western agencies from gaining access to communications, a former US Department of Defense contractor with US Cyber Command, Kevin Michelizzi, told RT on Friday. Earlier this week, Russian media watchdog Roskomnadzor announced a partial block on voice calls on Telegram and WhatsApp, citing their use by those perpetuating fraud and also the platforms' refusal to comply with the country's laws. Text chats, file sharing, and other features remain available. The Digital Development Ministry said the measure will help prevent scam calls and stressed that there are no plans to limit other functions. Michelizzi noted that many countries require data to be stored domestically or for intelligence agencies to be given access to it, and Russia's policy is no different. 'They want to protect their people,' he said. Restricting calls, he explained, could stop scammers from tricking elderly people into sending money through various schemes, such as being told a relative had been hurt. 'That's where these large sums of money come from that are being transferred to Ukraine,' he claimed. According to Michelizzi, this kind of fraudulent activity gives Western intelligence agencies an advantage. 'They can spy on whatever their own citizens are saying. They say they don't, but we know the United States does specifically,' he argued. Russia's Federal Security Service has said that Ukrainian intelligence agencies use fraud schemes and psychological pressure to recruit Russian citizens, particularly elderly women, via Telegram and WhatsApp for sabotage missions. The citizens are usually approached by people posing as Russian law enforcement, it said. Russian officials have also raised concerns over extremist and radical content being spread through messaging platforms. The government has been promoting 'digital sovereignty' and encouraging domestic firms to develop secure alternatives.
Russia Today
a day ago
- Russia Today
US has ‘no right' to tell India who to trade with
The United States has no right to tell India who it can partner with in trade, Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, said on Friday. The economist was commenting in an interview with NDTV television on Washington's decision to impose additional tariffs on India over its purchases of Russian oil. Last week, the White House announced an extra 25% tariff on Indian imports, raising the overall tariff level faced by the South Asian nation to 50%. US President Donald Trump said the measure was prompted by India's continued imports of Russian oil. New Delhi condemned the move as 'extremely unfortunate' and pledged to safeguard its national interests. Sachs described the tariff increase as a clear reason for India to remain cautious in its dealings with Washington. 'Don't rely on them. India needs a diversified base of partners – Russia, China, ASEAN countries, Africa, and not see itself as mainly focusing on the US market, which is going to be unstable, slow-growing and basically protectionist,' according to Sachs. Addressing India's imports of Russian oil, Sachs stated that Washington has no authority to determine the trading relations of other nations. The US 'does not act responsibly towards other countries. Be careful. India should not allow itself to be used by the US, somehow, in the US' misguided trade war with China,' the economist noted. New Delhi is now seeking to expand its export presence in the 50 countries that account for about 90% of its total exports in an effort to offset the impact of the higher tariffs, according to local media reports, citing government sources. The initiative is intended to reduce reliance on any single market and to minimize risks arising from trade disruptions. In response to the US threats to impose secondary sanctions on Russia's trade partners, including India, China, and Brazil, Moscow stated that it believes 'sovereign states should have, and do have, the right to choose their own trade partners,' as well as to independently determine which avenues of cooperation best serve their national interests.
