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Yahoo
24-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Two children of Kyiv doctor among people killed in Russian attack on Kyiv
Russian forces launched a combined attack on Kyiv on the night of 23-24 April. The strikes have killed siblings, 21-year-old Nikita and 19-year-old Sofiia. Source: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a press conference with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa Quote from Zelenskyy: "This morning, our country faced a new, large-scale Russian attack, with over 200 aerial targets: missiles, including ballistic ones, and kamikaze drones. Sadly, there is destruction and loss in our capital, in other cities, and in all regions of Ukraine. More than 80 people were injured in these strikes. A brother and sister are among the dead in Kyiv. The boy was 21 years old; the girl was 19." Details: Later, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (KNU) clarified that the two people killed in the Russian attack were the son and daughter of Yaroslav Kozlov, a neurologist at the University Clinic of KNU. Nikita was a student at the National Transport University, while Sofiia had graduated from the Professional College of the Kyiv National University of Technology and Design. "The family of the Shevchenko University expresses its sincere condolences to Yaroslav Volodymyrovych [Kozlov]," a statement on the KNU website reads. Background: Ukraine's Air Force reported that Russian forces had launched 215 missiles, including ballistic ones, and drones on Ukraine on the night of 23-24 April. The main impact fell on Kyiv, damaging an entire residential area. The Russian attack has affected various regions, particularly Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zhytomyr, Zaporizhzhia and Khmelnytskyi oblasts. The Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office reported that as of 11:00 on 24 April, eight people are confirmed to have been killed. The State Emergency Service noted that the remains of the ninth person, previously reported dead, are currently undergoing forensic examination. In total, 90 people were injured, with 44 being in hospital. Search and rescue operations are ongoing in the Sviatoshynskyi district of Kyiv, where there are concerns that people may still be trapped under the rubble. Emergency workers and canine teams from the State Emergency Service are actively working at the scene. Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
The Guardian
31-03-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
Myanmar earthquake: What we know so far
The death toll from a 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar on Friday has surpassed 1,700 and flattened huge swathes of the South-east Asian nation. The US Geological Survey's predictive modelling estimates Myanmar's death toll could eventually top 10,000 and losses could exceed the country's annual economic output. Red Cross officials said Myanmar was facing 'a level of devastation that hasn't been seen over a century in Asia'. In neighbouring Thailand, at least 18 people have been killed and rescue efforts are continuing at the site of a collapsed 30-storey tower in Bangkok. Rescuers are scrambling to find 78 people still missing. Rescuers freed a woman from the ruins of a hotel in Myanmar's Mandalay, officials said on Monday, offering a glimmer of hope that more survivors may be found. Images from the city of Mandalay show entire neighbourhoods in ruins and broken-off pagodas from the top of temples reduced to rubble. Highways, bridges, airports and railways in several parts of the country have been damaged, Reuters reports. Burmese military jets launched airstrikes and drone attacks in Karen state, according to the Free Burma Rangers, a relief organisation. The strikes hit near the headquarters of the Karen National Union (KNU), an armed resistance group against the country's military-run government. The KNU criticised the country's military government for 'deploying forces to attack its people' when it should be focused on the relief effort. Singapore's foreign minister, Vivian Balakrishnan, called for an immediate ceasefire to help aid distribution. Aid from China, Russia, India, the UK and neighbouring South-east Asian nations has begun flowing into Myanmar. China sent an 82-person team of rescuers into the country in the hours after the quake and a 118-member search and rescue team had also arrived, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported. The Chinese government said it would provide 100m yuan ($13.8m) in emergency humanitarian assistance, with shipments to begin Monday. In contrast, the US government – which is in the process of gutting its central foreign aid agency, USAID – has pledged just $2m for the relief effort. In the city of Sagaing, which was hit by the quake and a series of aftershocks, the provincial fire department was among the building destroyed, damaging all the rescue machinery and vehicles inside. There are not enough rescue teams to retrieve the dead bodies, nor is there sufficient equipment to sift through debris. Sagaing's hospital has also been damaged, forcing patients outside into the searing heat, said Ma Ei, a resident who has helped in the humanitarian efforts. They also need dry food, drinking water and medicines, she said.
Yahoo
30-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Amid earthquake crisis, Myanmar military still bombs towns
(Reuters) - An armed resistance movement against Myanmar's military-run government criticised the junta on Sunday for conducting airstrikes on villages even as the country reels from an earthquake that has killed around 1,700 people. The Karen National Union, one of Myanmar's oldest ethnic armies, said in a statement that the junta "continues to carry out airstrikes targeting civilian areas, even as the population suffers tremendously from the earthquake". The group said that under normal circumstances, the military would be prioritising relief efforts, but instead is focused on "deploying forces to attack its people". A spokesman for the junta did not reply to queries from Reuters about the criticism. Myanmar has been locked in civil war with multiple armed opposition groups since a 2021 coup, when the military seized power from the elected government of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. Shortly after Friday's devastating earthquake, military jets launched airstrikes and drone attacks in Karen state, near the KNU headquarters, according to the Free Burma Rangers, a relief organisation. The epicentre of the 7.7-magnitude quake was in an area held by junta forces, but the devastation is widespread and also affected some territory held by armed resistance movements. On Sunday, the opposition National Unity Government, which includes remnants of the government ousted in 2021, said anti-junta militias under its command would pause all offensive military action for two weeks. Richard Horsey, the senior Myanmar adviser at Crisis Group, said some anti-junta forces have halted their offensives but fighting continues elsewhere. "The regime also continues to launch airstrikes, including in affected areas. That needs to stop," he said. He added that the regime was not providing much visible support in quake-hit areas. "Local fire brigades, ambulance crews, and community organisations have mobilised, but the military - who would normally be mobilised to support in such a crisis - are nowhere to be seen," Horsey said.
Reuters
30-03-2025
- Politics
- Reuters
Amid earthquake crisis, Myanmar military still bombs towns
March 30 (Reuters) - An armed resistance movement against Myanmar's military-run government criticised the junta on Sunday for conducting airstrikes on villages even as the country reels from an earthquake that has killed around 1,700 people. The Karen National Union, one of Myanmar's oldest ethnic armies, said in a statement that the junta "continues to carry out airstrikes targeting civilian areas, even as the population suffers tremendously from the earthquake". The group said that under normal circumstances, the military would be prioritising relief efforts, but instead is focused on "deploying forces to attack its people". A spokesman for the junta did not reply to queries from Reuters about the criticism. Myanmar has been locked in civil war with multiple armed opposition groups since a 2021 coup, when the military seized power from the elected government of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. Shortly after Friday's devastating earthquake, military jets launched airstrikes and drone attacks in Karen state, near the KNU headquarters, according to the Free Burma Rangers, a relief organisation. The epicentre of the 7.7-magnitude quake was in an area held by junta forces, but the devastation is widespread and also affected some territory held by armed resistance movements. On Sunday, the opposition National Unity Government, which includes remnants of the government ousted in 2021, said anti-junta militias under its command would pause all offensive military action for two weeks. Richard Horsey, the senior Myanmar adviser at Crisis Group, said some anti-junta forces have halted their offensives but fighting continues elsewhere. "The regime also continues to launch airstrikes, including in affected areas. That needs to stop," he said. He added that the regime was not providing much visible support in quake-hit areas. "Local fire brigades, ambulance crews, and community organisations have mobilised, but the military - who would normally be mobilised to support in such a crisis - are nowhere to be seen," Horsey said.
