Death toll in Ukrainian strike on Lysychansk bakery rises to 28
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Among the deceased are 18 men, nine women, and one child.
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In this photo taken from video released by the Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service on late Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024, Russian Emergency Ministry employees carry a casualty from the side of a collapsed bakery after an attack of Ukrainian troops in Lysychansk, Lugansk (AP)
The latest update on the death toll in the Ukrainian strike on a bakery in Lysychansk rose to 28, Russian authorities report.
The Ukrainian strike which occurred on Saturday targeted a a building that housed a popular bakery in Lysychansk, Lugansk oblast.
Ukrainian authorities have still not issued any statement on the matter.
"Search operations continue on the site of the collapsed bakery... 28 people, including a child, have died," the Russian emergency situations ministry posted on Telegram.
Among the deceased, there were 18 men, nine women, and one child, officials in Lugansk said.
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Russian MFA Accuses Ukraine of 'Terrorism'
Shortly after the attack occured, the Ukrainian government was accused by the Russian Foreign Ministry of terrorism.
"Russia will inform international organizations about the latest act of terrorism by Zelenskyy’s gang. We expect the relevant international organizations to issue a swift and firm rebuke for Kiev’s crime," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement.
As Ukraine struggles to achieve its counter-offensive objectives and encounters diminishing Western support in recent months, the operations conducted by Kiev seem to shift more closely to acts of terrorism.
On January 25, Ukraine shot down a Russian military transport plane that was carrying 65 captured Ukrainian soldiers to a prisoner exchange. Russia labeled the incident as a barbaric act of terrorism, resulting in the death of a total of 74 people.
Just four days earlier, a Ukrainian shelling in a busy market in Donetsk resulted in the deaths of 25 civilians, including two children.
On December 30, 2023, Ukraine executed an indiscriminate strike on the Russian city of Belgorod, utilizing cluster-mounted Vilkha missiles and shells from a Czech-made RM-70 Vampire multiple-launch rocket system.
The attack resulted in the deaths of 12 adults and two children, with 108 others wounded.
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