By AFP 08 July 2023 | 1:22 pm Eight people were killed and 13 injured on Saturday in Lyman in eastern Ukraine after the town came under Russian rocket fire, Ukraine’s interior ministry said. Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by SERGEY BOBOK / AFP) Eight people were killed and 13 injured on Saturday in Lyman in eastern Ukraine after the town came under Russian rocket fire, Ukraine’s interior ministry said. “So far we know about 8 dead… The number of injured has increased to 13 people,” the ministry said on social media. A residential building, an annexe to a printing house and three cars were set on fire in the attack, it said. Pavlo Kyrylenko, governor of the Donetsk region where Lyman is located, said “at around 10:00 am, the Russians struck the town with multiple rocket launchers”. Lyman, a major rail hub, was initially captured by Russian forces but then re-taken by Ukraine’s army in October. Ukraine has reported Russian offensive operations in the area this week. In the Russian-controlled town of Oleshky in southern Ukraine, an emergency services official was quoted by TASS news agency as saying two civilians were killed by Ukrainian fire overnight. Latest 1 day ago Lobi Stars provided one of the biggest shock in the Naija Super Eight contest in Lagos, yesterday, beating Rivers United 2-1. 1 day ago Katsina State Government has concluded arrangements to engage about 2,400 youths to assist in providing security in some Local Government Areas (LGAs) affected by insecurity in the state. 1 day ago Ebonyi Government has hailed the Nigeria Police Force on the arrest of a 15-member gang following Tuesday’s shooting in the state. 1 day ago The upcoming film Oppenheimer, directed by Christopher Nolan, is a biopic about J. Robert Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist who helped develop the first nuclear weapons. The film is based on the 2005 biography American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin. Oppenheimer is scheduled to be released theatrically on July 21, 2023, by Universal… 1 day ago The police command in Lagos State says its operatives have foiled an attempt by hoodlums to steal oil at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Pipeline.
Comments