November 6, 2023
A Russian missile strike killed multiple soldiers at a military awards ceremony in southern Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the soldiers’ deaths were ‘avoidable.’ DW has the latest.
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Image: Nina Liashonok/REUTERSSkip next section What you need to knowWhat you need to knowMultiple Ukrainian soldiers have been killed after a Russian missile strike hit a military “awards ceremony” in the southern Zaporizhzhia region.
Exact numbers on those killed in the attack differ, with soldiers from the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade said to have those being honored at the ceremony.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said it was an avoidable loss of life.
Here’s a look at the latest developments in Russia’s war in Ukraine:
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Odesa Museum targeted by aerial strikeRussian aerial strikes in Odesa wounded eight people and significantly damaged a historic art museum.
Images seemed to show the art from Odesa Fine Arts Museum, in the southern part of Ukraine, ripped off the walls with windows blown out following an overnight bombardment.
Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Dzheppar called on the United Nations’ Paris-based heritage agency UNESCO to condemn the strike.
A lot of the collection usually housed at the museum had been removed during the war, according to the governor of the Odesa region, Oleg Kiper.
Kyiv said that Russian forces had launched four missiles and nearly multiple attack drones from occupied regions of the country in the south overnight.
https://p.dw.com/p/4YSofSkip next section Missile strike on military ‘awards ceremony’ kills soldiersNovember 6, 2023
Missile strike on military ‘awards ceremony’ kills soldiersMultiple Ukrainian soldiers have been killed after a Russian missile strike hit a military “awards ceremony” in the southern Zaporizhzhia region.
Exact numbers on those killed in the attack differ, with soldiers from the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade said to have those being honoured at the ceremony.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy lamented the avoidable loss of life, saying: “This is a tragedy that could have been avoided. A criminal investigation has been registered into the tragedy.”
“The main thing is to establish the full truth about what happened and to prevent this from happening again.”
One Ukrainian soldier took to social media to criticize commanders for having held the ceremony
“Everyone is writing that ‘Heroes died’. Although it is more appropriate to write ‘Heroes became victims’,” soldier Ivan Savytskyy said. “They became victims of military rudimentary traditionalism in its worst form.”
km/jcg (AFP, dpa, AP, Reuters)
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