Mom shields child daughter from shelling, prevents her being harmed, Ukrainian hospital says

Whereas Ukraine’s military reported little in the way in which of offensive operations by Russian forces round Kyiv and in components of the south on Saturday, additional east combating continued to rage.

Two kids have been killed in the city of Rubizhne after being pulled from the rubble of a residential constructing pummeled by Russian artillery fireplace, the emergency companies stated. 

A lady additionally died in the identical constructing collapse; her daughter survived and was in a steady situation.

Some context: Rubizhne is a part of a cluster of small cities and villages that stay in Ukrainian fingers however lie near two breakaway pro-Russian statelets inside jap Ukraine.

The Ukrainian military’s most up-to-date evaluation of the conflict makes clear they’re seen as a present focus of Russia’s marketing campaign in the east — to hyperlink the two strongholds round Luhansk and Donetsk with territorial positive aspects made to the northwest in the area round Kharkiv.

Saturday’s every day replace from the military’s central command — launched in the early afternoon — reported a sequence of Russian offensives with “the primary efforts targeted on makes an attempt to seize Severodonetsk, Rubizhne and Popasna.”

Additional deaths and destruction: On Friday, 4 folks have been killed and ten others injured as Russian artillery opened up throughout a sequence of communities in the area, native Ukrainian authorities stated. 

Regional head Serhii Haidai stated a complete of 54 buildings had been hit, together with 19 residence blocks and two well being care facilities.

Some 23 cities and villages have been with out gasoline provides and 26 have been with out electrical energy by the day’s finish.

A lot of these wounded in current days have been amongst 700 folks evacuated by means of a humanitarian hall on Saturday, Haidai reported.