the bombardment of Vinnytsia leaves 23 dead and a hundred injured, Zelensky calls for recognizing Russia as a terrorist state

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  • “This day demonstrates once again that Russia must be officially recognized as a terrorist state. (…) No other country in the world allows itself to destroy peaceful cities and ordinary human lives every day with cruise missiles and artillery”said Thursday, July 14 in the evening of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, pointing out that a medical center had been destroyed. He said three children under the age of ten were among the 23 dead, “and unfortunately this is not the final number” because “dozens of people are missing” and there are “very seriously injured”.
  • In a press release released tonightthe high representative of theEuropean Union (EU) for foreign affairs and security policy, Joseph Borrelland the European Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarcicdeclare that “the European Union condemns in the strongest terms the continued indiscriminate attacks on civilian buildings, including hospitals, schools and shelters” Vinnytsia.
  • Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations, is “landed” by the number of civilian casualties in Vinnytsia. He “condemns any attack against civilians or civilian infrastructure and reiterates its call to hold accountable those responsible for these violations” international law, his spokesman said.
  • According to the Russian state news agency TASS, citing Vitali Kiseleva manager of the “Luhansk People’s Republic”, Russian and separatist forces entered Siversk in Ukraine’s Donetsk region. According to him, the city could fall in a few days, without it being possible to verify, for the time being, these assertions.
  • The regional governor of Donetsk, Pavlo Kyrylenko, reported this Thursday morning, “one dead and five injured” in Bakhmoutafter, according to him, a Russian bombardment on this area of ​​eastern Ukraine.
  • The death toll from the Russian bombing of an apartment building in Chassiv Yar, eastern Ukraine, on Sunday has been reassessed at at least 48 dead, including a childUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday night, calling the attack one of the most “brutals of the whole war”.
  • North Korea has officially recognized the two pro-Russian breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine, Donetsk and Luhansk, as independent countries, North Korean state media reported Thursday morning. kyiv has announced that it is severing diplomatic relations with Pyongyang.
  • Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Wednesday ruled out ceding territories to Russiaas part of a possible peace agreement, while specifying that no peace negotiations were underway between Moscow and kyiv.

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