Ukraine War: Russian Missile Attack Focuses on Bakhmut – Civilians Killed

Update from Thursday, August 11, 06:11: It’s the 169th day of the Ukraine war. Even at night fighting finds no rest. In the Donbass in eastern Ukraine, Russian forces continued their advance accompanied by heavy artillery fire. Seven civilians were killed in the town of Bakhmut on Wednesday (10 August). Shops, homes and apartments were also damaged and fires broke out due to the attack. This has now been confirmed by the Ukrainian Prosecutor’s Office. In a speech, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced retaliation for the Russian air strike.

The president also appealed to the population in the area occupied by Russia and urged the people to contact the Ukrainian armed forces through secure channels to transmit information about the enemy or about his collaborators. In addition, contact with those citizens who are alone or cut off from contact must be maintained. “Talk to them, support them, tell them about our struggle and the possibility of evacuating an empty area,” Zelensky said.

Ukraine news: 'Capture or die’ – separatists warn Ukrainian soldiers

+++ 10.50 pm: Two civilians were said to have been killed in attacks on a village near Kharkiv. This was announced by the local police on Wednesday. Russian forces shelled the Ukrainian-controlled village of Stary Saltyv, around 12 noon. Police accused Russian forces of deliberately attacking apartment buildings and announced an investigation into suspected war crimes.

+++ 10.20 pm: It is said that the pro-Russian forces made advances in several major cities of the Donetsk region. A spokesman for the fighters of the „Donetsk People’s Republic” reported this to Russian media on Wednesday CNN mentioned. It is said that the forces entered the cities of Soledar and Bakhmut, which fought battles a few days ago. In addition, the occupiers took control of the villages of Pisky, Marinka and Avdiivka. And on the latter, the spokesman concluded that „Ukrainian soldiers who are still in the city will either be captured or die.”

News of the Ukraine war: Civilians were killed in a missile attack on Bakhmut

+++ 9.20 pm: Seven civilians were said to have been killed in a Russian attack on the town of Bakhmut. This was reported by the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office on Telegram on Wednesday. Russian forces were said to have bombed high-rise buildings, single-family homes, and shops in the city center with multiple rocket launchers. Six other people were injured.

The Public Prosecutor’s Office is now investigating a suspected war crime. For days, Bakhmut was a target of Russian forces trying to advance into the Donbass region. The Government of Ukraine required all civilians to leave the disputed area.

News about the Ukraine war: power lines from the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant could be cut

+++ 8.15 pm: Ukraine threatened to cut power lines to Russia’s Zaporizhia nuclear power plant. This measure will be announced by the head of the state nuclear energy company Enerhoatom, Petro Kotin, if Russia connects the power plant to the attached Crimea grid. „I think our armed forces will be ready for that if necessary,” the 61-year-old told RBK-Ukrina news agency, adding that Ukrainian power lines would bomb power lines.

According to Kotin, the power plant will have to be completely disconnected from the Ukrainian power system if Russia wants to connect it to the Crimean grid. This would jeopardize the energy supply of the entire Russian-occupied southern Ukraine. Since opening in March, The situation around the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant is tense. And battles take place repeatedly near the furnace, which is apparently used by Russian forces as a military base.

Ukraine war news: Ukrainian army wants to recover Cherson „quickly”.

+++ 7.15 pm: One person was killed in explosions in the Crimea in the Black Sea. These reports The island Quoted from the local health ministry. Eight other people were also injured. The exact cause of the explosion remains unclear (see preliminary report). Ukraine continues to refuse to participate.

Recently, such a statement came from the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Hanna Maliar. „The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense cannot determine the cause of the fire, but it does mention fire safety regulations and the ban on smoking in unauthorized places,” she wrote on Facebook.

+++ 5.50 pm: In an interview with the Ukrainian news agency RBC-Ukraine, a high-ranking commander said that they want to liberate the Kherson region from Russian occupation in the coming months. „Unfortunately, I can’t give a time frame or a date. But I want to tell the Kherson people that it won’t take as long as everyone expects. It will be fast,” Major General Dmytro Marchenko said, adding that by the end of the year, they want to have freed Cherson significantly. categorically thus heralding „the end of the active phase of the war.”

And then there will be some local military operations. But by the end of the year we must complete the main phase of this war.

News of the Ukraine war: the destruction of a strategically important bridge

+++ 4.15 pm: According to the Ukrainian military, the missile launches rendered a bridge near the Nowa Kakhovka Dam in southern Ukraine unusable. The Southern Army Command said on Facebook on Wednesday (August 10) that the „strike was accurate” and „effective”. Crew management has no information yet on this. The day before, the Russian channel was RT Only reports of regular bombing of the bridge over the ship channel and the dam itself.

Russia has largely occupied the Cherson region in southern Ukraine on the lower reaches of the Dnipro River. Using long-range missile systems, the Ukrainian army is systematically trying to destroy the only three river crossings in the region. This is intended to prevent the Russian army from replenishing on the Right Bank and to enable the restoration.

News of the Ukraine war: Russia wants to destroy German Gibbard tanks

+++ 3 pm: According to their own statements, Russian forces destroyed a German Gepard tank in southern Ukraine. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the tank was hit in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe city of Mykolaiv. In addition, three Ukrainian combat aircraft were shot down in the area.

Ukraine war news: At least ten Russian planes may have been destroyed

First report from Wednesday, August 10 at 1:35 pm: Kyiv – Ukraine’s war continues unabated. On the 168th day of the war, all eyes are on the Crimea in the Black Sea. „Crimea is Ukraine and we will never abandon it,” the Ukrainian president said. Volodymyr Zelensky After the explosions at a Russian air base. The explosions caused severe damage to the Saki base in western Crimea.

According to Ukrainian sources, at least ten aircraft were destroyed. „After the explosion we saw, it is clear that the air force battalion was hit,” Ukrainian Air Force staff spokesman Yuri Ihnat said on television. According to Henat, Sukhoi Su-30M and Su-24 combat aircraft and Il-76 transport aircraft are stationed there.

Ukraine war news: explosions in Crimea

The reason for the Explosions in CrimeaThe Russia Appendix in 2014 is still not clear. According to official information from Moscow, a violation of fire safety rules is to blame for the accident. On the other hand, many experts assume a Ukrainian attack. The number and strength of the explosions indicate a targeted attack by Ukraine.

The The New York Times A senior Ukrainian army officer was quoted as saying that a weapon developed by Ukraine was used. Selinsky’s advisor Oleksiy Aristovich also spoke informally about an attack with a new Ukrainian weapon.

The focus of military experts is mainly on the new Hrim-2 short-range ballistic missiles. It was developed in Ukraine and is said to have a range of up to 500 km.

The leadership in Kyiv has not claimed responsibility for the bombings so far. But Ukrainian Presidential Adviser Mykhailo Podolak wrote on Twitter: „This is just the beginning.”

Ukraine war news: Crimea attack will be a major blow to Russia

This will be the first military attack on targets in the Crimea. Symbolically, it will be a similar blow to the Moscow leadership as it was in mid-April The cruiser „Moskva” sank.The flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.

US military experts Institute for the Study of War According to reports, the Russian leadership does not want to recognize a Ukrainian attack for image reasons. In its analysis, the institute said that Moscow would then have to admit the failure of its air defenses. (cs/dpa)