Russian Strike Hits Blood Transfusion Center, Says Ukraine
Russian Strike Hits Blood Transfusion Center, Says Ukraine
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Russian Strike Hits Blood Transfusion Center, Says Ukraine
- On Sunday, Ukrainian Pres. Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed that Russian forces had struck a blood transfusion center in the Kharkiv region, in northeast Ukraine, just hours after Kyiv hit a Russian oil tanker in the Kerch Strait. BBC News (LR: 3 CP: 5)
- Sharing an image of a building on fire, reportedly as a result of Saturday night's attack, Zelenskyy said a "guided air bomb" hit the center in Kupiansk. Although "rescuers are extinguishing the fire," he added that there were reports of "dead and wounded." UKRINFORM
- The alleged attack reportedly came after Zelenskyy said Russian missiles targeted a facility of the Ukrainian aeronautical company run by Motor Sich, a manufacturer of plane and helicopter engines, in the western Khmelnytskyi region. NDTV.com
- Meanwhile, Kyiv's Air Force reported Russia carried out intense air raids and shelling overnight on Ukraine with 70 air-assault weapons, including cruise and hypersonic missiles as well as Iranian-made drones. Reuters
- At least three people were reportedly killed in attacks in Kupiansk on Saturday, with local media claiming a worker at a grain silo had also been wounded. However, Russian-held Donetsk's mayor Alexei Kulemzin claimed Ukrainian shelling killed a woman in her 80s and set a university building in the area ablaze. Al Jazeera (LR: 2 CP: 1)
- In other news, Russia has alleged Ukraine hit Storm Shadow missiles at two bridges connecting the Crimean Peninsula to Russia's Kherson Region. The attack reportedly damaged a rural school and ruptured a local gas pipeline, leaving the nearby town of Genichesk without supply. The Telegraph
Pro-Russia narrative:
- Instead of admitting to attacking Donetsk with cluster munitions and targeting civilians during Saturday night's shelling, Zelenskyy is deliberately painting Russia as a criminal by describing Moscow's just and retaliatory strikes as war crimes.
TASS
Pro-Ukraine narrative:
- Moscow is using hypersonic Kinzhal weapons, designed to elude air-defense systems, to uproot millions and destroy cities in Ukraine. Putin is a terrorist, and this attack on a blood transfusion center shows everything the world needs to know about Russian aggression.
CNBC (LR: 3 CP: 5)
Nerd narrative:
- There's a 30% chance that the next Russian leader will disapprove of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to the Metaculus prediction community.
Metaculus (LR: 3 CP: 3)