Three people were killed, including a child and a pregnant woman, following a Russian strike on the town of Selydove in the Donetsk region on Wednesday.
Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said 12 people, including children, were injured. The strike destroyed a hospital and damaged a dozen residential towers. Ukraine’s state emergency service released video from the day after the strike showing rescuers searching the ruined buildings for survivors. Selydove is located just 25 kilometers from the front line. The city was hit by four missiles, Mr. Klymenko added.
Separately, an overnight Russian attack on the town of Selydove in the eastern Donetsk region hit a medical center and a residential building, killing a child and a pregnant woman, Ukraine’s interior minister said , Ihor Klymenko, on social networks. Three other children were injured.
Nine Ukrainian civilians have been killed and at least 25 people injured by Russian shelling over the past 24 hours, the president’s office said Wednesday.
Polluted rivers
Authorities have announced that gasoline and diesel fuel spilled in Kharkiv following a Russian drone attack on an oil depot did not reach drinking water sources.
The Russians attacked the city on February 9, when more than 3,000 tons of petroleum products leaked from the storage facility located in the Nemyshlianskyi district of Kharkiv. The substances ended up in the Nemyshlia River and then in the rivers Kharkiv, Lopan and Udy.
In order to stop the movement of the oil slick, barriers will be installed on February 14 on the Udy River between Kharkiv and Chuhuiv districts. Workers wait for them to be delivered to the region.
Tetiana Tykhomyrova, associate professor of industrial ecology at the Polytechnic University, considers the fuel spill from the tank farm a local environmental disaster. Representatives from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention took water and soil samples to determine the amount of oil spilled and its consequences. Results are expected in three days.
Ukraine says it is running out of ammunition, experts say the war is at an impasse.
The British foreign secretary is also working to gain support from kyiv’s regional allies. In Bulgaria and other countries aims to boost military production to help Ukraine.
Visiting Bulgaria The head of British diplomacy on Wednesday called on the American Congress to vote on financial aid for Ukraine
The majority Republicans in the House of Representatives are blocking this $60 billion in aid.