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Russian attack on Ukarine's Dnipro: Death toll reaches 44
Dnipro Mayor Borys Filatov has confirmed the toll, Ukrainska Pravda reported. On January 14, the Russians hit an apartment building in Dnipro smashing many houses. In the attack, 72 apartments were destroyed and over 230 damaged in the apartment block, where two sections, from floor 2 to floor 9, were smashed.
Russian strike in Ukraine's Dnipro: Death toll mounts to 21
Confirming the death toll in Saturday's incident, Dnipro Regional Council Head Mykola Lukashuk posted on Telegram that 73 people were injured while 38 were rescued. Relief and rescue operations are on, Ukrinform reported. In the attack, 72 apartments were destroyed and over 230 damaged in the apartment block, where two sections, from floor 2 to floor 9, were smashed.
Battle for salt mine town: Russia claims victory in Soledar
"The capture of Soledar was made possible by the constant bombardment of the enemy by assault and army aviation, missile forces and artillery of a grouping of Russian forces," Russia's Defence Ministry said in a statement on Friday. However, Ukrainian officials said the fight for Soledar was still going on and accused Russia of "information noise".
'Vladimir Putin will nominate his chosen heir this year rather than risk being toppled'
Russian President Vladimir Putin will seek to hand over power to a chosen heir and retire to his 1 billion pounds Black Sea 'palace' rather than risk the ignominious fate of toppled tyrants like Muammar Gaddafi, said Abbas Gallyamov, Putin's former speechwriter, Daily Mail reported.
Russian claim of killing 600 Ukrainian soldiers rejected by Kiev as 'propaganda'
Russia claimed the toll without providing any evidence and said the "mass missile strike" in Kramatorsk was in retaliation for a Ukrainian attack at a college for conscripts in Makiivka (Donetsk region) that killed at least 89 Russian soldiers on New Year's Day.
More than 600 Ukrainian troops killed in Russia's retaliatory missile strike
The bombardment on Sunday was a "retaliation operation" carried out in response to "a criminal attack" by Ukraine on a temporary housing area accommodating Russian servicemen in the city of Makeyevka in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) on New Year's night, the ministry said in a statement, RT reported.
India may have role in diplomacy to end Russia-Ukraine war: US State Dept spokesman
"We do believe that countries like India, countries that have a relationship with Russia and with Ukraine may be in a position to help bring about dialogue and diplomacy that could one day put an end to this war," Price said on Friday while briefing foreign correspondents. "We have been in regular, close contact with India regarding what we can do to hold Russia accountable and to impose additional costs on Russia for its war."
War plunges Ukraine's GDP to record 30.4% in 2022
"In 2022, the Ukrainian economy suffered its largest losses and damage in the entire history of independence," Xinhua news agency quoted Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko as saying. In December 2022, Ukraine's GDP declined 34 per cent due to a certain stabilisation of the situation with energy supply, after a fall of 37 per cent in November, the Ministry said.
Russia blames New Year missile attack on troops' phone use
In a social media post on Wednesday, the Russian military said the main cause of the attack that hit a college for conscripts in Makiivka shortly after midnight on January 1 was the presence and "mass use" of mobile phones by troops in range of Ukrainian weapons, despite this being banned, the BBC reported.
Ukrainian capital under air attacks, no casualties
The Kiev City Military Administration said on Sunday in a statement that the air defence shot down all 32 air targets launched against the capital. Wreckage from aerial intercepts damaged a private car in the central Shevchenkivskiy district and fell onto subway tracks in the eastern Dniprovskiy district, disrupting the operation of the local subway, Xinhua news agency reported.
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