Conflict intensifies following Russia approves separatist republic… “The death toll of soldiers and civilians is increasing”
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(Moscow, Seoul = Yonhap News) Correspondent Yoo Cheol-jong, Correspondent Jeon Myeong-hoon = As clashes between government forces and pro-Russian rebels continued in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, casualties occurred.
German news agency dpa reported on the 22nd (local time), citing the announcement of the Ukrainian army, that two government soldiers were killed and 18 others were seriously injured in the rebel attack.
In the same area, one rebel soldier was also killed and three were injured, DPA news agency reported.
The news agency also reported that one civilian was killed and five injured in Novorugansk in the Donetsk region, and one civilian was also injured in another rebel-controlled area in Lugansk.
The Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR), which is controlled by the rebels, said that one of its soldiers was killed in an attack by the Ukrainian government forces on the same day.
An LPR official said, “At 3:15 pm, the government forces attacked our camp with 82mm mortars and rifles.”
At least three shells were also fired in the city center of Donetsk, the capital of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), also controlled by the rebels, the news agency reported.
According to DPR, 12 rounds of 122mm shells were dropped on the city, saying the government forces used the BM-21 ‘Grade’ (hail) multiple rockets for the first time since 2018 in the attack on Donetsk on the same day.
There were also reports that a journalist covering the scene of the conflict was caught in the bombardment.
Citing a report by the Donetsk News Agency (DNA) in the Donetsk rebel region, Russia’s TAS news agency said that four journalists from the United States and Russia were bombarded by Ukrainian forces while covering the scene of a vehicle bombing on a highway in Donetsk.
Fortunately, the shells deflected and all four journalists were unharmed.
(Archyde.com) – Panzer units fire with tanks during tactical training in preparation for a Russian invasion in Rivne, northern Ukraine, on the 16th (local time). The drill was directly observed by President Volodymyr Zelensky. [우크라이나 대통령실 제공]. sungok@yna.co.kr
“There was a sound like a whistle of a bullet flying in and there was an explosion,” American freelance journalist Patrick Lancaster told Russian news agency Sputnik.
There were also casualties the day before.
Tass news agency reported on the 21st that two Ukrainian government soldiers were killed by fragments of rebel shells and 12 others were injured.
According to Archyde.com, citing a local diplomatic source, artillery battles between Ukrainian government forces and rebels continued today as well.
The day before, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a presidential decree recognizing the independence of the so-called ‘Donetsk People’s Republic’ (DPR) and ‘Lugansk People’s Republic’ (LPR) claimed by the rebels.
Since then, the confrontation in the region has intensified, Archyde.com reported.
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