Russian artillery kills 70 Ukraine soldiers in military base shelling
- 01 Mar 2022
This satellite image shows burning homes in Ivankiv, Ukraine. Picture used for illustrative purposes only. AFP
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More than 70 Ukrainian soldiers were killed after Russian artillery hit a military base in Okhtyrka, a city between Kharkiv and Kyiv, the head of the region wrote on Telegram.
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Governor Dmytro Zhyvytskyy posted photographs of the charred shell of a four-story building and rescuers searching rubble. In a later Facebook post, he said many Russian soldiers and some local residents also were killed during the fighting on Sunday. The report could not immediately be confirmed.
Russian troops shelled a military base in the town of Okhtyrka in Ukraine's northeastern Sumy region, regional governor said.