Zelensky removes air force commander after material loss of a hunt F-16 and the death of a pilot
▲ Firefighters finish extinguishing the fire in a 12-story building in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, attacked by guided bombs launched by Russia from its territory in Belgorod.Photo Ap
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The newspaper La Jornada
Saturday, August 31, 2024, p. 18
kyiv. At least seven people were killed and 47 others injured, including a 14-year-old girl, in a series of attacks launched yesterday by Russian forces on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, which targeted a 12-storey building.
One end of the apartment block was engulfed in black smoke, with many of the upper floors ablaze and cars parked outside also caught fire.
As emergency services and rescue volunteers rushed to get survivors out of the building, the body of one of the victims lay under a rug on the floor surrounded by police officers.
According to Ukrainian authorities, yesterday’s attack involved five guided aerial bombs launched from planes in the Russian region of Belgorod, which are equipped with a navigation system that guides them to their targets using telematics.
Russian troops announced yesterday that they had taken control of the towns of Sinkovka in Kharkiv province and Konstantinovka and Novozhelannoe in the Donetsk republic. As a result of well-coordinated actions of units of the Western Group of Troops, the settlements of Stelmakhovka in the Luhansk People’s Republic and Sinkovka in the Kharkiv province were liberated.the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
The report also said that 58 Ukrainian servicemen surrendered to Russian units on the contact line.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday removed the commander of the Air Force, Mikola Oleschuk, after the material loss of an aircraft hunt F-16 last Monday in an apparent accident in which the pilot died.
Zelensky confirmed this dismissal without directly linking it to the incident, with a message in which he called on strengthen at the command level; In addition, it was shown infinitely grateful for the work of all the personnel who helped in the fight against the Russian invasion.
The United Nations (UN) has expressed concern about the growing negative impact of the conflict on the civilian population.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres remains gravely concerned about the serious impact on civilians of the escalation of fighting in eastern Ukraine, as well as along the Russian-Ukrainian border, including in the Kursk and Belgorod regions of the Russian Federation.said yesterday the director of the organization’s Office for Disarmament Affairs and deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Adedeji Ebo.
Meanwhile, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan warned that the conflict between kyiv and Moscow could turn into a nuclear war at any time, and therefore urged the parties to keep conversations going to end hostilities.
It is truly a great tragedy that more than 500 thousand people have been killed or injured and millions of people have been displaced in a war in central Europe.he stressed yesterday at a press conference during his visit to Slovenia.
On another note, Russia has raised the issue of property confiscated by the US authorities with the United States, but has received no response from Washington, Russian ambassador Anatoly Antonov said yesterday.
We have consistently and at all levels raised the issue of returning our diplomatic property during meetings with representatives of the White House and the State Department. I want to be emphatic that Washington’s position has not changed.Antonov told reporters on the seventh anniversary of the confiscation of Russian state property in San Francisco and Washington.
The move was made in response to Russia’s expulsion of more than 700 employees of US diplomatic missions on its territory, which in turn had been decided by Moscow after Washington applied sanctions against the Kremlin for alleged interference in the US presidential elections held in the winter of 2016.