Officials allege that Russian soldiers were killed by their own mines after a hoax call from Ukrainians led them to a home that was rigged with explosives.
They went to a house on the outskirts of the city only to find it abandoned. One of them was killed and another was critically injured when their mines exploded.
Officials claim that a number of Russian soldiers were killed by their own mines after reacting to a hoax call from Ukrainians that led them to a home booby-trapped with explosives.
The soldiers on patrol in Mariupol received information that Azov fighters were hiding in a house on the city’s outskirts, the Mariupol mayor’s office reported through Telegram.
The troops rushed to the house in hopes of finding the paramilitary warriors, whose comrades had previously fought the city and its steelworks valiantly until they were seized by Putin’s men.
However, when the Russians arrived at the property, there were no hostile soldiers present; pro-Ukrainian partisans were responsible for the hoax call.
They were then blown up by mines laid by their own forces, which had been forgotten but were discovered by Ukrainians who used them.
After responding to a hoax call from Ukrainians, a group of Russian forces were blown up by their own mines (pictured: Ukrainian servicemen fire a Polish 155 mm self-propelled tracked gun-howitzer Krab in Donetsk).
After the incident early yesterday morning, according to the mayor’s office, one soldier was killed and another lost a limb and is currently hospitalized in Donetsk.
It is a remarkable triumph for Ukraine in Mariupol, which was occupied by the Russians and subjected to brutal bombing throughout the war, forcing its population to shelter underground for months without food, water, or electricity.
The regional governor reported that at least four persons were killed today as Russian artillery struck the center of Kharkiv, the second largest city in Ukraine.
“The Russian occupiers shelled the core districts of Kharkiv,” Oleg Synegubov said on Telegram, reporting a death toll of four and warning locals to “remain in the bunkers.”
Volodymyr Zelensky urged Russian soldiers to escape for their lives as his forces launched their advance, despite Russia’s assertion that the attack had failed.
A woman passes by an administrative building in the downtown of Kharkiv that was destroyed by a Russian rocket.
In his Monday evening address, he warned that Ukrainian forces would pursue the Russian army to the border.
It’s time for the Russian soldiers to flee if they wish to survive. Go home,’ he instructed.
Zelenskiy declared, “Ukraine is reclaiming its territory.”
In reference to the operation in the Kherson region, Oleksiy Arestovych, a senior adviser to Zelenskiy, stated that the Russian defenses had been “broken through in a few hours.”
He claimed that Ukrainian forces were shelling ferries used by Russia to supply a pocket of territory on the west side of the Dnieper River in the Kherson district.
According to the British Ministry of Defense, Ukrainian forces have escalated their artillery fire across the south and their long-range precise strikes are interfering with Russian resupply efforts.
After a Russian attack severely destroyed a structure in Sloviansk, firefighters struggle to suppress a fire.
Tuesday, the Suspilne state radio in Ukraine reported explosions in the Kherson region, and city residents reported gunfire and explosions in social media posts, though it was unclear who was firing.
In a Tuesday morning bulletin, the Ukrainian military’s general staff reported confrontations in several parts of the nation but provided no details on the Kherson attack.
According to the RIA news agency, the Russian defense ministry stated that Ukrainian troops tried an advance in the districts of Mykolaiv and Kherson but suffered severe losses.
It stated that “the enemy’s offensive attempt failed horribly.”
However, a barrage of Ukrainian rockets left the Russian-occupied village of Nova Kakhovka without water or electricity, according to the RIA news agency.
Reuters was unable to confirm the battlefield reports.
Monday, local officials and witnesses reported that Russian shelling of the Ukrainian port city of Mykolaiv, which has remained in Ukrainian control despite continuous Russian bombardments, resulted in the deaths of at least two persons, the wounding of 24 others, and the destruction of residences.
A woman was killed, according to a report by a Reuters correspondent, when a strike struck a family home just close to a school.
Following a missile strike in Mykolaiv, Oleksandr Shulga looks at his ruined home.
Olexandr Shulga, the owner of the property, stated that he had lived there his entire life and that his wife perished after being buried in debris. It struck, and a shockwave followed. It ruined everything,’ he declared.
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power facility in southern Ukraine, captured by Russian soldiers in March but still staffed by Ukrainian personnel, has been a conflict flashpoint, with both sides trading responsibility for shelling in the area.
TASS news agency stated that Russian-installed authorities accused Ukrainian soldiers of firing two shells that burst near a spent fuel storage structure at the plant. No immediate comment was made by the Ukrainian side.
Later this week, a crew from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is scheduled to evaluate and assess any damage at Europe’s largest nuclear reactor.
The team, led by IAEA chief Rafael Grossi, will review working conditions and examine safety and security measures, according to the Vienna-based organization.
In addition, it will “conduct urgent safeguards activities,” which refers to maintaining track of nuclear material.
A senior Russian diplomat stated that Moscow believed the expedition would debunk myths about the reportedly poor condition of the plant.
The Kremlin deemed the IAEA mission ‘essential’ and asked the international community to exert pressure on Ukraine to lessen military tensions at the facility. The mission must be politically neutral, according to the Russian foreign ministry.
To ensure that the complex is not a target, the United Nations, the United States, and Ukraine have called for the withdrawal of military equipment and personnel.
The Kremlin has ruled out the possibility of abandonment.