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Latest from Ukraine: Russian bombing leaves 2 dead in market in eastern Ukraine

At least two people died and six others were injured this Monday (9) during Russian bombing of a market in the Kharkiv oblast (province), in eastern Ukraine, local authorities reported.

“Six people were injured in a bomb attack in Shevchenkove. Two others died,” Kharkiv governor Oleh Synyehubov wrote on the Telegram app, along with images of firefighters amid rubble and fires.

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In the city of Kherson, in the south of Ucrania, Governor Yaroslav Yanushevych counted one death and one person injured after an attack in a residential neighborhood.

In the east, Russian troops carried out a “massive shelling” in Kurakhivka that left at least two injured and damaged dozens of houses, according to the local government.

The Ukrainian Presidency reported on Sunday (8) that two people died and ten others were injured in the country.

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On the same day, the Deputy Minister of Defense, Hanna Maliar, had already reported on a “very difficult” situation in Soledar, a town located 15 kilometers northeast of Bakhmut, also in the east.

The Army, in turn, confirmed that Bakhmut continues to be “the bloodiest point on the front, where the most violent clashes take place”.

According to the Ukrainian intelligence service, the Russia is preparing to launch new attacks on the country's electrical system.

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The offensives take place after a 36-hour unilateral ceasefire, decreed by the president Vladimir Putin last Friday and Saturday, on the occasion of Orthodox Christmas. Although clashes did not stop during the truce, they were less intense.

(To AFP)

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