Ukrainian officials have not made any statement on the incident in Lysychansk. Photograph: Tyler Hicks/New York TimesThe death toll from what Russia said was a Ukrainian attack on Lysychansk – a city in the Moscow-controlled Ukrainian region of Luhansk – has risen to 28, including a child, Russia’s ministry for emergencies said on Sunday. The ministry said 10 people were rescued from under the rubble following a Ukrainian attack on a building housing a bakery in Lysychansk. Only about a tenth of Lysychansk’s pre-war population of 110,000 remain in the city, according to Ukrainian officials. However, Ukrainian forces have come under intense Russian attack over the past 24 hours, with continuous assaults, Ukraine’s general staff said in a statement on Sunday.

Source: The Irish Times February 05, 2024 05:39 UTC