Published on: 28.01.2023 – 11:54 Modified on: 28.01.2023 – 16:03
Ukrainian troops are engaged in a “bitter” confrontation with Russian forces trying to capture Vougledar, southwest of Donetsk. Follow the latest developments in the war in Ukraine. All times shown are Paris time (GMT+1).
3:54 p.m .: Moscow accuses the Ukrainian army of killing 14 by beating a hospital
Russia on Saturday accused the Ukrainian army of killing 14 people and wounding 24 when they hit a hospital in eastern Ukraine’s Luhansk region.
On Saturday morning, “Ukrainian forces deliberately hit the local hospital building with Himars rocket launchers in the city of Novoaidar, Luhansk region,” the Russian army said in a statement. The strike “killed 14 patients and medical workers and injured 24,” she said.
France 24 could not confirm this information.
10:24 am: Russian attack kills three in east Ukrainian city, regional governor says
Three people were killed and at least two others injured after Russian troops attacked a residential area in the town of Kostiantynivka in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, Pavlo Kyrylenko said.
The regional governor wrote in the messaging app Telegram that four apartment buildings and a hotel had been damaged and that rescuers and police officers were on site to “carefully document another crime committed by the Russian occupiers”.
Pavlo Kyrylenko said earlier on Saturday that Russian strikes had killed four and injured at least seven in the past 24 hours.
6:45 a.m.: Fierce fighting for control of Vougledar in eastern Ukraine
Ukrainian troops are locked in a “bitter” confrontation with Russian forces trying to capture Vougledar, southwest of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, where fighting has intensified in recent days.
“Soon, Vougledar could become a very important new success for us,” Denis Pushilin, head of the Moscow-appointed Donetsk region, said on Friday.
Both sides have claimed victory, but Kyiv says the city remains contested.
The spokesman for the Ukrainian army for the eastern zone, Serguiy Tcherevaty, confirmed “fierce fighting” but assured that the Russians had been repulsed.
“Serious, brutal” clashes are taking place 150 km from Bachmout, and Russian troops have “seated themselves in the southeast and east of the city,” said an official with pro-Russian authorities in the eastern Donetsk region, Ian Gagin.
With AFP and Portal
