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news of the day
The search for survivors is over. The Ukrainian aid organization on Tuesday announced the end of “search and rescue operations” in the rubble of a building destroyed by a Russian strike on Saturday in Dnipro.
Regional governor Valentyn Reznitchenko reported 45 deaths, including six children, shortly after the research was officially announced.
For almost four days, the emergency services tried to find buried survivors in the rubble of the building. They said 39 people were rescued. The Dnipro tragedy is one of the deadliest bombings at a civilian site since the war in Ukraine began nearly 11 months ago.
phrase of the day
Ukraine received the first EUR 3 billion of the new EUR 18 billion macrofinancial program. I thank the EU and its President Ursula von der Leyen for their strong support. Maintaining Ukraine’s financial stability is critical to our collective victory over the aggressor.”
These are the words of Volodymyr Zelenskyy. In a tweet, the President of Ukraine thanked European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for the European Union’s financial support to his country.
The aid granted by Europe to Ukraine will be paid out in stages over the course of 2023. Kyiv has thus just received the first three billion of the allocated funds. With this financial aid, the country, which has been at war for almost 11 months, must be able to keep its essential public services functioning, preserve its economic stability and rebuild infrastructure affected by the Russian strikes.
The number of the day
7,031. As the number of civilian casualties that have died in Ukraine since the country was invaded by Russia on February 24, 2022 to January 15, 2023. The macabre tally is published by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
According to the UN body, 11,327 civilians have been injured since the conflict began almost eleven months ago.
“Most of the civilian casualties are due to the use of explosive weapons with a wide range of effects, including heavy artillery fire, multiple rocket launchers, missiles and airstrikes,” comments the High Commission.
The tendency
The Russian Defense Minister inspected the troops taking part in the offensive in Ukraine. Sergei Shoigu went to the General Staff of the Vostok Military Group, where he spoke with the commander of this group and those of other units and received a report on the situation on the ground and “progress in the implementation of combat tasks in the main directions ”.
The army did not specify in its press release where the personnel are located, which could be in both Russia and Ukraine.