Day is dawning in Europe and a 208th day of armed conflict begins in Ukraine following the start of the Russian invasion on February 24, 2022. Body exhumations continue in Izium, a town captured by Ukrainian forces last week and should last another two weeks, according to the city’s mayor. For its part, the Russian army has reportedly started using new attack drones supplied by Iran.
We take stock of the events that have shaped the last few hours.
In Izioum, the exhumations will continue for two more weeks
The mayor of Izium, a town rescued by Russian forces from Ukraine during its counter-offensive in the east of the country, said this Sunday, September 18, that exhumations were underway after hundreds of graves and one mass grave had been buried had been discovered on the outskirts of town would continue for another two weeks.
“Employees from all departments carry out exhumations, dig up buried people, he told Ukrainian media before his words were leaked by The New York Times. If possible, they will be identified. »
However, according to Russian authorities relayed by American media, nearly 1,000 people died under Russian occupation in Izioum, largely due to a lack of medicines or access to medical care.
Four doctors killed in Kharkiv region
This Sunday, the Ukrainian army claimed to have repelled various Russian attacks in the country, in the Kharkiv region in the east, where the Ukrainian counter-offensive was most effective, but also in Kherson.
Nevertheless, four doctors were killed in a Russian attack in the Kharkov region on Sunday, the region’s regional governor, Oleh Synehoubov, reported to the Kyiv Independent newspaper. Information also shared by several American media such as the Los Angeles Times.
Regional governors of the Donetsk region reported the deaths of five civilians on Sunday. While several civilian buildings were also apparently hit in Nikopol, according to British media outlet The Guardian, which reports that the governor claimed residential buildings, gas pipelines and power lines were hit.
Drones delivered by Iran to the Russians in action
According to a Ukrainian military official who spoke to The New York Times, the Russian army has started using the drones supplied by Iran. Shahed-136 attack drones, the debris of which the Ukrainian authorities claim to have found during their counter-offensive in the east of the country, specifies the New York Times.
The day before, on Saturday September 17th, The Wall Street Journal had already revealed the use of these attack drones, including “several devastating strikes” Reportedly conducted during the week in the Kharkiv region.
Last July, the United States announced that Iran was about to supply Russia with hundreds of drones, including fighter jets.
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