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A rocket attack by Russian forces hit Odessa in southern Ukraine on Monday, causing deaths and injuries, the local governor said, according to Reuters. Russian bombardment of the eastern part of the country continues unabated, with Ukrainian authorities saying eight new mass graves with 148 dead were found on the outskirts of Kiev, as reported by ERT envoy to the Ukrainian capital George S. In Mariupol, delays and significant problems are observed on the second day of the evacuation of the Azovstal industrial zone.
The new Russian strike in Odessa was announced, via Telegram, by Governor Maxim Martchenko. The Ukrainian military says a rocket-propelled grenade had been fired at a religious site in southern Ukraine, according to Ukraine's state-run Suspilne radio and television station.
For the third time, the Russian bombardment targeted a bridge of strategic importance in Odessa, while a military airport in the same area was destroyed, where, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense, weapons and ammunition from western countries were stored.
Confronted The city of Lyman in Donetsk Oblast is in danger of falling under Russian control.
>Anxiety to evacuate civilians from Azofstal
Hundreds of civilians remain trapped in the Azofstal factory shelters after the first group of about 100 people was evacuated on Sunday, but then resumed Russian bombing. forces.
Buses scheduled to transport more civilians to get away from Mariupol have not yet reached the agreed pick-up point, the city council said, contradicting an earlier report that these citizens had left the devastated city in southeastern Ukraine.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights announced on Monday that more than 3,150 people have been killed since the Russian-led invasion of Ukraine began on February 24.
The UN service says 3,153 dead, 254 more than her previous report released last Friday.
He clarified that the real number of victims is probably much higher.
Sources: ERT, Reuters, French Agency, ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ
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Eight new mass graves have been identified on the outskirts of Kiev
