Between December 10 and 11, 2024, Russian strikes killed at least six people in Ukraine.
Ukraine has been on alert since Monday. New Russian strikes have killed six people in Ukraine. An attack described as “brutal” by Volodimir Zelensky. Furthermore, in the hours preceding this tragedy, a vehicle of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was hit. An act that “vise” nuclear power plant staff widely condemned. The authorities are maintaining their call for vigilance this Wednesday: “Be careful, missile danger throughout Ukraine.”
IAEA vehicle attacked
An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) vehicle was seriously damaged on Tuesday in Ukraine by a drone strike on a road leading to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant occupied by Russian forces, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said. ‘agency.
The incident did not cause any casualties and all IAEA teams are safe and sound, Rafael Grossi said on X in a video posted on the social network X.
The director of the IAEA condemned an attack on the agency’s staff, specifying that the shooting occurred during a replacement of the teams responsible for monitoring the plant. Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky said it was a deliberate strike by Russia, but Moscow did not immediately comment.
Six dead
Six people were killed and 20 injured when a Russian missile strike destroyed a private clinic in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhia on Tuesday, with many more people trapped under the rubble, officials said.
“Be careful, danger of missiles throughout Ukraine”, warned the Ukrainian Air Force on its Telegram account, cited by RFI this December 11.
Rescuers are searching for at least eight more people, regional governor Ivan Fedorov said on messaging app Telegram. According to him, one person was in serious condition and two doctors were among the injured. Anna Zubchenko, a 26-year-old ophthalmologist, was working in her office when the attack occurred.
She helped pull out her partially buried colleague, who was later evacuated by rescuers. She says she was “even more frightened by the silence”because no one was shouting around her. President Volodimir Zelensky called the attack “brutal” and issued a new call for allies to provide air defenses to Ukraine.
“The world has enough systems to do this. The issue depends entirely on political decisions: decisions of the American administration, European leaders and other partners around the world,” he said on X, adding that Ukraine had provided the allies with the list of necessary items.
Earlier Tuesday, Russian missile strikes on the Kharkiv region in northeastern Ukraine injured 10 people and damaged an administrative building, according to the regional governor.
