NU.nl regularly gives you an overview of the situation in Ukraine. This time: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky calls on citizens to leave the Donets Basin for their own safety. Meanwhile, the shelling in several cities continues. That cost a well-known Ukrainian grain trader and his wife on Sunday.
The Ukrainian government has decided on a mandatory evacuation of the eastern region of the Donets Basin. The army there is fighting a fierce battle against Russian invasion troops.
Kyiv expects hundreds of thousands of residents who are still in combat zones in the greater Donets Basin area to leave.
The Russians and pro-Russian rebels already control part of the Donets basin and want to advance further. Many places in the Donetsk region have been targeted by Russian bombing, Zelensky reported in a video message.
Zelensky asks everyone to heed the evacuation call. “At this stage of the war, terror is Russia’s main weapon.”
Grain trader and woman die in southern Ukraine
Oleksiy Vadatursky, owner of a large Ukrainian grain company, and his wife were killed on Sunday in a bombing raid on the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv. This is reported by Governor Vitaliy Kim of the oblast of the same name.
Mayor Oleksandr Senkevych spoke earlier in the day of “the heaviest attack” on the port city since the start of the war, some five months ago.
BBC News describes Vadatursky as one of the richest businessmen in Ukraine. His company Nibulon specializes in the production and export of wheat, barley and maize. The group has its own fleet and shipyard, and is located in Mykolaiv.
Vadatursky and his wife were killed by bombs falling on their home in the city. President Zelensky calls Vadatursky’s death “a great loss for all of Ukraine”.
Rockets many in Mykolaiv and Nikopol
In addition to homes, the heavy shelling also hit schools and sports complexes by a total of twelve rockets. Three other people were injured, the mayor said.
Nikopol, another southern city in the country, was also bombarded with rockets on Sunday. About fifty rockets were fired at the city. One person is said to have been injured.
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