Ukraine: 5 railway stations attacked

Azovstal Steel Factory in Mariupol city, Ukraine – Photo: GETTY IMAGES

The AP news agency quoted Oleksander Kamyshin, head of the Ukrainian Railway Company, as saying the attacks lasted for about an hour.

According to reports from Ukraine and Russia, fighting continued in Ukraine on April 25, with air raid sirens ringing for two hours in the morning of the same day.

The governor of the Vinnytsia region in central Ukraine, Serhiy Borzov, said there were casualties from rocket attacks on “critical infrastructure” in the region, but did not provide specific numbers. It is not immediately clear whether these rocket strikes are related to the attacks on the five railway stations mentioned above, according to AP.

Also on April 25, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said that Russia had destroyed an oil refinery in the city of Kremenchuk, central Ukraine, along with many fuel storage facilities there.

Konashenkov added that overnight long-range missile strikes also hit troop concentrations, weapons and ammunition depots in the city of Barvinkove and the village of Nova Dmytrivka in the Kharkov region, Ukraine, near the border with Russia. . According to the Russian Defense Ministry spokesman, a total of Russian warplanes destroyed 56 Ukrainian targets.

On April 25, according to Tass news agency, the authorities of the Bryansk region of Russia said there had been a fire at many oil storage tanks at an oil depot in Bryansk. The Bryansk Emergencies Service said it received a fire report at 2 a.m. Russia time. Fire and rescue teams were dispatched to the scene.

There is no word yet on casualties or the cause of the fire. However, in the past, Russia has blamed Ukrainian forces for many attacks in this area.

According to Reuters news agency, Russia’s Emergencies Ministry announced that it would investigate the cause of the fire.

In addition, on April 25, the Russian Defense Ministry announced a unilateral ceasefire around the Azovstal plant to open a humanitarian corridor for civilians to leave this area.

“From 14:00 Moscow time (18:00 Vietnam time), Russian soldiers and forces of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) will unilaterally stop hostile actions, units will be withdrawn to a safe distance. and ensure that civilians are evacuated according to the desired route,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

Newspaper Guardian According to Ukrainian officials, up to 1,000 civilians are sheltering at the Azovstal steel plant.

More than two months after Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, the administration of President Volodymyr Zelensky is urging the West to send more weapons to resist Moscow’s campaign in eastern Ukraine.

Also on April 25, Russia’s ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, said that Moscow had asked Washington to stop sending more weapons to Kiev, warning that large arms deliveries by the West could fuel conflict and lead to to more losses.

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