Russian shelling of Zaporozhye killed 12 people

The bombing, according to the Ukrainian Air Force, was carried out by six rockets fired from areas occupied by Russian troops.

The President of Ukraine condemned the attack “ruthlessly”, promising that those responsible would be brought to justice. The bombardment of the city was the second of its kind in three days. “Zaporozhye again. Again, a merciless attack on civilians, in residential buildings, in the middle of the night (…) Pure evil. Absolute evil,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on the social network Facebook.

The city of Zaporozhye, about 125 kilometers from Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, is in one of four regions of Ukraine that have been annexed by Russia, although the capital remains under Kyiv’s rule.

Faced with Saturday’s explosion, which partially destroyed a bridge connecting the Crimean peninsula with Russia, the driver of the truck that exploded said he “did not know about the planned attack.” The statements appeared in an official statement published in the Russian newspaper RBC.

As announced this Sunday, a team of Russian divers began to analyze damage to the Kerch Bridge, one of Russia’s main supply routes.

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Retribution
The Russians are calling for revenge for the explosion on the Kerch bridge. “An undisguised terrorist war is going on against us,” a local deputy told RIA Novosti.

Exhumation in Liman
Ukrainian authorities have already begun exhuming bodies found in the recently liberated city of Liman.

Confrontations in Bakhmut
Fighting between Kyiv and Moscow troops escalated in the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, Donetsk region.

The Security Council is in session
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with the Security Council on Monday. The meeting will be the first after the explosion of the Kerch bridge. The meeting was confirmed by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

Link to the restored nuclear power plant
The connection of the Zaporozhye NPP to the energy system of Ukraine has already been restored. The complex lost its only connection to the grid on Saturday after explosions forced the plant to use emergency diesel generators. “Operators are restoring the plant’s normal power system from the Ukrainian power system,” energy company Energoatom said on Sunday.