ARTICLE - Odessa
December 30 is declared Day of Mourning in Odesa and region for those killed in Russian shelling
News Censor.NET War in Ukraine
29.12.23 17:25
https://censor.net/en/n3464648
On December 29, 4 people died in Odesa as a result of Russian shelling. December 30 is declared a Day of Mourning.
This was announced by the head of the RMA, Oleh Kiper, Censor.NET reports.
“’Due to the human losses caused by the Russian missile attack, mourning will be announced tomorrow in Odesa and the region.
Once again, I express my sincere condolences to those who have lost loved ones today,” the statement reads.
As a reminder, 4 people were killed in the shelling of Odesa on December 29, 2023. At the same time, 22 were injured.
ARTICLE - Emergency International activity
Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on russian massive attacks on Ukraine
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
29 December 2023 12:52
https://www.kmu.gov.ua/en/news/zaiava-mzs-ukrainy-shchodo-rosiiskykh-masovanykh-obstriliv-ukrainy
On the night of December 29, the Russian federation launched one of the largest missile attacks on Ukrainian cities and villages since the entire period of its full-scale invasion.
According to preliminary information, Russians used about 158 weapons units: missiles of various types and attack UAVs. The massive attack hit Kyiv, Lviv, Dnipro, Odesa, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi and other Ukrainian regions.
A maternity hospital, a school, an apartment building, a kindergarten, a post office, a metro station and a shopping center are just some of the civilian objects that the Russian army attacked. Dozens of people were killed and injured in the shelling. The search for those who are trapped under the rubble continues.
Russian troops are fighting Ukrainian women, children, the elderly, and civilians. The crimes that Russia has committed in Ukraine today are its revenge for its inability to turn the tide of the battle in the fight against the Ukrainian defense forces.
We call on the international community to unite all efforts to stop the Russian genocide of the Ukrainian people. No talk of a “truce”, “temporary relinquishment of territories”, “fatigue”, “negotiations” and other “concessions” will stop Russian aggression, but will only inflate its scale. Russia is not considering any other scenarios than the complete destruction of Ukraine.
In this context, we are deeply grateful to our partners who have provided our country with air and missile defense equipment. Today, your help has saved many lives.
The only possible way to protect Ukrainians is to provide Ukraine with all the necessary military and financial means to defend itself. Russian terror must lose, and Ukraine must win.