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Ukrainian officials have not yet announced the death toll after a Russian rocket attack on a military base on Friday as soldiers slept in barracks already completely destroyed. The base is located in the southern Ukrainian city of Mikolaiv.
“We are not allowed to say anything because the rescue operation is not over and the families have not all been notified“Army spokeswoman Olga Malarchuk told Agence France-Presse.
One soldier told the agency (AFP) that 50 bodies had been found, while another said there could be about 100 dead under the rubble.
The city of Mikolaiv is located 130 kilometers from the strategic military port of Odessa.
Russian military forces also hit an art school in Mariupol housing about 400 people. City council said Sunday that the building had been completely destroyed. There is still no information on the number of victims and survivors. Meanwhile on Saturday Mariupol authorities announced that thousands of residents had been forcibly removed from their homes.
“Over the past week, several thousand Mariupol residents have been deported to Russian territory“, It was said in a statement of the city council of Mariupol. “The occupiers illegally took people from Livoberezhny and the sports building, which housed more than a thousand people, mostly women and children.”.
“It’s hard to imagine how in the 21st century people could be forcibly relocated to another country“, Said in the statement of the mayor of Mariupol, Vadym Boichenko.
“What the invaders are doing today is something familiar to the older generation, who saw the horrific events of World War II, when the Nazis took people by force“, Said Mr. Boichenko.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his evening speech that what is happening behavior in Mariupol will go down in history as a war crime.
Mr Zelenskyy has called for comprehensive peace talks with Moscow.
“The time has come for a meeting, it is time to talk“, Said Mr. Zelenskyy. “The time has come to restore territorial integrity and justice for Ukraine. Otherwise, Russia’s losses will be such that it will take several generations to recover.“, He added.
Mr Zelenskyy’s appeal for another round of talks came a day after Russia’s chief negotiator said the parties had moved closer to agreement on Ukraine’s waiver of its intention to join NATO.
Ukrainian negotiator Mykhailo Podolyak wrote on Twitter that Kiev’s positions are unchanged, citing the demand for a ceasefire, the withdrawal of Russian military troops and strong security guarantees, accompanied by a concrete formula./VOA
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