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Russians shell Kostiantynivka with Uragan MLRS, foreign volunteer injured.
On March 16, 2023, Russian troops struck the Donetsk region’s Kostiantynivka with the Uragan multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS). Six people were reported injured, including a foreign volunteer.
The relevant statement was made by Donetsk Regional Military Administration Head Pavlo Kyrylenko on Facebook, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
“Today Russians have twice struck the city with the Uragan cluster munitions. Six civilians were injured, including a foreign volunteer. At least 19 houses were damaged to a various extent, as well as a school and an enterprise,” Kyrylenko wrote.
Meanwhile, according to the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office, on March 16, 2023, Russian invaders shelled the Donetsk region’s Kostiantynivka, Pivnichne and Pivdenne with the Uragan MLRS and artillery. A woman, 50, was killed in Pivdenne; and a man, 40, was injured in Pivnichne.
In Kostiantynivka, a railway station, market and detached houses were hit. A citizen of Poland was listed among those injured. The fragments of Russian projectiles caused damage to over 30 houses, gas pipelines, cars and household buildings.
Ukraine's GDP grows by 5.3% in 2023 - Statistics Service
Ukraine's gross domestic product was up by 5.3% last year after dropping a staggering 28.8% in 2022 against the background of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
Russia’s top spy visits North Korea
From Monday to Wednesday, Director of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergei Naryshkin, visited North Korea, where he discussed ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation "in response to ever-growing spying and plotting moves by the hostile f...
Russia plotting another push in Ukraine - Zelensky
The Ukrainian forces were able to stabilize the situation at the front lines, however, it is likely that Russia is preparing another offensive in the near future.
Russian warplane downed in friendly fire over occupied Crimea’s Sevastopol.
In the temporarily occupied Sevastopol, the Russian military shot down its own warplane shortly after a takeoff from the Belbek airfield.
Man explodes on anti-personnel mine in Kharkiv region.
A resident of the Izium district exploded on a Russian anti-personnel mine, the victim was hospitalized.
Survivors of Hamas attack tell how they were ‘detained for HOURS by anti-Semitic UK airport staff’.
THE brothers who survived a Hamas terror attack say they "don't feel safe" in England anymore after being detained at a UK airport. Neira, 22, and Daniel Sharabi, 23, claim they were held at Manchester Airport for two hours after "everything chang...
Majority of Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of nationwide abortion pill ban.
The majority of Supreme Court justices appeared to be skeptical of a nationwide abortion pill ban while hearing oral arguments this morning on whether to restrict access to a widely used abortion drug — even in states where it is still allowed. Th...
LogOn: Robots Hand Write Letters for Humans - VOANews.
Not long ago, people wrote letters by hand. But like many things eclipsed by modern technology, handwritten letters are less common than they used to be. Now, that technology has started writing those letters. VOA’s Julie Taboh introduces us to ha...
Maryland state of emergency declared after Baltimore bridge collapse.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore declared a state of emergency Tuesday after a large container ship struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday. CBS News' Ramy Inocencio has the latest confirmed information, and Roberto Leon, an engineer...
Biden says feds should pay for Baltimore bridge collapse rebuild.
President Biden addressed the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse Tuesday suggesting the federal government should fully fund the bridge's reconstruction efforts. CBS News' Nicole Sganga reports from Baltimore, and Robert Sumwalt, a CBS News transpo...
Harris Faulkner: This is the line people will remember from Biden's speech.
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