The Russian-declared ceasefire ended with no let-up in violence as Russia launched two missile strikes within the Kharkiv area late Saturday.
The assault resulted within the dying of 1 civilian, the top of the regional navy administration Oleh Syniehubov confirmed in a Telegram submit Sunday.
The ceasefire was speculated to final for 36 hours from midday Moscow time on Friday (4 a.m. ET) to midnight native time on Saturday (4 p.m. ET).
“Final night time the enemy launched two missile strikes in town of Merefa, Kharkiv area. A civilian industrial facility was broken. Sadly, a 50-year-old civilian was killed. Furthermore, the enemy shelled Starytsia village in Chuhuiv district and Dvorichna village in Kupiansk district in the course of the day,” Syniehubov mentioned.
“In Dvorichna, a personal residential home and the constructing of the State Emergency Service unit got here below enemy fireplace. Additionally, 2 gasoline vans and an operational car of firefighters had been broken. There have been no casualties,” he added.
The strikes observe a string of assaults that happened amid the 36-hour ceasefire, which Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed on Friday to look at Russia and Ukraine’s Orthodox Christmas.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky rejected the ceasefire proposal as “a canopy” being utilized by the Russians to resupply and cease Ukrainian advances within the jap Donbas area.
