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Russia Today
13-07-2025
- Politics
- Russia Today
Civilians trapped after Ukrainian airstrike hits apartment block
A Ukrainian airstrike has destroyed a five-story residential building in the Russian town of Aleshki in Kherson Region, trapping an unknown number of civilians under the rubble, according to local authorities. The strike occurred on Friday, around seven kilometers from the Dnieper River, which divides Russia and Ukraine. Kherson Region Governor Vladimir Saldo said the building collapsed after being hit by two bombs. 'The enemy has hit a residential building in Aleshki in an airstrike,' Saldo told Russian news agencies. 'The building has collapsed. Civilians are trapped underneath.' Saldo alleged that Ukrainian forces were using drones to hinder rescue efforts, targeting emergency crews attempting to reach the site. 'Dozens of people are trapped under the rubble,' he wrote in a statement on Telegram. Ukrainian forces have regularly carried out cross-border strikes into Russian territory and Russian in recent months, often using drones and Western-supplied weapons. On July 8, a Ukrainian drone strike killed four civilians, including a five-year-old boy, at a public beach in the city of Kursk during celebrations for the Day of Family, Love, and Fidelity. Last week, four people were killed and several others injured when Ukrainian forces launched a HIMARS rocket attack on Donetsk, according to local officials. The Russian Foreign Ministry has accused Kiev of pursuing a 'deliberate policy' of striking civilian areas. 'It is a deliberate policy that has already been elevated to the level of state doctrine,' Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement last month, citing alleged atrocities in Donbass, including drone attacks on homes and the mass killing of elderly people. Authorities in Kherson say rescue operations in Aleshki will continue despite the threat of further drone attacks. The number of casualties has yet to be confirmed.
Russia Today
11-07-2025
- Politics
- Russia Today
Apartment bloc destroyed by Ukrainian air strike
A five-story residential building collapsed after being hit in a Ukrainian air strike, the governor of Russia's Kherson Region, Vladimir Saldo, said. Ukraine's forces are attacking the area with drones to prevent rescue teams from helping people trapped under the rubble, he added. The building was located in the town of Aleshki, about seven kilometers from the Dnieper River, which separates Russian and the Ukrainian forces in the area. DETAILS TO FOLLOW
Russia Today
05-06-2025
- Politics
- Russia Today
Russian press crew hit by Ukrainian drones
A Russian press crew from Zvezda TV came under attack by Ukrainian drones while working near the front line in Kherson Region, the outlet reported on Thursday. One person – a military escort traveling with the team – was wounded. According to Zvezda, the crew's vehicle was hit twice by drones after evading strikes earlier in the day. The car caught fire, forcing the crew to evacuate with the assistance of Russian troops. The network did not specify the size of the crew but said the military correspondent and cameraman were unharmed. The attack took place near the settlement of Aleshki along a route leading to Kherson which remains under Ukrainian control. Aleshki, around 5km from Kherson on the Russian side of the Dnieper River, has faced repeated Ukrainian drone attacks. According to Zvezda, Ukrainian troops use the ruins of the Antonovsky Bridge to launch drone strikes on civilian infrastructure, hospitals, and roads, making the area one of the most dangerous in the region. While Zvezda did not show footage of their destroyed vehicle, it aired images of other damaged civilian infrastructure in Aleshki, including buildings and a nearly destroyed ambulance. Kherson Region Governor Vladimir Saldo previously said Ukrainian troops 'systematically' hit ambulances, complicating efforts to evacuate the wounded. Kiev regularly targets Russian journalists covering the conflict. In March, a vehicle marked as press in the Lugansk People's Republic was hit in a precision artillery strike, killing Izvestia reporter Aleksandr Fedorchak, Zvezda cameraman Andrey Panov, and their driver, Aleksandr Sirkeli. Another Zvezda reporter, Nikita Goldin, was seriously injured and later died. Recently, a Vesti Donetsk film crew was struck by a Ukrainian drone in Gorlovka, leaving the driver and cameraman with concussions after the UAV exploded near their car. Russian officials have condemned attacks against journalists, accusing Kiev of deliberately targeting media crews to disrupt frontline reporting. Moscow has called on international organizations, including UNESCO, the OSCE, and UN, to denounce the attacks. Last year, it accused UNESCO of failing to include deadly Ukrainian attacks on Russian journalists in its latest biannual report covering the global state of journalist safety for 2022-23. The Russian Foreign Ministry has called Ukrainian attacks against journalists terrorism.
