War in Ukraine: Russian rescue ship damaged, fierce fighting near Chasiv Yar… update on the situation
|Moscou a revendiqué la prise du village ukrainien de Bohdanivka, dans la région de Donetsk, à l’est du pays. ILLUSTRATION MAXPPP – SERGEY DOLZHENKO
Tous les jours, Midi Libre fait le point sur la situation en Ukraine. Ce dimanche 21 avril 2024, découvrez les dernières actualités autour de ce conflit.
Russian and Ukrainian forces engaged in fierce fighting this Sunday, April 21, near the key town of Chassiv Iar (east), the day after the adoption by the American House of Representatives of ;new military aid to Kiev, which for its part claimed to have struck a Russian ship in Crimea.
The Russian Defense Ministry said at midday on Sunday that the town of Bohdanivka (east) had been "completely liberated"< /em>.
But at the end of the day, the Ukrainian forces declared that they had "repulsed" the Russian army which "with the support of aviation, attempted to improve its tactical situation".
A small town with fewer than 100 inhabitants before the war, Bohdanivka is located less than 10 km from Chassiv Iar, a target town for the Russian army. Because Chassiv Yar is itself less than 30 km southeast of Kramatorsk, the main city still under Ukrainian control in the Donetsk region and an important railway and logistics hub for the Ukrainian army.< /p>
The Kommouna hit and damaged
In addition, Ukraine claimed on Sunday to have attacked a Russian military ship in the Black Sea, where its forces have had more success so far.
The Kommouna, responsible for rescues on the high seas (of sunken submarines or lost cargo) is one of the oldest Russian military ships, according to kyiv. Launched in 1915 and having participated in both world wars, it is even the oldest military ship still in service in the world, according to several military sites.
He is no longer capable of accomplishing his tasks, declared the bearer word of the Ukrainian Navy, Dmytro Pletenchuk. "This will continue until the Russians no longer have ships or leave Crimea" ; attached, he added.
Ukrainian authorities also said that Russia also struck its territory on Sunday, killing at least one 82-year-old woman and wounding four in Ukrainsk in the Donetsk region.