Residents are taking their belongings from their house destroyed by Russian shelling in Irpin, Ukraine, on Saturday (May 21st). (Ephraim Lukacki / AP)
More than 1,000 educational institutions in Ukraine have been destroyed by Russian forces since the start of the war, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, a figure that includes primary schools, kindergartens and universities.
Here are the latest updates in the war in Ukraine:
Russia bans Biden: Russia bans more than 900 Americans, including President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. Russia released its updated “stop list” on Saturday, banning a total of 963 US officials and figures from entering the country.
The updated list included a majority of U.S. senators and members of the House of Representatives, former and current government officials, journalists, the military, lawyers, citizens, executives – and even a few deceased people.
Longtime Arizona. Senator John McCain and Deputy Intelligence Agency Deputy Director Melissa Drisco, both of whom died in 2018, were included in the list, as was Mike Pompeo, a former secretary of state under President Donald Trump.
Destroyed bridge: Russian forces destroyed the Pavlograd bridge between Severodonetsk and Lisichansk in Ukraine’s Luhansk region, according to Sergei Haidai, head of the regional military administration. In a statement on its Telegram page on Saturday, Heide said it would “greatly complicate the evacuation and delivery of humanitarian aid”, but that “there is a connection between the cities” at the moment. Hayday also said 57 people were evacuated from Luhansk region on Saturday.
The Lozova massacre: A Russian missile strike on Lozova in the Kharkiv region on Friday damaged more than a thousand apartments and 11 educational institutions, according to Mayor Sergei Zelensky.
“The numbers are shocking: 11 schools, including five schools. There are questions about the extent of the damage suffered by the hospital and clinic. Our Palace of Culture was also completely destroyed,” the mayor said in a video statement to Telegram on Saturday. .
Hit educational institutions: More than 1,000 Ukrainian educational institutions have been destroyed by the Russian military since the start of the war, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The Russian army destroyed 1,873 schools. This is a colossal scale of losses, “Zelenski said in his evening address on Saturday.
The figure includes primary schools, universities, kindergartens and other institutes affected by Russian shelling since the start of the war last February.
Offensive in Donbass: The Russian army has escalated attacks on Slavyansk and Severodonetsk in the last few days, and the situation in Donbass is now “extremely difficult,” the Ukrainian president said in a statement on Saturday night.
“Ukraine’s armed forces are deterring this offensive. Every day that our defenders take away from these offensive plans of Russia, violating them, is a concrete contribution to the approach of the main day. The desired day that we are all looking forward to and fighting for: Victory Day, “Zelenski said.
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