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The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), a network of over 1,000 NGOs, says more than 600 people were injured or killed by landmines and other explosive remnants in 2022.
The ICBL said as laid landmines in 11 of Ukraine’s 27 regions since the invasion of the neighboring country in February 2022.
Only Syria recorded more landmine casualties than Ukraine, with 834.
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said the EU would fall short of its promise to deliver one million rounds of ammunition to Ukraine by March 2024.
Zelenskyy says Russian front-line strikes increasing
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia is increasing its attacks across the front line, with increased strikes also against the country’s energy infrastructure.
Although neither side has made significant territorial gains for months, both Kyiv and Moscow deny the war has ground to a stalemate.
“The military reported an increase in the number of enemy assaults,” Zelenskyy said in a post on social media.
The Ukrainian president said Russians were attacking the eastern cities of Donetsk, Kupyansk, and Avdiivka. He warned that Russia was likely to increase air strikes against Ukraine’s energy network ahead of the winter, as it did this time last year.
Zelenskyy also called Russian rocket and artillery strikes on the city of Kherson “revenge.” He said they were “without any military necessity.”
Russian attacks on Kherson, which Ukraine seized back from Russian forces a year ago, killed three and wounded at least 12 on Monday, Ukrainian officials said.
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Ukraine says Russians intensify assault on Avdiivka
Ukraine’s military says Moscow’s forces are intensifying air bombardments and trying to move forward with ground forces around the shattered eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiivka.
Officials said Ukrainian forces had repelled Russian attacks in other areas of the 1,000-kilometer (600-mile) front line.
“Fighting is still going on. Over the last two days, the occupiers have increased the number of air strikes using guided bombs from Su-35 aircraft,” Ukrainian military spokesman Oleksandr Shtupun told national television.
“The enemy is also bringing in more and more infantry. But when they tried to deploy armored vehicles the day before yesterday two tanks and 14 other vehicles were burned out.”
Shtupun said Ukrainian forces had repelled eight attacks in the past 24 hours on the city, known for its vast coking plant.
