{"id":1336967,"date":"2022-02-24T10:53:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T15:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1336967"},"modified":"2022-02-24T10:53:24","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T15:53:24","slug":"graphic-image-warning-at-least-40-ukranians-and-50-russian-mercenaries-dead-as-fighting-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graphic-image-warning-at-least-40-ukranians-and-50-russian-mercenaries-dead-as-fighting-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Graphic Image Warning: At least 40 Ukranians and 50 Russian &#039;Mercenaries&#039; Dead as Fighting Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgraphic-image-warning-at-least-40-ukranians-and-50-russian-mercenaries-dead-as-fighting-continues%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1336967&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Around 40 Ukrainian people have been killed, including civilians and one young boy, in the fighting that has ensued following Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s announcement of a \u201cspecialised military operation\u201d into the former Soviet satellite state, reports claim.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ukrainian state media at lunchtime Thursday, Russian forces have launched over\u00a030 attacks, including from Kalibr cruise missiles, MLRS rocket launchers, aircraft, and artillery targeting \u201cUkrainian civilian and military infrastructure.\u201d Ukrainian police later reported that as many as 203 attacks have been carried out through the day, Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/ukraine-police-say-russia-has-carried-out-203-attacks-thursday-2022-02-24\/\">reported<\/a>. According to Sky News, at least <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/russia-invades-ukraine-war-live-latest-updates-news-putin-boris-johnson-kyiv-12541713\">40<\/a> Ukrainian people have been killed.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>In the town of Chuhuiv, Kharkiv region, a young boy was reportedly killed after an apartment building. Fifteen residents were said to be evacuated from the building after a fire broke out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA [] boy was killed in an explosion. Some people have been wounded. Rescuers have evacuated 15 residents from the burning building. The fire was localized at 09:50, and is currently being extinguished,\u201d Ukraine\u2019s State Emergency Service <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MNS.GOV.UA\/posts\/320587826775780\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19996258\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238727162.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19996258\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238727162.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smoke rising near the town of Hostomel and the Antonov Airport, in northwest Kyiv. (Photo by DANIEL LEAL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19996274\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238724172.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19996274\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238724172.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"700\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ukrainian servicemen get ready to repel an attack in Ukraine\u2019s Lugansk region on February 24, 2022. \u2013 (Photo by ANATOLII STEPANOV\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A hospital was also allegedly shelled by \u201cRussian-occupation forces\u201d in Vuhledar in the Donbas region of Donetsk, killing four civilians and wounding another ten, six of whom were doctors, the Head of the Donetsk Military-Civil Regional Administration Pavlo Kyrylenko\u00a0<a class=\"c-link\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrinform.net\/rubric-ato\/3411687-russian-military-shells-hit-hospital-in-vuhledar-4-civilians-killed-10-wounded.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.ukrinform.net\/rubric-ato\/3411687-russian-military-shells-hit-hospital-in-vuhledar-4-civilians-killed-10-wounded.html\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the Mariupol, situated in southeastern Ukraine on the north coast of the Sea of Azov, three civilians were killed and a further seven were injured after Russian forces fired rocket launchers at residential areas and the airport of the city, Mariupol Mayor Vadym Boichenko <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrinform.net\/rubric-ato\/3411483-mariupol-comes-under-smerch-mlrs-fire-three-civilians-killed-seven-wounded.html\">claimed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ukrainian state media, Ukrinform, two servicemen were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrinform.net\/rubric-ato\/3411349-two-servicemen-killed-25-people-injured-in-shelling-of-arms-depot-in-vinnytsia-region.html\">killed<\/a> and a further 25 were injured during the shelling of an arms depot in the town of Kalynivka, in the central region of Vinnytsia region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a result of the shelling on the territory of military unit No. A1119, [a] small arms depots caught on fire. One person was killed on tower. Up to 20 service members and six civilians were wounded. All of them have been hospitalized, their health status is moderate. The assistance is being provided. Unfortunately, one serviceman was seriously wounded. He died in hospital,\u201d said Vasyl Polishchuk, the head of the Kalynivka town community.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>At least five people were killed after a Ukrainian Armed Forces plane crashed outside of Kyiv, the country\u2019s capital, with 14 people on board according to a message released by the Interior Ministry on Telegram as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrinform.net\/rubric-ato\/3411552-five-killed-as-ukrainian-army-plane-crashes-in-kyiv-region-interior-ministry.html\">reported<\/a> by Ukrinform.<\/p>\n<p>A Russian strike on a military installation in the village of Lipetsk in the Odesa region saw 18 people die, including eight men and ten women, the Odesa Regional State Administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrinform.net\/rubric-ato\/3411589-air-strike-kills-18-people-killed-in-odesa-region-state-administration.html\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong>GRAPHIC IMAGE WARNING<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19994290\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238719851.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19994290\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238719851.png\" alt=\"EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content \/ TOPSHOT - A man reacts on the phone as he stands by a body stretched out on the ground after bombings on the eastern Ukraine town of Chuguiv on February 24, 2022, as Russian armed forces are trying to invade Ukraine from several directions, using rocket systems and helicopters to attack Ukrainian position in the south, the border guard service said. - Russia&#039;s ground forces today crossed into Ukraine from several directions, Ukraine&#039;s border guard service said, hours after President Vladimir Putin announced the launch of a major offensive. Russian tanks and other heavy equipment crossed the frontier in several northern regions, as well as from the Kremlin-annexed peninsula of Crimea in the south, the agency said. (Photo by Aris Messinis \/ AFP) (Photo by ARIS MESSINIS\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man reacts on the phone as he stands by a body stretched out on the ground after bombings on the eastern Ukraine town of Chuguiv on February 24, 2022 (Photo by ARIS MESSINIS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19996282\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1372548594.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19996282\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1372548594.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">KYIV, UKRAINE \u2013 FEBRUARY 24: People take photos of the remains of a rocket as it is cleared away on February 24, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Photo by Chris McGrath\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrinform.net\/rubric-ato\/3411535-general-staff-russians-has-fired-more-than-30-kalibr-missile-strikes-mlrs-artillery-uses-aircraft.html\">claimed<\/a> that their forces have shot down seven Russian planes and at least two helicopters. The Ukrainian military also said that it has so far destroyed four tanks of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the outskirts of Kharkiv, Ukraine\u2019s second-largest city.<\/p>\n<p>In the town of\u00a0Shchastia in the pro-Russian separatist Donbas region of Luhansk, Ukrainian forces allegedly killed \u201cfifty Russian mercenaries\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Striking a defiant tone, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said: \u201cUkraine is defending itself and will not give up its freedom, no matter what Moscow thinks. For Ukrainians, independence and the right to live on their land according to their will is the highest value.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRussia treacherously and self-destructively attacked our state in the morning. Just like Nazi Germany did during the Second World War.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zelinsky went on to call for the citizens of Russia, who have not \u201clost their conscience\u201d, to protest the increased military actions of the Vladimir Putin regime.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the attacks on Ukrainian territory, the president went on to announce that his country has severed diplomatic relations with Russia and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DmytroKuleba\/status\/1496833857009729547\">called<\/a> on other nations to follow suit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy this concrete step you will demonstrate that you stand by Ukraine and categorically reject the most blatant act of aggression in Europe since WWII,\u201d Kuleba wrote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Around 40 Ukrainian people have been killed, including civilians and one young boy, in the fighting that has ensued following Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s announcement of a \u201cspecialised military operation\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1336967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1336967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1336967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1336967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1336967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}