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WORLD NEWS Monday 23 SepteMber 2024
21 wounded after Russia strikes apartment buildings

in Ukrainian city of Kharkiv

By SAMYA KULLAB the city of Kherson, regional
Associated Press authorities said. Hours later,
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Rus- police reported that Russian
sia launched new strikes in attacks wounded at least
the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv four more people elsewhere
that hit high-rise apartment in the province.
buildings, leaving at least 21 Other Russian drone attacks
wounded in a second con- Sunday damaged energy
secutive nighttime attack, infrastructure in Ukraine's
authorities said. central Poltava region and
The bombs fell Saturday night the northern city of Shostka,
on the district of Shevchen- officials reported.
kivsky, north of the center Shostka lies in the Sumy re-
of Kharkiv, which is the sec- gion, across the border from
ond-largest Ukrainian city, Russia's Kursk province — the
local Gov. Oleh Syniehubov target of a startling Ukrainian
said. Residential buildings military incursion launched
sustained varying degrees last month. Weeks into the
of damage, including 16- incursion, Zelenskyy said that
and nine-story buildings, he the aim is to create a buffer
added. Kharkiv's city council zone to prevent further Rus-
said that 18 buildings were sian cross-border strikes that
damaged. have for months wreaked
The wounded included an Emergency services workers move rubble after a Russian strike on a residential building in Kharkiv, havoc in Sumy.
8-year-old child, according Ukraine early Sunday Sept. 22, 2024. Associated Press Around 10,000 residents have
to Syniehubov and Kharkiv left the nearby town of Hlukh-
Mayor Ihor Terekhov. Terek- President Volodymyr Zelen- French Mirages. homes in the city of Sloviansk, iv because of intensified Rus-
hov said that 60 residents skyy condemned the strike Russia sends drones and mis- trapping a woman under sian shelling, around a third
were evacuated from one and urged Kyiv's Western al- siles elsewhere in Ukraine rubble and wounding two of its prewar population, the
of the buildings, a high-rise lies to send more weapons Russia also launched 80 Sha- of her neighbors, regional local military administration
that was hit directly. to help it "protect lives and hed drones and two missiles prosecutors reported. said Sunday.
Kharkiv has been a frequent ensure safety." at Ukraine overnight into Sun- In the same province, two That includes almost 70% of
target of Russian attacks "Ukraine needs full long- day, the Ukrainian air force miners died and one other the town's children, following
since Moscow launched its range capabilities, and we said. Ukrainian defenses shot person was injured late Sat- the regional government's
all-out invasion of neighbor- are working to convince our down 71 drones, and anoth- urday after Russian forces calls to evacuate parts of
ing Ukraine in February 2022. partners of this," Zelenskyy er six were lost on location shelled a mine west of the Sumy region nearest
On late Friday, 15 people, in- said on X, as he prepared because of electronic war- the city of Pokrovsk, local the Russian border. Hlukhiv
cluding children ages 10 and to kick off a busy week in the fare countermeasures, the Gov. Vadym Filashkin and lies less than 15 kilometers (9
12, were wounded when Rus- United States shoring up sup- statement said. Ukraine's Energy Ministry re- miles) from Russian territory,
sian airstrikes hit three Kharkiv port for Kyiv in the war. Farther south, a 12-year-old ported. and about 40 kilometers (25
neighborhoods, Terekhov And Ukrainian Defense Min- girl and a woman died af- Pokrovsk and Sloviansk have miles) southeast of Shostka.
said. ister Rustem Umerov said ter a Russian drone struck both been key targets for Ukrainian troops strike at Rus-
Zelenskyy appeals for more Sunday that Kyiv was in talks a passenger car in the city Russian forces as they con- sian targets
weapons with partners in Europe to se- of Nikopol, local Gov. Serhii tinue their grinding push Also on Sunday, a firefighter
Ukrainian officials said that cure Swedish-made Gripen Lysak reported. Two others, westwards aimed at captur- was killed and two others
KAB-type aerial glide bombs and European Eurofighter including a 4-year-old child, ing the entirety of Ukraine's were injured by a Ukrainian
— a retrofitted Soviet weap- Typhoon jets. Umerov said suffered wounds. industrial east. drone in the Russia-occupied
on that has for months laid that commitments were In the eastern Donetsk re- In southern Ukraine, a Russian Luhansk province in eastern
waste to eastern Ukraine — already in place for deliver- gion, a Russian airstrike drone strike on Sunday morn- Ukraine, the Russian Emer-
were used in both attacks. ies of U.S.-made F-16s and on Sunday morning struck ing wounded two civilians in gencies Ministry said.q

Premier says Albania will grant sovereignty to
Bektashi Muslims in Tirana, similar to the Vatican

By LLAZAR SEMINI Balkan country, saved Jew- ing the transformation of
Associated Press ish refugees from the Na- the World Bektashi Order
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — zis during World War II and into a sovereign state in our
Albanian Prime Minister sheltered Afghans after the capital, Tirana, as a new
Edi Rama said Sunday his Taliban came to power center of moderation, tol-
country would transform three years ago. erance and peaceful co-
the Tirana-based Bektashi Albanians are also proud of existence."
Muslims, an Islamic Sufi or- giving to the world Mother Albania's 2.4-million popu-
der, into a sovereign state Teresa who "embodied lation is about 50% Muslim
to promote moderation, love for humanity," he said. with the rest of the popula- The Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama speaks to the United
tolerance and peaceful "She told us that not all of tion Catholic and Orthodox Nations General Assembly during Summit of the Future, Sunday,
Sept. 22, 2024 at U.N. headquarters.
coexistence. us can do big things, but Christians and other smaller Associated Press
Speaking at the United Na- we can all do small things communities. The country is
tions, Rama pointed out with big love," he said. "That known for its religious har- Bektashi Muslims make up the country, according to
that Albania, a tiny Western is our inspiration in support- mony and co-existence. about 10% of the Muslims in the last census. q