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A6 WORLD NEWS
Tuesday 3 January 2023
Moscow says Ukrainian rocket strike kills 63 Russian troops

By FELIPE DANA defense forces.
Associated Press Klitschko said 22 drones
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrai- were destroyed over Kyiv,
nian forces fired rockets three in the outlying Kyiv re-
at a facility in the eastern gion and 15 over neighbor-
Donetsk region where Rus- ing provinces.
sian soldiers were stationed, Energy infrastructure facili-
killing 63 of them, Russia’s ties were damaged as the
defense ministry said Mon- result of the attack and an
day, in one of the deadli- explosion occurred in one
est attacks on the Kremlin’s city district, the mayor said.
forces since the war began It wasn’t immediately clear
more than 10 months ago. whether that was caused
Ukrainian forces fired six by drones or other muni-
rockets from a HIMARS tions. A wounded 19-year-
launch system and two of old man was hospitalized,
them were shot down, a Klitschko added, and
defense ministry statement emergency power out-
said. It did not say when the ages were underway in the
strike happened. capital. In the outlying Kyiv
The strike, using a U.S.-sup- region a “critical infrastruc-
plied precision weapon ture object” and residen-
that has proven critical in tial buildings were hit, Gov.
enabling Ukrainian forces Oleksiy Kuleba said.
to hit key targets, delivered Local residents carry their belongings as they leave their home ruined in the Saturday Russian Russia has carried out air-
a new setback for Russia rocket attack in Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. Associated Press strikes on Ukrainian power
which in recent months and water supplies almost
has reeled from a Ukrainian losses, Daniil Bezsonov, an clarified. drones in another nighttime weekly since October.
counteroffensive. official with the Russian-ap- In a claim that could not be attack on Ukraine, officials Ukrainian President Volody-
According to the governor pointed administration in independently verified, the said Monday, as the Krem- myr Zelenskyy has accused
of Russia’s Samara region, Russian-occupied Donetsk, Strategic Communications lin signaled no letup in its Russia of “energy terror-
Dmitry Azarov, an unspeci- called for the punishment Directorate of Ukraine’s strategy of using bombard- ism” as the aerial bom-
fied number of residents of military officers who or- Armed Forces had main- ments to target the coun- bardments have left many
of the region were among dered a large number of tained Sunday that some try’s energy infrastructure people without heat amid
those killed and wounded troops to be stationed at 400 mobilized Russian sol- and wear down Ukrainian freezing temperatures.
by the strike on the town of the facility. diers were killed in a vo- resistance to its invasion. Ukrainian officials say Mos-
Makiivka. The Ukrainian military ap- cational school building in The barrage was the latest cow is “weaponizing win-
Russian military bloggers, peared to acknowledge Makiivka and about 300 in a series of relentless year- ter” in its effort to demoral-
whose information has the attack Monday, with more were wounded. The end attacks, including one ize the Ukrainian resistance.
largely been reliable during the General Staff confirm- Russian statement said the that killed three civilians on Ukraine is using sophisti-
the war, said ammunition ing that Makiivka was hit on strike occurred “in the area New Year’s Eve. cated Western-supplied
stored close to the facility Dec. 31, and saying 10 Rus- of Makiivka” and didn’t On Monday, Kyiv Mayor weapons to help shoot
had exploded in the attack sian military vehicles were mention the vocational Vitali Klitschko said that 40 down Russia’s missiles and
and contributed to the high destroyed or damaged. It school. drones “headed for Kyiv” drones, as well as send ar-
number of casualties. added that Russian person- Meanwhile, Russia de- overnight. All of them were tillery fire into Russian-held
Expressing anger at the nel losses were still being ployed multiple exploding destroyed, according to air areas of the country.q

Pakistan says it won’t allow countries to

shelter militants

The attacks are on the rise the state.” The announce- iban. The Afghan Taliban
across Pakistan, especially ment came two weeks af- seized power last year as
in the northwest near the ter Pakistan’s special forces U.S. and NATO troops were
Afghan border. killed more than two dozen in the final weeks of their
The announcement came detainees linked to the pullout from the country af-
at the end of a lengthy Pakistani Taliban in a raid ter 20 years of war.
meeting of Pakistan’s Na- after they overpowered The takeover of Afghani-
tional Security Commit- guards at a counter-terror- stan emboldened TTP fight-
tee, which was attended ism center in the northwest ers who have stepped up
Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif attends the Shanghai by Prime Minister Shahbaz and killed three hostages. attacks on Pakistani secu-
Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Samarkand,
Uzbekistan, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Sharif, the newly appointed Before launching the res- rity forces since November
Associated Press army chief Gen. Asim Mu- cue operation, the detain- when they unilaterally end-
nir, and other officials. ees had demanded safe ed a monthslong cease-
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Paki- apparent reference to According to a govern- passage to Afghanistan, a fire with Pakistan’s govern-
stan’s political and military neighboring Afghanistan. ment statement, the com- demand the government ment. The increasing mili-
leadership on Monday The statement came amid mittee vowed that there rejected. The Pakistani Tal- tant violence has strained
vowed that no nation will a spike in attacks by the will be “zero tolerance for iban, also known as Teh- relations between Pakistan
be allowed to shelter mili- militant Pakistani Taliban, terrorism in Pakistan” and reek-e-Taliban Pakistan, or and Afghanistan’s Taliban
tants who stage attacks many of whom are hiding that militants will be dealt TTP, are separate from, but rulers, who had brokered
against the country — an in neighboring Afghanistan. with using the “full force of allied with, the Afghan Tal- the cease-fire in May.q