US Politics | 23 dead in sick Russian ‘revenge’ strike on civilian convoy rescuing families in ‘annexed’ Ukraine before Putin speech
AT least 23 people have been killed after a sickening Russian missile strike wiped out a civilian convoy rescuing families in ...annexed... Ukraine. The horror attack in Zaporizhzhia comes just hours before Vladimir Putin declared four regions of Ukraine part of Russia in an escalation of his shambolic seven-month war. 
TwitterImages showed burned out vehicles and bodies lying on the ground in Zaporizhzhia '/ ' 
TwitterThe convoy had planned to travel into Russian-occupied territory to rescue relatives and take them to safety '/ ' 
The vehicles were packed with belongings, blankets and suitcasesTwitter 
TwitterThe missile left a massive crater in the ground near the two rows of vehicles '/ ' Images showed burned out vehicles and bodies lying on the ground at the city's sprawling Orekhovo car market after the missile strike. Oleksandr Starukh, Zaporizhzhia's regional governor, said: ...The enemy launched a rocket attack on the outskirts of the city. ...So far, 23 dead and 28 wounded. All civilians.... Starukh said the convoy had planned to travel into Russian-occupied territory to pick up their families and take them to safety. Read more on the Ukraine war 
DARK DAY Putin tells annexed Ukrainians they're 'Russian citizens forever' in formal speech 
INSATIABLE DESPOT Putin declares two parts of Ukraine are 'independent' after sham vote The missile left a massive crater in the ground near the two rows of vehicles, with the windows of cars and vans blown out after being sprayed by shrapnel from the impact of the strike. The vehicles were packed with belongings, blankets and suitcases. Plastic sheets were seen draped over the bodies of a woman and young man in a green car, while two other people were found dead in a white van with its windows blown out. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky blasted Putin...s troops as ...bloodthirsty scoundrels... in response to the horrific rocket attack. Most read in US News VLAD'S Z DAY Putin vows to use 'any means' to defend stolen Ukraine regions in nuke threat SICK CLAIMS Dad 'forced son to sleep on pads & dig through trash before boy froze to death' I KILLED THREE Elon Musk's dad reveals how he shot dead intruders as daughter clung to him PIECE OF CAKE Walmart's self-checkout caught me stealing on camera - my warning to shoppers DARK TOURISM Fears 'acolytes' will swarm Jeffrey Dahmer town if victim memorial is erected GUN MASSACRE Five people including mom & two kids found shot dead as suspect arrested He said: ...The enemy rages on and seeks revenge for our steadfastness and his failures. ...He cynically kills peaceful Ukrainians, because he lost everything humane a long time ago... you will definitely answer. For every wasted Ukrainian life.... Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the Zelensky's office, said four of 16 S-300 missiles launched hit the car market. Police Colonel Sergey Ujryumov, head of the explosive disposal unit of the Zaporizhzhia police department, said the Russian military ...know that columns are formed here to go to the occupied territories.... ...They had the coordinates,... he said. ...It's not a coincidental strike. It's perfectly deliberate.... Ukrainian vice prime minister Mykhailo Fedorov slammed Russia as ...a terrorist state, which doesn't value human life and disregard any internationally recognised rules of wartime.... A Kremlin proxy official in the region denied the Russian army was behind the attack \- and blamed Ukraine. The deadly missile attack comes as Mad Vlad declared four regions of Ukraine part of Russia after a sham gunpoint referendum vote. Putin formally inked decrees declaring Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia to be Russian territory following a series of sham referendums. The ruthless land grab was made official at the Georgievsky Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace in a signing ceremony. The regions include areas in Zaporizhzhia \- but not the city itself \- which remains under Ukrainian control. The Russian leader also claimed victory in the Ukrainian regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, and Kherson. The four regions cover some 90,000sq km, or about 15 per cent of Ukraine's total area \- roughly the size of Hungary or Portugal. A huge rally was held in Moscow's Red Square on Friday in which Putin vowed that Russia ...will win.... Billboards have appeared in Moscow declaring: ...Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson \- Russia!... Putin met the leaders of the Russian-backed Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic as well as Russian-installed leaders of the parts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia that his forces occupy. On Wednesday, pro-Kremlin officials said all four regions \- which represent around 15 per cent of Ukraine's overall territory \- had voted to join Russia. ...DANGEROUS ESCALATION' Footage emerged of voters being led to the ballot boxes at gunpoint by pro-Russian paramilitary groups, while election officials were seen appearing to count stacks of unmarked ballot papers as ...Yes' votes. Other video shows Russian-installed thugs taking ballot boxes door-to-door surrounded by armed men. Putin's cronies claimed 99 per cent of ballots cast in Donetsk were in favour of joining Russia, 98 per cent in Luhansk, 93 per cent in Zaporizhzhia and 87 per cent in Kherson. The referendums have been declared illegal by the majority of the international community. UN chief Antonio Guterres said it was a ...dangerous escalation... that would damage future prospects for peace. US President Joe Biden said the US would never recognise Russia's claims on Ukraine's territory. ...The results were manufactured in Moscow,... Biden said. The US and the EU are set to impose more sanctions on Russia over the annexation, and even some of Russia's allies, such as Serbia and Kazakhstan, have said they will not recognise the take over. In a response to the sham referendums, Zelensky called an emergency meeting on Friday of his National Security and Defense Council. ...It can still be stopped. But to stop it we have to stop that person in Russia who wants war more than life. Your lives, citizens of Russia,... he said in a Thursday evening address to the nation. Ukraine has vowed to take back its territory. Mikhailo Podolyak, Zelensky's adviser, told La Repubblica: ...Referendums have no legal value, under international law the regions are and remain territories of Ukraine and Ukraine is ready to do anything to take them back. ...They were sham votes, in which few people participated. ...To those who went to vote they pointed their rifles in their faces.... Read More on The Sun 
GRIM REAPER Find out how long you will live - based on 8 surprising factors It comes as thousands of men have fled Russia to avoid Mad Vlad's mass mobilisation of troops to the frontline in Ukraine. The call-up was billed as enlisting men with military experience and required specialities \- but it has often appeared oblivious to service record, health, or even age, with images emerging of Putin's ...Dad's Army... lining up for war. 
ReutersA Kremlin proxy official in the region denied the Russian army was behind the attack '/ ' 
TwitterOne person was killed in a massive blast at a bus depot in the city of Dnipro '/ ' 
GettyThe remains of a house after a Russian missile attack on a residential area in Dnipro '/ ' 
GettyThe crater from a Russian missile after the overnight Russian missile attack in Dnipro '/ '
TwitterImages showed burned out vehicles and bodies lying on the ground in Zaporizhzhia '/ ' TwitterThe convoy had planned to travel into Russian-occupied territory to rescue relatives and take them to safety '/ ' The vehicles were packed with belongings, blankets and suitcasesTwitter TwitterThe missile left a massive crater in the ground near the two rows of vehicles '/ ' Images showed burned out vehicles and bodies lying on the ground at the city's sprawling Orekhovo car market after the missile strike. Oleksandr Starukh, Zaporizhzhia's regional governor, said: ...The enemy launched a rocket attack on the outskirts of the city. ...So far, 23 dead and 28 wounded. All civilians.... Starukh said the convoy had planned to travel into Russian-occupied territory to pick up their families and take them to safety. Read more on the Ukraine war DARK DAY Putin tells annexed Ukrainians they're 'Russian citizens forever' in formal speech INSATIABLE DESPOT Putin declares two parts of Ukraine are 'independent' after sham vote The missile left a massive crater in the ground near the two rows of vehicles, with the windows of cars and vans blown out after being sprayed by shrapnel from the impact of the strike. The vehicles were packed with belongings, blankets and suitcases. Plastic sheets were seen draped over the bodies of a woman and young man in a green car, while two other people were found dead in a white van with its windows blown out. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky blasted Putin...s troops as ...bloodthirsty scoundrels... in response to the horrific rocket attack. Most read in US News VLAD'S Z DAY Putin vows to use 'any means' to defend stolen Ukraine regions in nuke threat SICK CLAIMS Dad 'forced son to sleep on pads & dig through trash before boy froze to death' I KILLED THREE Elon Musk's dad reveals how he shot dead intruders as daughter clung to him PIECE OF CAKE Walmart's self-checkout caught me stealing on camera - my warning to shoppers DARK TOURISM Fears 'acolytes' will swarm Jeffrey Dahmer town if victim memorial is erected GUN MASSACRE Five people including mom & two kids found shot dead as suspect arrested He said: ...The enemy rages on and seeks revenge for our steadfastness and his failures. ...He cynically kills peaceful Ukrainians, because he lost everything humane a long time ago... you will definitely answer. For every wasted Ukrainian life.... Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the Zelensky's office, said four of 16 S-300 missiles launched hit the car market. Police Colonel Sergey Ujryumov, head of the explosive disposal unit of the Zaporizhzhia police department, said the Russian military ...know that columns are formed here to go to the occupied territories.... ...They had the coordinates,... he said. ...It's not a coincidental strike. It's perfectly deliberate.... Ukrainian vice prime minister Mykhailo Fedorov slammed Russia as ...a terrorist state, which doesn't value human life and disregard any internationally recognised rules of wartime.... A Kremlin proxy official in the region denied the Russian army was behind the attack \- and blamed Ukraine. The deadly missile attack comes as Mad Vlad declared four regions of Ukraine part of Russia after a sham gunpoint referendum vote. Putin formally inked decrees declaring Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia to be Russian territory following a series of sham referendums. The ruthless land grab was made official at the Georgievsky Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace in a signing ceremony. The regions include areas in Zaporizhzhia \- but not the city itself \- which remains under Ukrainian control. The Russian leader also claimed victory in the Ukrainian regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, and Kherson. The four regions cover some 90,000sq km, or about 15 per cent of Ukraine's total area \- roughly the size of Hungary or Portugal. A huge rally was held in Moscow's Red Square on Friday in which Putin vowed that Russia ...will win.... Billboards have appeared in Moscow declaring: ...Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson \- Russia!... Putin met the leaders of the Russian-backed Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic as well as Russian-installed leaders of the parts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia that his forces occupy. On Wednesday, pro-Kremlin officials said all four regions \- which represent around 15 per cent of Ukraine's overall territory \- had voted to join Russia. ...DANGEROUS ESCALATION' Footage emerged of voters being led to the ballot boxes at gunpoint by pro-Russian paramilitary groups, while election officials were seen appearing to count stacks of unmarked ballot papers as ...Yes' votes. Other video shows Russian-installed thugs taking ballot boxes door-to-door surrounded by armed men. Putin's cronies claimed 99 per cent of ballots cast in Donetsk were in favour of joining Russia, 98 per cent in Luhansk, 93 per cent in Zaporizhzhia and 87 per cent in Kherson. The referendums have been declared illegal by the majority of the international community. UN chief Antonio Guterres said it was a ...dangerous escalation... that would damage future prospects for peace. US President Joe Biden said the US would never recognise Russia's claims on Ukraine's territory. ...The results were manufactured in Moscow,... Biden said. The US and the EU are set to impose more sanctions on Russia over the annexation, and even some of Russia's allies, such as Serbia and Kazakhstan, have said they will not recognise the take over. In a response to the sham referendums, Zelensky called an emergency meeting on Friday of his National Security and Defense Council. ...It can still be stopped. But to stop it we have to stop that person in Russia who wants war more than life. Your lives, citizens of Russia,... he said in a Thursday evening address to the nation. Ukraine has vowed to take back its territory. Mikhailo Podolyak, Zelensky's adviser, told La Repubblica: ...Referendums have no legal value, under international law the regions are and remain territories of Ukraine and Ukraine is ready to do anything to take them back. ...They were sham votes, in which few people participated. ...To those who went to vote they pointed their rifles in their faces.... Read More on The Sun GRIM REAPER Find out how long you will live - based on 8 surprising factors It comes as thousands of men have fled Russia to avoid Mad Vlad's mass mobilisation of troops to the frontline in Ukraine. The call-up was billed as enlisting men with military experience and required specialities \- but it has often appeared oblivious to service record, health, or even age, with images emerging of Putin's ...Dad's Army... lining up for war. ReutersA Kremlin proxy official in the region denied the Russian army was behind the attack '/ ' TwitterOne person was killed in a massive blast at a bus depot in the city of Dnipro '/ ' GettyThe remains of a house after a Russian missile attack on a residential area in Dnipro '/ ' GettyThe crater from a Russian missile after the overnight Russian missile attack in Dnipro '/ '
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