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By: EFE Updated 24 Feb 2022, : 53 pm EST
At least 57 Ukrainians died and others 169 were injured today during the first day of the Russian attack on Ukraine, reported the country’s Ministry of Health.
“According to operating data, 57 Ukrainians perished as a result of the Russian attack. Others 80 were injured,” Health Minister Viktor Lyashko said in a statement. in which he did not specify the number of civilians and soldiers who lost their lives.
The Ukrainian government has urged the population to donate blood and seek medical attention outside of hospitals if your health condition allows it.
Russia for its part has not yet reported the casualties suffered.
The Kremlin Today launched a “special military operation” in Ukraine from all sides, east, north and south, and is already approaching the capital, Kiev.
The Russian Armed Forces used high-precision weapons against military infrastructures, anti-aircraft batteries and military air bases, and although the Ministry of Defense assured that They do not attack cities or civilians, at least four citizens died today in an attack perpetrated by the artillery of pro-Russian separatist militias against a hospital in the Donetsk region, according to local authorities.
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