Russian troops have bombed a bridge in the Ukrainian city of Irpin that was being used by refugees fleeing the war, causing the death of three members of the same family in the act.
Hundreds of people have gathered around the bombed-out bridge over the Irpin River since yesterday. The bridge had already been partially destroyed by Ukrainian troops to prevent the Russian advance, but the displaced were using it to flee. At the time of the bombing, according to the New York Times, there were barely a dozen soldiers in the vicinity, helping to get the civilians out. The attack has been confirmed by the Ukrainian authorities.
The first bombs fell a short distance from the bridge, although later they moved closer to the crowd of civilians, many of whom were unable to flee. One of the bombs fell on a family of father, mother, a teenage son and a little girl. The mother and children died on the spot. At the time they received care, the father still had a pulse but remained unconscious and seriously injured.
The country’s Human Rights Commissioner, Liudmila Denisova, has highlighted through a message on Telegram that to date the death of 38 childrenwhile 71 have been injured, although he has said that “this figure is not final, since it is impossible to obtain precise information on the number of dead and wounded in Mariupol, the Donetsk region and Irpin”.
“During the last day, a one-and-a-half-year-old child has died as a result of a rocket attack by the Russian occupiers in Mariupol,” he detailed, before adding that “in Bucha, two seriously injured children died in the absence of medical care”.
“I ask international humanitarian organizations to take all possible measures to increase pressure against Russia to end the military aggression against Ukraine,” he concluded.
Source: Lasexta
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