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Visiting the capital kyiv on Monday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said alliance members had failed to deliver on what they promised Ukraine on time, allowing Russia to take advantage of battlefield advantages. .
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At least four people have died after the impact of a missile Russian against a Gothic-style building, known as ‘Harry Potter’ Castle, in the city of Odessa, southern Ukraine. Apparently, the deceased did not have enough time to take shelter, since anti-aircraft alerts were activated just minutes before the attack.
“At the moment the type of missile is being checked, forensic specialists are carrying out the relevant assessments for this. All services, including the State Emergency Service, are currently working to eliminate the consequences of the missile impact, another war crime“declares Dmytro Pletenchuk, spokesman for the Defense Forces of Southern Ukraine.
In kyiv on Monday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg declared that NATO members had failed to deliver on time what they had promised Ukraine, allowing Russia to exploit its advantages in the battlefield.
“Today we talked a lot about speed in our negotiations with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. The timely delivery of weapons to our warriors, timely and effective air defense decisions for Ukraine are what we need, right now, to protect lives,” says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
These claims come as Ukrainian forces fight Russia on the battlefield, with Ukrainian commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskyi noting that the situation on the front line had worsened and that his forces had withdrawn from some positions in Donetsk.
Anti-personnel mines as a deadly legacy of armed conflicts
Meanwhile, in Geneva, at a meeting of the Anti-Personnel Mine Action Agency, specialists presented the challenges faced by civilians living in conflict or post-conflict environments.
“In Ukraine, due to the nature and intensity of the conflict, we often see people with two, three, or even four amputated limbs. Many of the injured are between 20 and 30 years old,” said Paul Heslop, director of UNDP’s Mine Action Program in Ukraine.
According to the UN, some 60 million people in 60 countries live from one day to the next without knowing if they will step on a land mine, or an unexploded explosive device, which has been left as remains of a armed conflict.
