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Attacks kill 4 and injure 19 in four regions of Ukraine
Attacks in Ukraine’s Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro and Odesa regions over the past 24 hours killed 4 people and injured 19. Crossings were suspended at the Starokozache border checkpoint in Odesa, where 2 people were killed and 3 injured.
Attacks across four regions of Ukraine over the past 24 hours affected residential buildings, infrastructure facilities and one of the international crossing points on the Moldovan border. A total of 4 people were killed and 19 injured in the attacks in the Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro and Odesa regions.
The Starokozache international border checkpoint in the Odesa region was targeted overnight. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said 2 people were killed, 3 were injured and 16 people were evacuated by rescue teams.
The State Customs Service of Ukraine said the infrastructure and surrounding area of the international vehicle crossing were damaged and a fire broke out in the area. Passenger and vehicle processing was temporarily suspended. Oleh Kiper, head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration, also gave the toll from the attack as 2 dead and 3 injured.
Residential building damaged in Kyiv
Zelenskyy said a drone struck a multi-story residential building in Kyiv in the morning, injuring 4 people. Rescue teams extinguished the fire in the building, while damage-repair work continued in Kyiv as well as the Dnipro, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv and Zhytomyr regions.
The Ukrainian president argued that the international community had not responded adequately to the attacks against Ukraine. Zelenskyy said sanctions and support for Ukraine needed to be implemented effectively.
Casualties in Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia
Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, said attacks using guided aerial bombs and various drones had been carried out against the city of Kharkiv and 11 settlements in the region. Syniehubov said 1 person was killed and 8 were injured in the region.
Following the attacks in Dnipro, 2 people were taken to hospital, while 1 injured person declined hospital treatment. A warehouse containing construction materials and a detached house caught fire in the city.
Ivan Fedorov, head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, said 945 attacks had been carried out against 46 settlements in a single day. He said 1 person was killed and 7 were injured in attacks targeting the city of Zaporizhzhia and the Zaporizhzhia and Polohy districts.
According to Fedorov, the attacks comprised 18 airstrikes, 742 drone attacks, 1 multiple-launch rocket system attack and 184 artillery attacks.
Educational institutions suffer heavy damage
More than 4,650 educational institutions in Ukraine have been damaged since the war began, while 423 have been completely destroyed. Dmytro Lubinets, the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, said schools, kindergartens, universities and vocational education institutions had been affected by the attacks.
Lubinets said educational institutions must not be targeted. He said attacks on civilian structures and the deliberate destruction of educational infrastructure were incompatible with the rules of international humanitarian law.
Curfew hours to change in the Kyiv region
Timur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration, announced that the curfew in the region would be imposed from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. starting September 10. Tkachenko said the new arrangement would align with the hours in the city of Kyiv and give residents of the region who work in the capital more time to return home.
The Kyiv Regional Defense Council also decided to tighten safety requirements at fuel stations. The regulations cover hazard warnings, backup power sources, fire safety, access lanes for emergency vehicles and the conditions necessary for people to reach the nearest shelters.
Tkachenko also announced plans to install mobile shelters at train stations and stops in cooperation with regional communities and Ukrainian Railways.
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