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Ukraine Russia Conflict: Russia accused of using ‘bunker buster’ bombs in Ukraine

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: April 19, 2022 13:46 IST

Kviy officials on Tuesday said, that the Russian forces have been accused of using devastating “bunker bombs” to target ...

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Kviy officials on Tuesday said, that the Russian forces have been accused of using devastating “bunker bombs” to target the remaining Ukrainian troops. This comes after Putin's forces attack attacked a broad front in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday as part of a full-scale ground offensive. 

Russia launched a war on Ukraine on February 24. However, according to the latest updates, The Russian offensive to seize eastern Ukraine and the “battle for Donbas” has begun, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky said. According to the senior US defence department, Russia has 76 battalion tactical groups in the Donbas region of Ukraine and in the country’s southeast with 11 of those added over the last several days. No fewer than 1,000 civilians are reportedly hiding in underground shelters beneath the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, according to the city council. Most of the civilians are believed to be women with children and elderly people. About 40,000 civilians in the city have been forcibly moved to Russia or Russian-controlled regions of Ukraine, the mayor added. Meanwhile, seven people were killed in strikes in the western city of Lviv.  

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