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Deadly Russian strikes on Ukraine as drone hits St Petersburg

2024-03-02 00:00:00.0 欧洲新闻电视台-欧洲新闻原网页

A tourist who was travelling on a bicycle with her husband was allegedly gang-raped overnight from 1 to 2 March in the Dumka district of India's Jharkhand state - a well-known tourist destination.

The victim was on a cycling trip with her husband to Nepal via Bhagalpur, they had stopped at Dumka when the assault took place. According to her statement, the couple had pitched their tent in a secluded spot near Hansdiha market.

While she was asleep, several youths from the area broke into the tent and took turns to rape her. They also used physical violence, she reportedly said in her complaint to local police.

Officers arrived on the scene in the early hours of the morning and arrested three people.

Another official mentioned the involvement of seven to eight youths.

Following the assault, the woman was admitted to the Saraiyahat Community Health Centre for medical treatment.

The authorities have opened an investigation into the matter.

Officers say she is undergoing medical examinations at the Phulo Jhano Medical College Hospital in Dumka.

"This is a condemnable incident and the police are taking appropriate action. The culprits will not be spared," said Mithilesh Kumar Thakur, regional minister of the state of Jhajhand.

The Spanish embassy in India has contacted the authorities and has sent personnel to consult in the region.

The death toll from an overnight Russian drone strike in Odesa has climbed to ten. A 4-month-old baby and child are among the dead.

Debris from the Iranian-made drone hit an apartment block in the southern Ukrainian port city between Friday and Saturday, according to Ukraine's State Emergency Service.

A further eight people sustained injuries, authorities said.

In the wake of the deadly attack, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on Western allies to boost Ukraine's air defences.

Speaking about the casualties, he wrote on X: “Tymofiy was 4 months old. Mark was about to turn 3 years old. My condolences to all of their close ones.”

Ukraine's number one added that a 3-year-old girl was injured in the attack.

“Delays in the delivery of weapons to Ukraine, as well as air defense to protect our people, unfortunately result in such losses. ... Ukraine has never requested anything more than what is necessary to protect lives,” Zelenskyy wrote.

Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported multiple strikes across the country, shooting down 14 of 17 drones.

Kharkiv regional governor Oleh Syniehubov reported Saturday morning that more than 20 settlements in the eastern Ukrainian province sustained Russian artillery and mortar attacks, while high-rise buildings in the regional capital, also called Kharkiv, were damaged by a drone attack.

He said that there were no casualties, but that three people suffered an “acute stress reaction.”

Russia’s defence ministry reported that 38 Ukrainian drones were intercepted overnight into Sunday over the Crimean peninsula, which Moscow illegally annexed from Kyiv in 2014.

A bridge that connects Crimea to Russian territory was closed to traffic for about two hours in the early hours.

On Saturday, Russian authorities said an "emergency" damaged an apartment building in St Petersburg.

However, local news and social media claimed a Ukrainian drone hit the residential building in Russia's second-largest city.

Euronews could not independently verify either claim.

In Russia, the TASS state news agency said damage to the apartment in St Petersburg's Krasnogvardeisky district was caused by an " explosion".

Residents were evacuated, though there were no casualties, the city's governor Alexander Beglov wrote on Telegram.

A police officer guards an area with the wreckage of a drone near a damaged apartment's building after a reported drone attack in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, 2/03/24.AP Photo

Windows were broken and balconies were damaged.

The Mash news website said the apartment building was hit by a Ukrainian drone.

It published videos appearing to show the moment the apartment building was struck, showing a strong flash of light engulfing one side of the building and fragments of debris flying into the air. Another video showed car alarms going off.

Again the videos could not be immediately verified by Euronews.

Russia’s Defense Ministry has not commented on the incident.

Citing preliminary data, TASS reports that 100 people were taken out of the buildings on the streets and residents of homes affected were temporarily housed in a nearby kindergarten.

The damaged building is a five-story building built in 1979, with 90 apartments in six entrances, the Russian state agency reported.

Thousands gathered in Moscow to say a final farewell to Alexei Navalny on Friday, two weeks after his sudden death in an Arctic prison.

As Navalny's parents sat by the open casket, cradling and kissing their son’s face, many chanted slogans against Russian president Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine as they gathered at the church where the opposition figure was laid to rest.

There was a heavy police presence at the funeral, which remained relatively peaceful.

Here are some of the most powerful photos taken on the day.

Workers carry the coffin and a portrait of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny out of the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God Soothe My Sorrows, in Moscow, Russia. AP/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved

Police, right, observe as people walk towards the Borisovskoye Cemetery for the funeral ceremony of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, in Moscow, Russia. AP/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved

People throw flowers as a van with the coffin of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny leaves the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God Soothe My Sorrows, in Moscow. AP/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved

People lay flowers and candles paying the last respect to Alexei Navalny, in a street not far from the Borisovskoye Cemetery in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 1, 2024. AP/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved

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