The Russian military attacked an evacuation automobile carrying three wounded civilians, which resulted within the loss of life of considered one of them, Ukraine's Nationwide Police reported on July 1.

Russia has for months targeted its offensive efforts on the embattled city of Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast and has just lately been escalating makes an attempt to interrupt by to neighboring Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, a area that has not but seen fight.

In keeping with the police, Russian forces attacked the evacuation autos offered by chaplains 3 times: on the entrance to town, within the metropolis middle, and throughout the evacuation of civilians from Pokrovsk. The police known as Russia's actions "focused looking."

The police picked up one injured individual within the metropolis, and the opposite two — on the best way to the hospital. Within the meantime, the Russian military hit the automotive with a Molniya drone. On account of the assault, one of many law enforcement officials was injured.

Because the evacuation automobile got here beneath fireplace, one of many injured couldn’t be dropped at the hospital in time and died of blood loss.

"We known as for reinforcements and despatched the injured civilian with them, hoping for a miracle. Nevertheless it didn’t occur, Russia took one other life," Hennadii Yudin, head of the "White Angel" police unit, mentioned.

One other injured man, who was evacuated with a shrapnel wound, is present process therapy, the police mentioned.

Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi reported on June 27 that Russia has amassed "about 111,000 personnel" within the Pokrovsk sector, however Ukrainian forces are holding the road.

Syrskyi's assertion got here as Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed Moscow is "prepared" for a 3rd spherical of peace talks with Kyiv.

Russia's so-called "peace memorandum" calls for that Ukraine acknowledge Russia's annexation of Crimea, in addition to Kherson, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Luhansk oblasts — none of that are totally beneath Moscow's management.

As Russia inches closer to Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, new Ukrainian region might soon be at warMoscow said its troops had crossed into Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and were conducting offensive operations in the region, a claim Kyiv quickly denied as “Russian disinformation.” Russian troops have been pushing toward Dnipropetrovsk Oblast for months, trying to solidify the southern flank to capture Pokrovsk and the remaining parts of theThe Kyiv IndependentAsami Terajima