new casualties among Ukrainian civilians

The Russian army fired on the town of Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region on Sunday; this was announced by the head of the regional administration Oleg Sinegubov. A 65-year-old man died in the attack. At least five houses were destroyed.Meanwhile, two people were killed in Bakhmut, said the head of the Donetsk regional military administration, Pavel Kirilenko. Remember that Russian troops have been trying to seize this city for several months.This week, the Ukrainian army destroyed two bridges near Bakhmut. One of them connected the city to Chasovy Yar, through which a road passes, which makes it possible to supply the Ukrainian troops. This was reported by British intelligence and a number of analysts.Associated Press reporters saw on Saturday how Ukrainian troops were setting up a pontoon bridge near Bakhmut to help some civilians move to the nearby village of Khromovo.According to experts from the American Institute for the Study of War, Kiev’s actions could indicate that preparations are underway for the withdrawal of troops from certain areas of Bakhmut. At the same time, the study notes that Ukraine seeks to prevent the advance of Russian troops in the eastern part of the city.In the Kherson region, a woman and two children were killed following the shelling of a residential building in the village of Poniatovka on Sunday, the Ukrainian President’s press service reported. On the same day, a married couple died in the village of Budarki, in the Kharkiv region: their car was hit by a Russian artillery shell.
The death toll rose following a Russian strike on a five-storey building in Zaporizhzhia on the night of March 2. According to the Ukrainian authorities, 13 people were killed.