At least 25 killed in Ukrainian strikes on Russian-controlled Donetsk

Subject: IR

Section: Places in news

Context:

At least 25 people were killed and 20 were injured, including two children, in Ukrainian shelling near a market in the Russian-controlled city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine

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Kyiv once again committed a barbaric terrorist act against the civilian population of Russia.
Donetsk is one of four Ukrainian regions that Moscow said in 2022 it would recognize as Russian territory – an annexation process which is illegal under international law.
Kyiv’s troops have withdrawn from the village of Krokhmalne in the northeast of the country, close to the border between Kharkiv and Luhansk regions
Russia had captured the village of Krokhmalne in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine.

Ukraine strikes oil terminal in Russia:

Ukraine carried out a drone attack on a Russian oil terminal about 100 kilometers (62 miles) west of Saint Petersburg.
A significant fire broke out at the Chemical transport terminal Novatek facility in Ust-Luga(at Baltic sea terminal), which sits on the Gulf of Finland.
The blaze was at site of Russia second largest natural gas terminal ieNovatek(south west of St Petersburg)

About Baltic sea:

The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the North and Central European Plain.
The Baltic Sea is connected by artificial waterways to the White Sea via the White Sea–Baltic Canal and to the German Bight of the North Sea via the Kiel Canal.

About Gulf of Finland:

The Gulf of Finland is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea.
It extends between Finland to the north and Estonia to the south, to Saint Petersburg in Russia to the east where the river Neva drains into it.
Other major cities around the gulf include Helsinki and Tallinn.

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Ukraine:

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