At least 22 people have died yesterday Wednesday from the Russian bombing of the railway station in Chaplinoin central UkraineThis was stated by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky.

At the same time, according to preliminary information, more than 50 people were injured as a result of the attack, search and rescue operations continue.

“Today we are rooting for Chaplino,” Zelenskiy said, as the Russian attack falls on Ukraine’s national holiday, which this year coincided with six months after Russia’s invasion of the country.

“Soon the night (…) is coming to an end with the Independence Day of Ukraine. But our independence does not end and will never end,” the Ukrainian President stressed.

During the war, railway stations and infrastructure facilities were repeatedly attacked. In April, at least 57 people were killed in an attack on the Kramatorsk railway station in eastern Donbas.

According to local authorities, an 11-year-old girl was killed in Dnepropetrovsk yesterday as a result of artillery shelling.

As Ukrainians celebrated their national holiday yesterday, the Russian military launched strikes in several parts of the country, including the Khmelnytsky region in the west and Zhytomyr in the north, according to Ukrainian authorities.

Anxiety and new calls for Zaporozhye

Meanwhile, leaders from around the world yesterday once again called on Russia to end the war and repeated their calls to allow the mission of inspectors to be admitted to the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant. UN Secretary-General António Guterres said there was little hope for a quick end to the war.

“Despite our progress on the humanitarian front, there are no signs that the conflict in Ukraine will end and new potential escalation points will emerge,” Guterres told the UN Security Council.

“Today marks a sad and tragic milestone,” he added. “Thousands of civilians were killed and injured, including children.”

“The world has witnessed serious violations of international human rights and international humanitarian law, which were committed with little or no accountability,” he stressed.

Guterres also warned of the possibility of an accident at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and called for a group of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to be sent there. Several other officials agreed with this.

“In recent months, we have seen an increase in the danger of a nuclear catastrophe in Europe. It is sad that we have to say that a nuclear power plant should never be used as a military base,” said EU Ambassador Silvio Gonzato, asking Moscow to allow an international team of experts to visit the plant.

For his part, Zelensky, in his speech to the Security Council, suggested that Russia transfer control of the nuclear power plant to the IAEA.

Russia must unconditionally stop “nuclear blackmail” and completely withdraw from the station, he stressed, while emphasizing the importance of repelling Russian aggression.

If we do not stop Russia now, according to the Ukrainian president, “Russian killers will probably end up in other countries – in Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America.”

“Russia must be held accountable for the crime of aggression against Ukraine,” Zelensky concluded.

“Let’s be clear: the international community will never recognize Russia’s attempts to forcibly change the borders of Ukraine,” said US Permanent Representative to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield.

Source: DPA, APE-MPE.