Ukrainian forces attack hotel where Russia's Wagner mercenaries were holed up, with Kyiv claiming another 200 troops killed in separate missile strike

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[dennisw]

Governor of Luhansk region said Ukrainian forces attacked a hotel in Kadiivka

Serhiy Gaidai said survivors face inadequate medical services to treat them

Ukrainian officials also claim up to 200 Russian troops were killed in Melitopol But President Zelensky said situation 'remains very difficult' in frontline cities

Serhiy Gaidai (pictured), the governor of the Russian-occupied Luhansk region, told Ukrainian television that Ukrainian forces have attacked a hotel where members of Russia's brutal private Wagner military group were based

Ukrainian forces have attacked a hotel where members of Russia's brutal private Wagner military group were based, killing many, a local leader has claimed.

Serhiy Gaidai, the governor of the Russian-occupied Luhansk region, told Ukrainian television that forces launched a strike on a hotel in the town of Kadiivka, in the east of the country, on Saturday.

The account could not be verified but photos posted on Telegram channels appear to show a building largely reduced to rubble. Sources in Kyiv say the strike in Kadiivka resulted in 'significant losses', according to the Telegraph.

It comes as Ukrainian officials have also claimed that as many as 200 Russian troops have been killed or wounded in a missile strike in the occupied city of Melitopol.

But Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said yesterday that the situation 'remains very difficult' in several frontline cities in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk and Luhansk provinces.

Mr Gaidai, who has previously reported strikes by Ukrainian forces on other targets in Luhansk region, did not give casualty figures for the incident in Kadiivka, but he said those surviving faced inadequate medical services to treat them.

'I am sure that at least 50 per cent of those who managed to survive will die before they get medical care,' he said. 'This is because even in our Luhansk region, they have stolen equipment.'

[gleeaikin]

There are newer posts, I think at Search “Russia” saying that Putin and a lot of others in Russia are sick with flu, possibly the more dangerous H1N1, or is it N1H1?

[ought-six]

“Russian greatness is a myth.”

It was always a myth.

[ought-six]

I agree with you. Historically, Italy has been VERY influential.

[ought-six]

It’s interesting that you posted a “smiley” when saying Lugansk is “gone forever.”

Why is that?

You are gleeful that Russia — never a real friend of the West in general and the US in particular — will FOREVER dominate part of another country? Forever is more than just a long time, it is...FOREVER. So, if the people of Lugansk ever want to be independent, in your mind, it is “Tough sh!t,” Lugansk?