KYIV, Ukraine — A top Vatican envoy and his entourage came under fire as they were dispersing humanitarian materials in Ukraine, the Vatican news service stated on Sunday, however reported no injuries.
The event took location near the city of Zaporizhzhia on Saturday and required Vatican Almoner Cardinal Konrad Krajewski and others to take cover.
“For the veryfirst time in my life, I didn’t understand where to run. Because it is not enough to run, you have to understand where to go,” stated the Polish-born primary, whose position makes charitable contributions in the name of the pope.
Russian shelling hit cities and towns throughout a large stretch of Ukraine throughout the night, authorities stated Sunday, while the British defense ministry cautioned that Russia is mostlikely to boost its attacks on civilian targets as it suffers battleground beats.
“In the last 7 days, Russia hasactually increased its targeting of civilian facilities even where it mostlikely views no instant military impact,” the ministry stated in an online rundown. “As it dealswith obstacles on the front lines, Russia has mostlikely prolonged the areas it is ready to strike in an effort to straight weaken the spirits of the Ukrainian individuals and federalgovernment.”
Prosecutors in Kharkiv are implicating Russia of abusing civilians in one town that was justrecently released.
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