Innocent victims: A neonatologist at the only hospital under Ukraine control at Donetsk region checking on a premature baby. Birth complications are on the rise due to the stress of war. — AP
KYIV: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Ukrainians to be vigilant ahead of Wednesday’s celebrations to mark 31 years of independence from Soviet rule, as fresh blasts hit Crimea and a missile wounded 12 civilians near a nuclear power plant.
Ukrainians must not allow Moscow to “spread despondency and fear” ahead of the events, which also come six months after Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Zelenskyy said on Saturday.
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