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Terrorist act in Kharkiv

One of the wounded hit by the Kharkiv explosion (witness video extract)
One of the wounded hit by the Kharkiv explosion (witness video extract)

(B2) A patriotic demonstration turned tragic this Sunday (February 22) in Kharkiv, the big city in the northeast of Ukraine. An explosion of unknown origin (apparently an explosive device thrown from a car) left at least 2 dead (3 dead according to other indications) and around ten injured (between 7 and 15 according to a provisional report). Among the victims, a policeman. The Ukrainian authorities had repeatedly warned of this risk. Several "terrorist" groups infiltrating Ukraine have already been arrested. And several bombings had already taken place in this city in eastern Ukraine from other cities. NB: the problem is that the Ukrainians have also called their operation in eastern Ukraine, "anti-terrorist operation" (ATO). Which does not correspond to reality. What is happening in eastern Ukraine is more the mark of an armed conflict (internal, with the support of an external country).

Nicolas Gros Verheyde

Chief editor of the B2 site. Graduated in European law from the University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne and listener to the 65th session of the IHEDN (Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Défense Nationale. Journalist since 1989, founded B2 - Bruxelles2 in 2008. EU/NATO correspondent in Brussels for Sud-Ouest (previously West-France and France-Soir).

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