About Taman Peninsula
The Taman Peninsula is a peninsula in the present-day Krasnodar Krai of Russia, which borders the Sea of Azov to the North, the Strait of Kerch to the West and the Black Sea to the South.
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Ukraine war: Russia hits blood transfusion centre, says Zelensky
By Jaroslav LukivBBC News
A Russian guided air bomb has hit a Blood Transfusion centre in north-eastern Ukraine , killing and injuring people, Ukraine 's president has said.
Volodymyr Zelensky said rescuers were now trying to tackle a blaze after The Strike on The Kupiansk community in The Kharkiv region on Saturday Night .
" Defeating terrorists is a matter of honour for everyone who values life, " he added.
Russia has So Far not publicly commented on The reported attack.
In a post on Social Media , Mr Zelensky described The Perpetrators as " beasts" who were seeking to " destroy everything that simply allows to live".
" This Was crime alone says everything about Russian aggression, " He Said .
He did not say how many people were killed and injured in The Attack .
The Bbc has not been able to immediately verify The Report .
The City of Kupiansk and nearby settlements were seized by Russian troops in The First few days of Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine , launched in February 2022.
The area was liberated during a lightning-quick Ukrainian counter-offensive last September.
President Zelensky also said that on Saturday Russia separately carried out a missile attack, targeting an aeronautical company run by group Motor Sich in The western Khmelnytskyi region.
The Russian strikes come after Moscow accused Ukraine of hitting a Russian tanker with 11 crew members in The Black Sea - The Second such sea drone attack in as many days.
Russian maritime officials said The engine room of The Sig tanker was damaged in The Attack in The Kerch Strait . No-one was injured.
The Kerch Strait connects The Black Sea and The Sea of Azov, separating Crimea - Ukraine 's peninsula annexed by Moscow in 2014 - and Russia's Taman Peninsula .
Ukraine has not publicly commented. But a Ukrainian security service source told The Bbc a sea drone had been used.
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