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<French #128> Wagner HQ in Ukraine destroyed by missile, Ukrainian official says - le 12 décembre 2022

   Today's article is about the attack on Russian military by Ukrainian from France 24 dated December 12, 2022.

 

French Original

Le QG de Wagner en Ukraine détruit par un missile, selon un responsable ukrainien

 

Un missile a frappé un hôtel où étaient basés des membres du groupe militaire russe Wagner, dans l'est de l'Ukraine, selon un haut responsable ukrainien. "Les ukrainiens affirment avoir tué plusieurs dizaines de combattants, explique le correspondant de France 24 en Ukraine, Gulliver Cragg. "Les russes disent que le nombre de morts est bien moindre et que des civils ont été tués".

 

English Translation

Wagner HQ in Ukraine destroyed by missile, Ukrainian official says

 

A missile hit a hotel where members of the Russian military group Wagner were based in eastern Ukraine, according to a senior Ukrainian official. “The Ukrainians claim to have killed several dozen fighters, explains France 24 correspondent in Ukraine, Gulliver Cragg. “The Russians say that the number of dead is much lower and that civilians have been killed”.

 

Words & Phrases

<A>

affirment > affirmer: affirm

<B>

bien: well

<C>

civil: civil, civillian

combattant: combatant

correspondant: correspondent

<D>

détruit (détruire): destroyed (destroy)

disent > dire: say, tell

dizaine: ten

<E>

étaient basés: were based

explique > expliquer: to explain

<F>

frappé (frapper): striked (strike)

<H>

haut: high, top

<M>

moindre: lesser, lower

mort: death

<N>

nombre: number

<O>

ont été tués: have been killed

<P>

plusieurs: several

<Q>

QG (quartier général): HQ (headquarters)

<R>

responsable: repsonsible, person in charge, official

<S>

selon: according to

<T>

tué (tuer): killed (kill)