8.33
- Russian troops bombed the Kryvyi Rih district in the Dnipropetrovsk region in southeastern Ukraine overnight, also using banned phosphorus and cluster munitions.
The head of the military administration of Kryvyi Rih, Oleksandr Vilkul, reports on Telegram, reports Ukrinform.
"They bombed all night", he explains, also using "prohibited phosphorus and cluster ammunition".
An attack in the morning also on Zelenodolsk, also in the Dnipropetrovsk oblast, with multiple MLRS rocket systems, explains Vilkul, stating that one civilian was killed and another was wounded.
5.16
- Russia is the "most direct threat" to the international order due to its invasion of Ukraine: the president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said in Tokyo.
"This brings me to Russia. Today it is the most direct threat to world order with the barbaric war against Ukraine, and it has a worrying pact with China," he said after meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida along with the president. of the European Council Charles Michel.
2.15
- "We are the nation of the best defenders": Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said this in his videotaped message at the Atlantic Council evening, which sees the head of the Italian government Mario Draghi among the winners.
"Behind the courage and wisdom of our people are thousands of true stories," he stressed in his traditional military green t-shirt speaking in Ukrainian (subtitled), before praising the Ukrainian heroes "who died defending Europe too" .
1.48
- "Ukraine needs a Marshall plan for reconstruction": Prime Minister Mario Draghi proposed it in his speech for the Atlantic Council award in Washington.
1.33
- Applause and standing ovation for the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Atlantic Council evening in Washington, where he sent a videotaped message on the occasion of the awarding of Prime Minister Mario Draghi for his political leadership, together with Eni's CEO Claudio Descalzi for the his entrepreneurial leadership.
