The
G7 will continue to impose further economic costs on Russia and will be alongside Ukraine as long as necessary
.
This is what we read in a
draft of the final press release
anticipated by the Bloomberg agency.
The G7 - the draft continues - condemns the "acts of sabotage" at Nord Stream.
Meanwhile,
Turkey is appealing to Russia and Kiev for a ceasefire "as soon as possible,"
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said in a televised interview.
China also expresses "concern" about the latest developments in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine,
which saw Moscow troops launch missiles at Ukrainian cities.
"We are concerned about the evolution of the situation and call on the parties concerned to adequately resolve the differences through dialogue and consultations," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said in the daily briefing, without expressing specific condemnations.
China, she added, "is willing to work with the international community to continue to play a constructive role in easing tensions".
And
Russian Foreign Minister Serghiei Lavrov said Russia is ready to consider a possible meeting between Putin and Biden at
the November G20 in Indonesia if this is forwarded, reports the Russian state news agency Tass.
Russia will give a "tough answer" to any new attack on its critical infrastructure, after the one on the Crimean bridge: the spokeswoman for the Moscow Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, quoted by TASS, said.
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Dragons in Zelensky, attacks aggravate Moscow's responsibility
In view of today's G7 Summit, Prime Minister Mario Draghi had a new telephone conversation with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky.
"The meeting focused on the latest, serious developments in the situation on the ground with particular regard to the missile attacks conducted by the Russian forces against Kiev and other Ukrainian cities - reports Palazzo Chigi -. President Draghi condemned the unacceptability of these brutal attacks," which further aggravate Russian responsibilities, and confirmed Italy's closeness to the Ukrainian authorities and population ".
"I had a telephone conversation with Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi. I informed him about the consequences of the Russian missile terror - tweeted Zelensky.
thanking him for his constant and strong support -.
We coordinated positions on the eve of important international events, including the G7 summit. "
ALARM SIRENS AND NEW RAID
Russian forces attacked the city of Zaporizhzhia
in southern Ukraine in the night, according to the governor of the region, Oleksandr Starukh.
According to reports from the Kyiv Independent, Moscow has targeted an infrastructure site.
At least the 15 explosions that shook the city of Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Dzheppar said in a tweet, stressing that "a school, a medical institution and residential buildings" were targeted.
And there is news of a victim.
The anti-aircraft sirens resounded in the morning in Kiev and throughout Ukraine,
report the BBC and TASS, which cites the Ukrainian news portal Strana.
According to the portal, the country's Emergency Service issued messages that explosions are highly likely during the day, stressing that citizens are advised to stay in shelters and not ignore air warnings.
Citing the TSN agency, Tass reports that
explosions were heard in the Kiev region and in the cities of Rivne (west) and Kryvyi Rih (south).
According to preliminary information, air defenses have been activated in the Kiev region.
And parts of Lviv,
in western Ukraine, are again without electricity
after what is described as an "attack on infrastructure": the mayor of the city, Andriy Sadovyi, writes on Telegram.
"Explosions were heard in Lviv. There are problems with electricity," the mayor said, the Guardian said.
Regional governor Maksym Kozytskyi also shared a similar message, speaking of "an attack on energy facilities in the Lviv region. Stay in shelters. Do not release unverified photos, videos and rumors."
The Russian attacks have created
serious damage to the infrastructures
that supply energy in the Dnipro region, in central Ukraine, according to reports from the regional governor, Valentin Reznitchenko.
"The Russians have launched missiles on the energy infrastructures of the Pavlograd and Kamian districts: there are serious destruction", said the governor, specifying that "many villages are without electricity".
Energy infrastructures in western Ukraine have also been hit in the last days of the RSI raids.
Ukraine is calling on the population to "limit" their electricity consumption
, after the damage inflicted on its energy infrastructure by Russian bombing.
Meanwhile,
the toll from missile attacks launched yesterday by Russian forces has risen to at least 19 dead and 105 wounded,
according to what was announced by the country's state emergency service, reports the Kyiv Independent.
Inspections on the Crimean bridge after the attack
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USA, NEW PACKAGES OF WEAPONS IN THE NEXT DAYS
The United States "will send new packages of weapons to Kiev in the coming days and will continue to help Ukraine defend itself for as long as necessary," the spokesman for the CNN said in an interview with CNN. US National Security Council, John Kirby.
Russia will have to take countermeasures due to the growing involvement of the United States and Europe in the conflict in Ukraine: Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov
told the Russian news agency Ria Novosti
.
The deputy minister added that Moscow noted with regret that "the large-scale assistance underway in Kiev, the training of personnel of the armed formations of Ukraine on the territory of the alliance countries, the provision of intelligence, satellite images in real time, up to the determination of the objectives for the artillery attacks and the planning of the operations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, is involving a growing number of Western countries in the conflict (lined up) on the side of the Kiev regime ".
Putin's spokesman,
Dmitri Peskov
, said the US delivery of advanced air defense systems to Ukraine "will make the conflict longer and more painful for the Ukrainian side" but "this will not change the definition of objectives" from part of the Kremlin "and the final result".
The Interfax agency reports.
Yesterday, after the bombing by the Russian armed forces on Ukrainian cities which claimed numerous civilian casualties, US President Joe Biden pledged "to continue to provide Ukraine with the support it needs to defend itself, including advanced air defense systems" .
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