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Putin strengthens the army. Zelensky: we are waiting for Meloni

2023-01-17T22:16:16.180Z


'You will come to Kiev soon, I can't communicate the date, but soon', says the Ukrainian president. 45 people killed in the attack on the Dnipro residential building (ANSA)


45 people were killed in the attack on the residential building in Dnipro, in one of the bloodiest bombings since the beginning of the war in Ukraine.

Among the victims also 6 children, the youngest was 11 months old.

The Ukrainian rescue services announced in the afternoon that the search for any survivors had ended.

"Rescue operations lasted 69 hours: 39 people were rescued, including 6 children. 79 were injured, including 16 minors. Of these, 28 were hospitalized, 10 are in serious condition", said the councilor of the Ukrainian presidency, Kyrylo Timochenko on Telegram.

In response to the "war" that the West has waged against Russia, Moscow has decided to strengthen its armed forces, including by increasing its personnel by a third, which will reach 1.5 million by 2026. the words of the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, confirm that the new era of tension and hostility in Europe is destined to last a long time, even beyond the conflict in Ukraine, which has so far caused more than 7,000 civilian victims according to UN data.

On the other front, the commitments to support Kiev to the bitter end are renewed.

Among other things, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will go to Kiev "soon" and hailed his position of support for Ukraine.

"We are looking forward to Giorgia a lot," said Zelensky,

interviewed in Kiev by Bruno Vespa, observing that before he took office in Palazzo Chigi "there were those who disseminated information that this government would be more pro-Russian" than that of Mario Draghi.

"Instead - he added - nowadays I see Giorgia as pro-Italian and this is the most important thing: that she is pro-Italian and supports Ukraine. She will come soon, I can't communicate the date, but soon...".

"I can assure you that Europe will always be with you", said the president of the EU Commission Ursula von der Leyen for her part on the day the Union wrote the first three billion euro check to support the economy of Kiev, of a total package of 18 billion expected in 2023. In terms of military aid, Germany too,

hitherto reluctant to supply tanks, he has assured that he will remain "firmly at the side" of the Kiev government, as promised by President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in a video call with Zelensky.

While Holland will send Patriot and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi had an initial face-to-face meeting with US Army Chief of Staff Mike Milley in Poland.

For the Kremlin, all this is confirmation that the West is waging a war against Russia, through "indirect involvement in military activities" in Ukraine but also hostile activities in the economic, financial and legal fields.

Hence, spokesman Peskov explained, the decision to strengthen his defences.

Russia is therefore preparing for a multi-year confrontation with the West, after having overcome a 2022 which, according to Putin, was "a very difficult year".

Moscow, among other things, in response to the European Union's ninth package of sanctions has extended the blacklist of EU officials who are barred from entering Russia, including several members of the European Parliament.

And Putin himself submitted to the Duma a bill to cancel the international treaties of the Council of Europe in relation to Russia, which left this organization in March last year.

On the ground, the most intense fighting is still concentrated in the eastern province of Donetsk, while the local pro-Russian authorities report the killing of two people and the wounding of three others.

including a child, in a bombing raid by Ukrainian forces on Kakhovka, in the part of Kherson region controlled by Moscow forces.

Meanwhile, twenty-five people are still missing in last Saturday's Russian missile attack against a residential district of Dnipro, the toll of which, according to the mayor, rose to at least 44 dead.

Rescuers said they found the body of a child in the rubble this morning.

Meanwhile, Oleksij Arestovich resigned, one of the advisers to the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, who had suffered severe attacks for stating in an interview that the Russian missile had fallen on the residential building because it was deflected by the impact with a rocket from the defense systems Ukrainians.

Exactly the same thesis supported yesterday by the Kremlin.

in a bombing raid by Ukrainian forces on Kakhovka, in the part of the Kherson region controlled by Moscow forces.

Meanwhile, twenty-five people are still missing in last Saturday's Russian missile attack against a residential district of Dnipro, the toll of which, according to the mayor, rose to at least 44 dead.

Rescuers said they found the body of a child in the rubble this morning.

Meanwhile, Oleksij Arestovich resigned, one of the advisers to the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, who had suffered severe attacks for stating in an interview that the Russian missile had fallen on the residential building because it was deflected by the impact with a rocket from the defense systems Ukrainians.

Exactly the same thesis supported yesterday by the Kremlin.

in a bombing raid by Ukrainian forces on Kakhovka, in the part of the Kherson region controlled by Moscow forces.

Meanwhile, twenty-five people are still missing in last Saturday's Russian missile attack against a residential district of Dnipro, the toll of which, according to the mayor, rose to at least 44 dead.

Rescuers said they found the body of a child in the rubble this morning.

Meanwhile, Oleksij Arestovich resigned, one of the advisers to the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, who had suffered severe attacks for stating in an interview that the Russian missile had fallen on the residential building because it was deflected by the impact with a rocket from the defense systems Ukrainians.

Exactly the same thesis supported yesterday by the Kremlin.

in the part of the Kherson region controlled by the Moscow forces.

Meanwhile, twenty-five people are still missing in last Saturday's Russian missile attack against a residential district of Dnipro, the toll of which, according to the mayor, rose to at least 44 dead.

Rescuers said they found the body of a child in the rubble this morning.

Meanwhile, Oleksij Arestovich resigned, one of the advisers to the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, who had suffered severe attacks for stating in an interview that the Russian missile had fallen on the residential building because it was deflected by the impact with a rocket from the defense systems Ukrainians.

Exactly the same thesis supported yesterday by the Kremlin.

in the part of the Kherson region controlled by the Moscow forces.

Meanwhile, twenty-five people are still missing in last Saturday's Russian missile attack against a residential district of Dnipro, the toll of which, according to the mayor, rose to at least 44 dead.

Rescuers said they found the body of a child in the rubble this morning.

Meanwhile, Oleksij Arestovich resigned, one of the advisers to the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, who had suffered severe attacks for stating in an interview that the Russian missile had fallen on the residential building because it was deflected by the impact with a rocket from the defense systems Ukrainians.

Exactly the same thesis supported yesterday by the Kremlin.

Russian missile attack last Saturday against a residential district of Dnipro, the toll of which, according to the mayor, has risen to at least 44 dead.

Rescuers said they found the body of a child in the rubble this morning.

Meanwhile, Oleksij Arestovich resigned, one of the advisers to the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, who had suffered severe attacks for stating in an interview that the Russian missile had fallen on the residential building because it was deflected by the impact with a rocket from the defense systems Ukrainians.

Exactly the same thesis supported yesterday by the Kremlin.

Russian missile attack last Saturday against a residential district of Dnipro, the toll of which, according to the mayor, has risen to at least 44 dead.

Rescuers said they found the body of a child in the rubble this morning.

Meanwhile, Oleksij Arestovich resigned, one of the advisers to the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, who had suffered severe attacks for stating in an interview that the Russian missile had fallen on the residential building because it was deflected by the impact with a rocket from the defense systems Ukrainians.

Exactly the same thesis supported yesterday by the Kremlin.

Meanwhile, Oleksij Arestovich resigned, one of the advisers to the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, who had suffered severe attacks for stating in an interview that the Russian missile had fallen on the residential building because it was deflected by the impact with a rocket from the defense systems Ukrainians.

Exactly the same thesis supported yesterday by the Kremlin.

Meanwhile, Oleksij Arestovich resigned, one of the advisers to the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, who had suffered severe attacks for stating in an interview that the Russian missile had fallen on the residential building because it was deflected by the impact with a rocket from the defense systems Ukrainians.

Exactly the same thesis supported yesterday by the Kremlin.

Source: ansa

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