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DIRECT. War in Ukraine: new air attacks on the kyiv region

2022-10-13T05:35:30.454Z


As deadly strikes hit Ukrainian territory earlier this week, kyiv received several promises of delivery of my


The essential

  • Emmanuel Macron announced on France 2 that France would deliver anti-aircraft defense equipment to Ukraine and was working on the delivery of six additional Caesar guns. 

  • The Head of State urged Vladimir Putin to end this war and "come back to the discussion table".

  • The Russian secret services have announced the arrest of five Russians and three people from Ukraine and Armenia, suspected of being linked to the explosion of the Crimean bridge.

  • Volodymyr Zelensky called on the G7 to help create an "air shield" over Ukraine after a series of Russian strikes on Monday and Tuesday.

  • Ukraine said on Wednesday that it had taken over several localities from the Russians in the south of the country.

07:27

Russia condemns UN resolution

The vote of an anti-Russian resolution on Ukraine at the UN during a special session of the United Nations General Assembly is “a regression in world diplomacy” and “a bad result for the world organization said Dmitry Polyansky, first deputy permanent representative of the Russian Federation to the UN. 

07:21

New photos of the damage to the Crimean Bridge 

The Maxar company in the United States has just published photos of the damage to the Crimean bridge which was attacked last weekend. 

07:18

Mykolaiv heavily shelled overnight

Oleksandr Senkevich, the mayor of Mykolaiv, claimed on Telegram that this city in southern Ukraine had been "heavily bombed"

overnight.

According to him, a five-storey residential building was hit.

"The two upper floors have been completely destroyed, the rest is under the rubble", he explains without however giving a report on these attacks and while the rescuers are on the spot. 

07:12

"More than 50 bodies" found in Lyman by the Ukrainians

“Freed from the Russian army” since the beginning of the month, the town of Lyman is gradually being explored by the Ukrainians.  

A forensic team dressed in protective gear exhumed dozens of bodies, AFP reported on Wednesday.

“We have already found more than 50 bodies of soldiers and civilians.

We have a long trench, a mass grave, where we discovered bodies and body parts,” said Pavlo Kyrylenko, governor of the Donetsk region.

06:55

New air defense missiles

The United Kingdom announced on Thursday that it would provide Ukraine with additional anti-aircraft missiles, including ammunition capable of shooting down cruise missiles.

This announcement by the British Ministry of Defense is part of the will displayed by the allies of Ukraine meeting on Wednesday in Brussels to help kyiv to strengthen its anti-aircraft defense as soon as possible, after intensive Russian bombardments on the country. .

06:55

Air attacks in the kyiv region

A settlement in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv region was hit by airstrikes early on Thursday, the region's governor and his administration said on the Telegram messaging app.

“Rescuers are already working at the site,” the administration said, without providing further details on where in the region the airstrikes took place or how far from Kyiv.

Still according to the same source, it was kamikaze drones behind the attack.

06:26

UN condemns Russian annexations

The UN General Assembly on Wednesday condemned with a large majority the "illegal annexations" of territories of Ukraine by Russia.

This resolution was adopted with 143 votes in favor, against five countries against and 35 who abstained, including China, India, Pakistan and South Africa, despite diplomatic efforts by the United States.

The five states that voted against are, unsurprisingly, Russia, Belarus, Syria, North Korea and Nicaragua.

06:20

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Source: leparis

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