Last night’s massive Russian missile attack on Kiev killed six people and injured at least 35, including a pregnant woman. Ukraine’s capital reported damage to almost all of its neighborhoods, with widespread fires and power grid blockages. Zelensky will be in Paris on Monday to meet Macron and talk about military cooperation.
Zelensky on Monday in Paris, Tuesday in Madrid
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will be in Paris on Monday and in Madrid on Tuesday. Macron will meet Zelensky to talk in particular about military cooperation and preparations for security guarantees that coalition countries are willing to offer Kiev in the event of a ceasefire agreement with Russia.
Moscow accuses Germany of repressing the AfD opposition
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev accused the German government of repressing the political opposition: “I believe that Fuer Deutschland Alternative “is under great pressure as a political force”, Medvedev said according to the German news agency Dpa, which quoted the Russian news agency Tass. The German government “will be angry” with the AfD’s trip to Russia: “Comrade Merz decided that the AfD’s trip to Russia would be a problem for his coalition. Russia”.
Guterres condemned the Russian attack
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned Russia’s latest wave of attacks in Ukraine, which have caused at least eight deaths and extensive damage.
“The Secretary General strongly condemns the large-scale missile and drone attacks carried out today by the Russian Federation in several regions of Ukraine, which reportedly caused the deaths of at least six people in the capital Kiev and two people in the city of Chornomorsk,” spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement. The attacks caused “many civilian injuries and damage to housing and energy infrastructure, as well as damage to the embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Kiev,” he said. Guterres reiterated his “call for a complete, immediate and unconditional ceasefire as the first step towards a just, comprehensive and sustainable peace in Ukraine, which fully respects Ukraine’s sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders, in line with the UN Charter, international law and relevant UN resolutions,” Dujarric said.
