Today urgent G7 meeting on Ukraine, after the new escalation of the conflict in Ukraine with the latest Russian bombings following the attack on the Crimean bridge. The US announces the sending of new weapons packages to Kiev: Biden has pledged to supply Zelensky with “advanced air defense systems”. Ninety-eight miners are trapped underground due to a power outage caused by the bombs that fell in southern Ukraine. Meanwhile, billionaire Milner renounces Russian citizenship. New Russian raid on Zaporizhzhia,
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Volodin accuses Kiev of “terrorism”, “Zelensky as bin Laden”
The president of the Duma, Vyacheslav Volodin, compares the name of Volodymyr Zelensky to that of Osama bin Laden, that of the Ukrainian president to that of the late leader of al-Qaeda. “The president of Ukraine, by giving the order to carry out terrorist attacks, is on the same level as Osama bin Laden and other international terrorists. Western politicians who support the Zelensky regime are sponsoring terrorism – Volodin said on Telegram – The Kiev regime has become terrorist ”. Volodin writes of “regular attacks on crucial infrastructure of nuclear power plants in the areas of Zaporizhzhia and Kursk”, of the “murder of public figures in Ukraine and Russia”, of “sabotage of the Crimean bridge”. “Zelensky’s actions have caused suffering to the Ukrainian people, hostage to their Nazi policies”, accuses Volodin, stating that “the patience” of Russia “is over”. He then he remembers a “rule known throughout the world: do not negotiate with terrorists.”
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10:43
Russian drones on Ladyzhyn thermoelectric power plant
Russian kamikaze drones attacked the Ladyzhyn thermoelectric power plant in the Vinnytsia region in central-western Ukraine this morning: the head of the regional military administration, Serhiy Borzov, reported on Telegram, as reported by Ukrinform. Subsequently, reports the Tass, the press service of the plant announced that the electrical system of the plant was damaged, stressing that “fortunately there were no victims”. Currently, he added, “for safety reasons, only essential personnel are present in the facility. Employees are in shelters “.
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10:41
Putin-Erdogan meeting in Astana
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. The summit, confirmed by the Turkish media, was anticipated by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov: the meeting will be held on the sidelines of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) scheduled in Astana from 12 to 13 October.
