Will be held at 2 pm the virtual summit of the G7 on Ukraine, in which he will also participate Volodymyr Zelensky. Meanwhile the Turkey calls on 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 the Russian Foreign Minister Serghiei Lavrov said Russia is ready to consider a possible meeting between Putin and Biden at the G20 November in Indonesia if this is forwarded, reports the Russian state news agency Tass.
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This was announced by an official of the Turkish government (ANSA)
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 again in the nightin southern Ukraine: this was announced by 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 sounded again in the morning in Kiev and throughout Ukraine, report the BBC and the 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 they are again without electricity parts of Lviv, in western Ukraine, 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.”
And in the meantime it rose to at least 19 dead and 105 wounded the toll from missile attacks launched yesterday by Russian forces, according to what was released by the state emergency service of the country, reports the Kyiv Independent.
Yesterday at rain of missiles over Kiev and the other Ukrainian cities was not over yet, the smoke from the craters had not yet dissipated, the death toll had not even begun, that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky went on the phone to demand the condemnation of Russia, military support and l political intervention to his allies: to stop Vladimir Putin’s “terrorism” we need more weapons, more air defense systems, but above all those Atacms ground-to-ground missiles that the United States is hesitating to send.
The first phone call was with the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Then Emmanuel Macron, Liz Truss, Antonio Guterres, and so on. And, after receiving in person the US ambassador in Kiev Bridget Brink, the assurances of Joe Biden also arrived: “We will remain at the side of the Ukrainians as long as it is needed and we will provide the Kiev forces with the necessary support to defend their country and their freedom”.
Inspections on the Crimean bridge after the attack
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Rain of fire after Crimea, the electricity grid on its knees – ALL VIDEOS (ANSA)
USA, NEW WEAPON PACKAGES IN THE NEXT DAYS
In the evening Zelensky and Biden also spoke by phone: the Ukrainian leader explained that “air defense is currently the number 1 priority”, the American president responded by promising the supply of “advanced air defense systems. But, according to the Washington Post, the latest Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities and infrastructures, with the consequent civilian casualties, could also give a new boost to Kiev’s request for longer-range weapons. An appeal so far fallen on deaf ears, with the Biden administration which has opposed delivering the much sought after Atacms, Army Tactical Missile System, designed to hit up to 300 km away, four times the range of the missiles launched by the Himars, already supplied by the US to Ukrainian forces.
The White House’s refusal had so far been motivated by the need to avoid an escalation of the war, while Mitch McConnell, who leads the Republican minority in the Senate, had asked the administration to hand over the Atacms as well. Moscow has already warned to consider them a “red line” with which Washington would actually enter the war. But in the light of the attacks launched by Putin in the last few hours, it is not clear whether the White House will review its position, the WP continues.
In an interview with CNN, the spokesperson for the US National Security CouncilJohn Kirby, however, said that the United States “will send new arms packages to Kiev in the coming days and will continue to help Ukraine defend itself for as long as necessary”.
Russia will have to take countermeasures due to the growing involvement of the United States and Europe in the conflict in Ukraine: he told the Russian news agency Ria Novosti Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. 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 “.
