At least nine people were injured by Russian attacks on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday in Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine. Follow the latest information live.
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9 INJURED IN KHARKIV
At least nine people were injured by Russian attacks on Tuesday night in Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine, the regional governor announced, a day after bombings in the country claimed 18 lives.
“Nine people were injured in the attack, including a child and a four-year-old girl who were treated on site,” complained Oleg Synegoubov, the Ukrainian head of the region of the same name, on Telegram, adding that “four people were hospitalized: two men and two women.
The same source said that houses and telecommunications systems were damaged in this attack.
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NORTH KOREAN WEAPONS
The Guardian recently revealed satellite images from British intelligence services. We see three Russian ships picking up containers from a North Korean port.
For several weeks, the West has accused Pyongyang of supplying Moscow with weapons to support its invasion of Ukraine.
07:17
NATO: GREEN LIGHT FOR SWEDEN
Western countries have welcomed Sweden's new move towards NATO following the Turkish parliament's positive vote. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban invited his Swedish counterpart to Budapest to try to remove the final obstacles to the Nordic country's NATO membership.
The green light, given overwhelmingly by Turkey's parliament on Tuesday, ends 20 months of negotiations that tested the patience of Ankara's Western allies seeking to form a united front against Moscow over the invasion of Ukraine.
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VOLODYMYR ZELENSKI
Ukraine's president promised a strong response yesterday after announcing the death toll of at least 18 civilians and 130 injured in overnight Russian airstrikes on Kiev and Kharkiv. “More than 200 different locations were hit, including 139 residential buildings (…) 130 people were injured, all are receiving the necessary help. Unfortunately, 18 people died,” Volodymyr Zelensky said on Telegram, suggesting that this number could rise.
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GOOD MORNING
Welcome to this live broadcast dedicated to the war in Ukraine. Here you will find the latest information and powerful images on this conflict.
The Kremlin assured on Tuesday that Europeans are beginning to turn away from Ukraine. “The Europeans realize that they have thrown their money out the window,” Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian news agencies. A new swipe from Moscow at a time when continued aid is causing internal tensions in the EU and the United States.
In his eyes, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is “in a very difficult situation.” “He's running out of money, there aren't enough shells for him abroad and he's having problems at home” in Ukraine, he added.
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The Kremlin has sought in recent weeks to portray Western countries, Kiev's main backers, as divided over its approach to Ukraine after nearly two years of Russian attacks. Since the failure of the Ukrainian counteroffensive last year, the tone in Moscow has become significantly more optimistic.
Currently, the front, which stretches for around 1,000 km in Ukraine, is frozen, to the advantage of the Russian army, which occupies almost 20% of its neighbor's territory and has been able to strengthen its positions in recent months while mobilizing national industry around it to supply it with the ammunition necessary to continue its offensive.
On Tuesday, Dmitry Peskov also welcomed divisions within the American political class as Republicans continue to block key aid to Kiev. “At some point Biden said this was an investment for the Americans,” he said of aid to Ukraine. “If we stick to it (…), then he will be bankrupt,” said the spokesman. Ukraine, for its part, fears the erosion of Western support after two years of conflict that has worn down public opinion and as key election dates approach in the EU – Europe in June – and in the United States – presidential elections in November.
The editorial team of TF1info