The hastily organized meeting will take place via video. And the discussions will a priori revolve around a single subject: the war in Ukraine. Unanimously outraged by the massive Russian bombings on Monday, the leaders of the G7 will meet this Tuesday from 2 p.m., Berlin says, and will invite Volodymyr Zelensky to participate in the discussions. At least 19 people, including five in kyiv, were killed in these strikes throughout the territory, 105 injured and 300 towns and villages remain without electricity, according to the Ukrainian emergency services.
Liz Truss, head of the British government for a month, declared that “no one wants peace more than Ukraine. And for our part, we must not falter one iota in our determination to help him win”. The European Union, for its part, considered that these bombings amounted to “war crimes” for which those responsible must “account”, calling on Belarus to “not be a party to the brutal aggression carried out by Russia”. .
A aftershock of the explosion on the Crimean Bridge
“They are trying to destroy us all, to wipe us off the face of the Earth,” Volodymyr Zelensky reacted on Monday morning as Russian missiles hit Ukrainian cities. But “Ukraine cannot be intimidated”, he then launched in his evening speech, promising to “repair everything that has been destroyed”. Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmygal said eleven major infrastructures were damaged in eight regions, in addition to the capital.
Russian President Vladimir Putin justified these “massive” bombings by the “terrorist” attack in kyiv, in reference to the explosion on Saturday morning which destroyed part of the Crimean Bridge, built at great expense and inaugurated in 2018. attack killed three people. kyiv has neither confirmed nor denied its involvement. The Russian president has promised “severe” responses in the event of new Ukrainian attacks against Russia. The strikes “achieved their objective”, assured the Russian Ministry of Defense.
kyiv expects air defense systems
NATO, which Ukraine aims to join, has condemned “horrible and indiscriminate attacks” against civilian infrastructure and promised its support for kyiv “as long as necessary”, according to its secretary general Jens Stoltenberg. US President Joe Biden has promised Volodymyr Zelensky “advanced systems” for air defense, according to a statement from the White House. Germany must also urgently deliver a long-promised first anti-aircraft defense system.
These “deliberate strikes by Russia on the whole of Ukrainian territory and against civilians is a profound change in the nature of this war”, for his part commented French President Emmanuel Macron, who convened an emergency Defense counsel on Monday evening. UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi told reporters on Monday that he feared that “the events of the past few hours could cause new displacements”.