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11:07 : Shevchenko Park in central Kyiv now. Probably the city’s busiest park, usually packed with people and street musicians https://t.co/9kIS4rBiKq
11:06 : An American journalist filmed the damage caused by a strike that hit a park in kyiv this morning.
10:47 : Hello @Cathou, the Ukrainian president has indeed confirmed that strikes were carried out on the city of Dnipro. He did not, however, specify whether people had been injured in this city in the center-east of the country. We’ll let you know when we know more.
10:47 : Hello. A friend living in Dnipro sent me a WhatsApp message to tell me that they were bombed. Do you have more information? Thanks
10:37 : “The shelling started around 8:10 a.m., when I was taking my son to school. They lasted for an hour.”
On franceinfo, the adviser to French people living abroad in Ukraine testifies to the strikes carried out this morning on kyiv. “I heard the explosions, even heard the missiles flying through the air, it’s impressive”says David Franck.
10:29 : Volodymyr Zelensky also states that some strikes were carried out by Iranian drones.
10:24 a.m. : Ukrainian President claims strikes were carried out “in all the countries”. He cites in particular kyiv, Lviv and Dnipro, Zaporijjia, the Kharkiv region and even that of Zhytormyr.
10:18 a.m. : Volodymyr Zelensky claims that the strikes carried out on Ukraine have “two targets” : “energy facilities” and the population.
10:06 : The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine claims that Russia has fired 75 missiles at the country since this morning.
10:03 : The strikes on kyiv left at least five dead and 12 injured, according to an initial report from the Ukrainian police.
10:03 : In kyiv, the emergency services are on site to take care of the people injured by the strikes.
(EFREM LUKATSKY / AP / SIPA)
09:22 : Here are new images of kyiv, hit by several strikes this morning.
(EFREM LUKATSKY / AP / SIPA)
09:16 : It was until then largely spared from fighting with the Russian army. The city of Lviv in western Ukraine was bombed this morning. “Strikes on the energy infrastructure of the Lviv region have been recorded”regional governor Maxim Kozitskyi said on Telegram, calling on residents “to stay in the shelters” face “to the threat of new attacks”.
09:07 : Volodymyr Zelensky announces “dead and wounded” in the wave of bombardments on Ukraine. Ukrainian President calls on residents to “do not leave the shelters”.
09:06 : At 9 o’clock, here is a new point on the news of the morning:
•Several explosions sounded this morning in kyiv. The Ukrainian Presidency also refers to “many cities” bombarded. Follow our live.
• The social movement continues at TotalEnergies and Esso-ExxonMobil. The unions are demanding a salary increase for the year 2022. Follow our live.
• The deputies start this afternoon the examination of the draft budget 2023. In the absence of an absolute majority, the government plans to resort to 49.3 to have its text adopted.
•More than thirteen years after the Rio-Paris flight crashAirbus and Air France are tried for “manslaughter”. On June 1, 2009, the Airbus A330 of flight AF447 crashed in the middle of the night.killing its 216 passengers and 12 crew.
08:53 : One of the impact from this morning shelling fell right into a Schevchenkov park of Kyiv #afp #ukraine https://t.co/f4CuCq3AX1
08:53 : An AFP journalist filmed one of the impacts of a strike carried out this morning on kyiv.
08:59 : “Ukraine is under missile fire”declares the presidential adviser, Kirill Tymoshenko, on his Telegram account. “There are reports of strikes on many cities in the country. Civilians have been injured as a result of the shelling”he adds.
08:46 : Bombings were reported in of “many cities” of Ukraine, announces the presidency.
08:46 : Quoted by the BBC, the mayor of kyiv, Vitaliy Klitschko, says that the strikes hit the district of Shevchenkivskyj. Rescuers are at the scene of the explosions.
(ADAM SCHRECK / AP / SIPA)
08:40 : New explosions have just been heard in kyiv, according to AFP and BBC journalists.
08:28 : Vladimir Putin meets his security council today after having accused kyiv of being at the origin of the explosion of the Crimean bridge. This meeting between security forces officials could be an opportunity for the Kremlin to announce a military response.
08:26 : The explosions took place around 8:15 a.m. (7:15 a.m. in France). The air alert sirens had sounded several tens of minutes before the detonations, report the journalists on the spot (in English). The last strike on the Ukrainian capital took place on June 26.
07:56 : Several explosions were heard this morning in the center of kyiv, according to AFP and BBC journalists.
07:39 : We start with the main news headlines:
The fuel supply remains disrupted by a social conflict. Nearly one in three stations encountered difficulties yesterday. The management of Esso-ExxonMobil today brings together the unions.
The deputies start this afternoon the examination of the draft budget 2023. In the absence of an absolute majority for the macronists, the government plans to resort to 49.3 to have its text adopted.
• The missile launches carried out by North Korea over the past two weeks were exercises “tactical nuclear”, assures Pyongyang. According to the regime, this is a response to the “military threat” posed by the United States and its allies.
Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the Ukrainian secret services for being behind the powerful explosion which damaged the Crimean bridge the day before. He denounced a “terrorist act” against a key infrastructure.