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news of the day
Russia’s aerial “counter-offensive”, which began on Monday, continued on Tuesday, although on a lesser scale. The strikes targeted Ukrainian military, energy and communication infrastructure, but also hit purely civilian sites, such as a university, a playground, parks or a pedestrian bridge in the city center. The latest toll reports 19 dead and 105 injured in the country. This time it is mainly the center of the country that has been affected. In kyiv, the warning sirens sounded for more than five hours in a row in the morning, but unlike Monday, no missile fell on the Ukrainian capital.
sentence of the day
We will gladly talk about any issues of mutual interest or perhaps of concern, for example, regarding the situation around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. »
Vladimir Putin received this Tuesday the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi in Saint Petersburg. The case of this nuclear power plant, held by the Russian military since March, is of concern in Ukraine – which owes it a large part of its energy – and beyond. kyiv has also accused Russia of having kidnapped an administrative executive of the plant.
The number of the day
78. This is the number of civilian bodies exhumed by Ukraine in towns liberated by the Ukrainian army, in the Donetsk region. It was announced by the country’s attorney general’s office. “Numerous burial sites have been discovered in the liberated cities of Svyatogirsk and Lyman,” he said, reporting 34 bodies exhumed in Svyatogirsk and 44 in Lyman.
The trend of the day
Following the Russian strikes, the G7 met urgently and by video on Tuesday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was also invited. He again called for the creation of an “air shield” over Ukraine. A much less engaging variant for NATO or the G7 of the no-fly zone which had caused much debate at the start of the war. On Monday, Joe Biden had already promised “advanced systems” of anti-aircraft defense. The subject should gain in importance as Russian missiles descend en masse on Ukraine.