A series of Russian attacks have killed and injured civilians in widely separated parts of Ukraine, officials said. The number of people killed in a Russian missile attack in central Dnipro has risen to five, including a child, local officials announced. One person was killed and three others injured by a Russian glide bomb on Saturday in Kostiantynivka near the front lines in Donetsk region, the region’s governor announced. Russian shelling also killed two people in a small town west of the southern city of Kherson. A Russian drone strike also killed a teenage boy in the Ukrainian capital Kiev during a nighttime barrage that lasted several hours, officials said.
The latest attack prompted President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Saturday to renew calls for Kiev’s allies to step up pressure on Moscow. In a video address in the evening, President Zelenskiy said the assault showed Russia’s “determination to continue its aggression” and added: “The lack of a stronger decision from partner countries to support Ukraine is a situation in which Putin It only encourages the president to invest in more terrorism.” Said. “The world can stop the escalation of war. Abstractions and words alone are not enough for this. Concrete steps are needed.”
Finance ministers from G7 countries vowed Saturday to step up efforts to stop Russia from evading sanctions imposed after its invasion of Ukraine. The December 2022 agreement was aimed at limiting Russia’s oil sales and revenues without curbing exports so sharply as to cause global oil prices to soar. However, some countries, particularly China, continue to import Russian crude without adhering to the price cap. “We remain committed to taking further action in response to violations of the oil price cap,” the group said in a statement after its meeting in Washington. Further steps were not detailed.
President Zelenskiy has warned that Russia plans to send North Korean troops into battle against his country. In a post on Telegram, he said Ukrainian intelligence had determined between Sunday and Monday that “the first North Korean troops will be used by Russia in a combat zone” and called the deployment “a clear escalatory move by Russia.” He said that there is. Details such as where the North Korean soldiers were sent were not disclosed.
Russia’s Ministry of Defense announced that its forces had captured the Oleksandropyr settlement in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, state news agency RIA reported on Saturday, adding to a series of Russian advances in recent months. It was reported. The ministry also reported that its air defense forces shot down 51 Ukrainian drones in four regions near the border. But Russia has struggled to dislodge Ukrainian forces from the Kursk border region since the invasion about three months ago.
Georgia’s ruling party is leading in key parliamentary elections, which could mean the country moves towards closer ties with neighboring Russia. The vote is widely seen as a swing vote on the country’s long-standing aspirations to join the EU. If the partial results confirm victory for the Georgian Dream party, the country could move toward closer ties with neighboring Russia. The campaign revolved around conspiracy theories about a “World War Party” that controls Western institutions and seeks to drag Georgia into the Russo-Ukrainian war.
Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in seven Italian cities on Saturday, demanding an immediate ceasefire in conflicts in Ukraine, the Middle East and globally. Peace rallies were held in Rome, Turin, Milan, Florence, Bari, Palermo and Cagliari, with the support of hundreds of organizations working for peace, disarmament and human rights.
