After the massive bombardments on several cities in Ukraine, the members of the G7 must meet urgently on Tuesday 11 October. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is to participate in this virtual meeting scheduled from 2 p.m. (French time), Germany said. British Prime Minister Liz Truss must call not to “weak one iota” while the Russian strikes left at least eleven dead and 89 injured, according to the latest police report, including five in kyiv, the Ukrainian capital. Follow the situation in our live.
New equipment for Ukraine. The White House, in a statement, said it would provide kyiv “advanced systems” air defense system. Germany must also urgently deliver a long-promised first air defense system.
The international community condemns “war crimes”. For the European Union, Monday’s bombings are akin to “war crimes” whose managers should “realize”. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres denounced “an unacceptable escalation”. NATO, which Ukraine aims to join, has condemned “horrible and indiscriminate attacks“against civilian infrastructure.
Russia wants “total dismantling of the political regime of Ukraine”. Russian President Vladimir Putin promised retorts “severe” in case of new Ukrainian attacks against Russia. Russian ex-president Dmitry Medvedev, current number 2 in Moscow’s Security Council, went further, promising Monday’s strikes were just a “first episode” and calling for the “total dismantling of the political regime of Ukraine”.