kyiv was again targeted, on the night of Wednesday July 12 to Thursday July 13, by new strikes. This is the third night in a row that the Ukrainian capital has been targeted. Before dawn, authorities reported at least one dead and four injured. A few hours later, the air force claimed to have shot down 20 Russian drones and two cruise missiles which notably targeted its capital. “We successfully carried out an air defense operation”said his spokesperson. Follow our live.
Eleven Russian drones shot down on Wednesday. The day before, the air alert had been triggered for two hours in kyiv. In the center of the country, two people were also hospitalized with burns after a drone strike. The day before, the Russian army had already carried out a first attack using 28 explosive devices, in particular against a grain terminal in a port in the Odessa region.
Ukraine supported militarily by the G7. Kyiv got from Canada, France, USA, UK, Germany, Japan and Italy a commitment to provide it with long-term military aid. This G7 declaration should serve as a framework for future bilateral agreements between its member states and Ukraine, with details of the weapons to be provided.
“After the war, Ukraine will be a member of NATO.” President Volodymyr Zelensky said to himself “confident” about his country’s future membership of the military alliance. However, he regretted that his country did not have a more precise timetable. Member countries promised, from the first day of their summit, that “the future of Ukraine” was “in NATO”.