French diplomacy condemns Moscow’s strike with “the greatest firmness”. Thursday October 5, 51 people, including a child, were killed by a Russian strike in Groza, on the sidelines of the funeral of a Ukrainian soldier. Among the victims were the wife and son of this Ukrainian soldier who died in combat, according to a spokesperson for the regional prosecutor’s office cited by the Interfax-Ukraine news agency. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced a “inhumane terrorist attack” against this village in eastern Ukraine. “By deliberately targeting the Ukrainian civilian population, Russia is once again guilty of atrocities constituting war crimes”, added the French government. Follow our live stream.
Eight Ukrainian drones shot down. Moscow said it shot down eight Ukrainian drones in western Russia on Thursday evening, without mentioning any possible damage or injuries. Thursday, around 11:30 p.m., “Operational air defense systems destroyed five Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the Belgorod region”, bordering Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry communicated early Friday. Earlier in the night, he had counted two other vehicles shot down in the same territory. An eighth aircraft suffered the same fate in the Kursk region, also bordering Ukraine.
An increase in European military aid. Gathered in southern Spain around Volodymyr Zelensky, European leaders sent a signal on Thursday about an increase in military aid to Ukraine, amid fears of a reduction in American support due to the political crisis in Washington. The Ukrainian president said the same day that he had received “clear agreements” from the Europeans to receive more anti-aircraft systems and artillery.
News in the investigation into Prigozhin’s death. Vladimir Putin said Thursday that “pomegranate pieces” had been found in the bodies of the victims of the crash in August of the plane of Wagner’s boss, Yevgeni Prigozhin. “There was no external impact on the plane”added the Russian president.