French diplomacy condemned the Moscow 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 of the strike were the wife and son of the Ukrainian soldier killed in combat whose funeral was being celebrated, 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 small 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 in a press release. 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. Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that “pomegranate pieces” were found in the bodies of victims of the August crash of Wagner boss Yevgeni Prigozhin’s plane. “There was no external impact on the plane”he added.