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07:33 : Attacks by “kamikaze drones”“kamikaze drones” targeted a central district of kyiv this morning. After the first strikes, an AFP journalist saw one of these devices fall on a building, while two police officers on their knees tried to shoot it down with their service weapons. The attacks targeted the Chevchchenko district, a lively residential area in the center of the capital, according to Mayor Vitali Klitschko, who asked the population to stay in shelters.
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07:20 : The mayor of kyiv, Vitaliy Klitschko, has just published this image. He claims that it is a fragment of one of the drones fired this morning in the Shevchenkiv district, in the center of the capital. You can see the mention “Geranium-2” (“Герань-2”) on the fin, the name used by the Russians to rename the Shahed-136 drones delivered by Iran.
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06:56 : The Russian terrorist state launched an attack on civilian infrastructure in Kyiv with Iranian kamikaze drones.According to Mayor Vitali Klitschko a non-residential building was destroyed and several residential buildings were damaged. Information on victims is being gathered.
06:55 : At least two loud explosions heard this morning in Kyiv just before 7 am.
06:57 : Kyiv was targeted early this morning by “kamikaze drone attacks”announces the chief of staff of the Ukrainian presidency, after a series of explosions which shook the district of Shevchenkiv, in the center of the capital. “The Russians think it will help them, but it shows their desperation”comments the same manager.
06:17 : Collateral victims. The war in Ukraine, and the resulting rise in the cost of living, have led to a situation of poverty for millions of children in Eastern Europe and Central Asia in recent months, UNICEF warns. In these regions, “the war in Ukraine and rising inflation plunged four million children more in poverty“says this study.
06:12 : The EU is stepping up its military support for Ukraine with the launch of a mission to train 15,000 Ukrainian soldiers on its territory and the granting of a new allocation of 500 million euros for the supply of weapons. “We have never carried out a mission on this scale”, commented a European official. The foreign ministers of the 27 member countries will endorse these two decisions today at a meeting in Luxembourg.
06:06 : Two explosions were heard this morning in kyiv, exactly one week after Russian strikes on the Ukrainian capital, alert AFP journalists. The air alert sirens sounded shortly before.
07:06 : We begin without further delay with the main headlines of the news:
Two new explosions were heard by journalists this morning in kyiv. Yesterday, new bombings yesterday hit the Russian region of Belgorod, bordering Ukraine, leaving at least four injured, according to the authorities.
On TF1, Elisabeth Borne announced that the government would not use “tomorrow” article 49.3 allowing it to pass in force on the vote of the budget.
Guest of the “20 hours” of TF1, Elisabeth Borne announced the extension of the rebate of 30 cents per liter of fuel until November 15, when she was to stop at the beginning of the month. She also announced that Total was also extending its discount. According to her, about 30% of the stations are still in difficulty nationally.
• Between 29,500 (figure from the independent firm Occurrence), 30,000 (figure from the police) and 140,000 people (according to the organizers) beat the pavement yesterday in the streets of Paris against the high cost of living. Reportage.
PSG won the Classic yesterday against OM 1-0 thanks to a goal from Neymar and after a high-flying match. At the end of the match, Kylian Mbappé wanted to set the record straight: “I never asked for my departure.”