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3:56 p.m. : In a press release, the Russian Ministry of Defense describes as “fake” claims that his army hit a residential area in the Ukrainian capital. It is the Artiom arms factory which, “as military infrastructure, was the target”.
Still according to Moscow, the damage caused to a nearby residential building was caused by a Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile.
3:55 p.m. : Russia claims to have hit a missile production plant in kyiv.
3:49 p.m. : “A body was found, six residents were injured, four of whom were hospitalized, including a seven-year-old girl”declared the mayor Vitaly Klitschko who had gone there at dawn.
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion, this is the third time that this district located northwest of kyiv has been targeted by missiles. He was first hit in mid-March, then on April 28, during the visit of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
3:42 p.m. : The strike which targeted a residential area near the center of kyiv made a dead and four injured, according to a new report from the town hall. Follow our live.
3:01 p.m. : Russian strikes in the center of #Kiev. A 9-storey apartment building was hit this morning around 6:30 a.m.
3:01 p.m. : Gilles Gallinaro, one of franceinfo’s special envoys in Ukraine, arrived in front of the residential area near the center of kyiv, targeted by Russian strikes this morning.
3:55 p.m. : British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warns Emmanuel Macron against the temptation of a negotiated solution “now” in Ukraine at the risk of prolonging “global instability”, says Downing Street. During a meeting on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Germany, the two leaders “agreed that this was a critical moment for the evolution of the conflict and that it was possible to turn the tide of the war”said a spokesman for the British government.
12:38 : The Ukrainian government is calling for more weapons and sanctions against Moscow from the G7 countries, meeting in Bavaria (Germany), after the new Russian strikes at dawn on a residential area near the center of kyiv. “The G7 summit must respond with more sanctions against Russia and more heavy weapons for Ukraine”urged on Twitter Dmytro Kouleba, the head of Ukrainian diplomacy, calling for “defeat sick imperialism” Russian following this attack which left at least four wounded in the Ukrainian capital.
12:38 : It’s noon, here are the titles:
Eight departments in the east of France are placed in orange vigilance for the risk of thunderstorms, announces Météo France.
• Ukraine is demanding more weapons and sanctions against Moscow from the G7 countries, meeting for a summit in Bavaria (Germany), after the Russian strike earlier in the morning on a residential area near the center of kyiv. Follow our live.
• Emmanuel Macron confirmed Elisabeth Borne as Prime Minister and instructed her to form a new government in early July. Follow our live.
• The three main energy suppliers in France call for a reduction in consumption in the face of soaring prices, in a column published in The Sunday newspaper
12:30 p.m. : The G7, meeting at the summit in Bavaria (southern Germany), and NATO must “to stay together” against Russian aggression against Ukraine, says US President Joe Biden in a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Russian President Vladimir Putin hoped “that, one way or another, NATO and the G7 are divided”estimates the tenant of the White House. “But we haven’t and we won’t.”
10:29 : Strikes ?? early this morning on residential buildings in #Kyiv near the central station. Clearly targeted civilians. One of the residents rescued from the rubble had nationality and a passport ??… #WeStandWithUkraine solidarity ?????? https://t.co/qktSswyJ6Q
10:29 : The French Ambassador to Ukraine, Etienne de Poncins, talks about the strikes that hit a residential complex near the center of kyiv this morning.
12:11 p.m. : It’s 9 a.m., let’s take a look at the news:
Yaël Braun-Pivet, who had been Minister of Overseas for a month and should become President of the National Assembly on Tuesday, left the government, according to a decree published today in the Official Journal. For her part, Elisabeth Borne is confirmed as Prime Minister and is responsible, by Emmanuel Macron, for forming a new government in early July.
• Four explosions were heard in kyiv early this morning, hitting a residential complex near the center of the capital. This strike aims to“intimidating Ukrainians” approaching the NATO summit (from June 28 to 30 in Madrid), estimated the mayor of the Ukrainian capital, Vitaly Klitschko.
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday that the global outbreak of monkeypox was a health threat whose evolution was very worrying, without yet reaching the stage of a global health emergency.
American Sydney McLaughlin broke her 400m hurdles world record in 51”41 yesterday in Eugene (Oregon), to become United States champion over the distance and validate her ticket for the Worlds in three weeks.