Russian attacks during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, July 10, left three dead in southern Ukraine, notably in Odessa, regional authorities announced. “The aggressor [les forces russes] targeted the port infrastructure in the Odessa region. Unfortunately, two people were killed – a security guard and a truck driver,” Governor Oleg Kiper said. In another attack, a 62-year-old man was killed by Russian shelling on the city of Nikopol. Russia has been regularly launching nighttime attacks on Ukrainian cities since the start of its invasion in February 2022. Follow our live feed.
Joe Biden announces sending air defense systems to kyivThe US president announced the sending of anti-aircraft defense systems to Ukraine, on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Washington. “Russia will not win,” “The American president” launched forcefully in a highly anticipated speech, after questions about his ability to defend the colors of the democratic camp. He was participating with the leaders or representatives of the 32 NATO countries in a ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the Atlantic Alliance.
Death toll from Monday’s attacks in Ukraine rises to 43Ukraine was the target of deadly Russian strikes on Monday, which left 43 dead and some 200 injured, Volodymyr Zelensky said in his speech in Washington. They devastated the country’s largest children’s hospital.
Russia accused at the UN for strikes in Ukraine, described as a “war crime”. Moscow came under heavy criticism on Tuesday at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council over deadly strikes in Ukraine the previous day. “Intentionally launching attacks against a protected hospital [par le droit international] is a war crime for which the perpetrators must be held accountable,” said UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Joyce Msuya.
International Atomic Energy Agency convenes extraordinary council meetingA meeting of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency will take place on Friday at the request of kyiv, following the massive Russian strikes on the country. “Following a letter sent to me by the representative of Ukraine (…), I inform the members of the holding of a meeting” at the organisation’s headquarters in Vienna, Austria, wrote the current president of the Council, Argentine ambassador Holger Martinsen, in a letter seen by AFP.