Volodymyr Zelensky announced the arrest of a person suspected of having coordinated the attack on a restaurant in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine. This strike killed at least 11 people.
The strike on a restaurant in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, left at least 11 dead and more than 60 injured. The perpetrators of these strikes “are people without humanity”, reacted Wednesday, June 28 Volodymyr Zelensky. For its part, the Kremlin claimed to only strike military targets in Ukraine. Here’s what to remember today.
Zelensky announces arrest after Kramatorsk attack
Volodymyr Zelensky announced, Wednesday, June 28, the arrest of an individual after the“terrorist attack” Russian in Kramatorsk, which left at least 11 dead and “more than 60 injured” the day before, according to a latest report communicated by the Ukrainian president. “Today the Security Services (SBU) and Special Forces of the Police arrested the person who coordinated this terrorist attack“, said the Ukrainian president in his daily evening address.
“Anyone who helps Russian terrorists destroy lives deserves the maximum sentence”warned the Ukrainian leader, according to whom “there may still be people under the rubble”. The perpetrators of these strikes “are people without humanity”he continued, believing that such actions fell within the scope of “high treason” punishable by life imprisonment.
Putin says he ‘didn’t doubt’ Russian support during rebellion
Russian President Vladimir Putin said “not to have doubted” of Russian support during Wagner’s armed rebellion last week, which caused the worst crisis in the country since he came to power more than 20 years ago. “I did not doubt the reaction [des gens] in Dagestan and throughout the country”he said during an interview with the head of this southern Russian republic, according to an extract broadcast by Russian state television.
The armed rebellion of Wagner, led at the end of last week by its leader Evguéni Prigojine, has strongly shaken Russian power, in the midst of the conflict in Ukraine where the Russian army is facing a counter-offensive by troops from Kiev.
The presence of the Wagner group in Belarus is a “potential threat”
The presence of the Wagner group in Belarus may constitute “a potential threat” for neighboring countries, members of the eastern flank of neighboring NATO, said Polish President Andrzej Duda. Belarus announced the day before the arrival on its territory of Yevgeny Prigojine, leader of the Wagner mercenary group, as part of an agreement that ended his 24-hour rebellion on Saturday in Russia. Poland shares a border with Belarus, as do Lithuania and Latvia.
Biden calls Putin an ‘outcast’
Joe Biden felt that Russian President Vladimir Putin was a “pariah” Who “lose[ait] clearly” the war in Ukraine, even if it is, according to the American president, too early to say whether his Russian counterpart has been weakened by the aborted rebellion of Wagner. To the question, launched by journalists at the White House, whether Vladimir Putin is now weakened, Joe Biden replied: “It’s hard to say, but he’s clearly losing the war.”