kyiv targeted. The Ukrainian capital was hit by shelling for the first time in weeks. In Germany, the leaders of the G7 met to discuss new sanctions against Russia. Franceinfo looks back on what to remember from the day of Sunday June 26.
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Kyiv bombed
Four missiles hit a residential area near the center of kyiv in the morning. “A body was found, six residents were injured, four of whom were hospitalized, including a seven-year-old girl,” said the mayor of the Ukrainian capital, Vitaly Klitschko. He did not give any additional information about the deceased. This is’“to intimidate the Ukrainians (…) as the NATO summit approaches”, he continued, a few days before the summit of the Atlantic Alliance, from June 28 to 30 in Madrid. US President Joe Biden has denounced an act of “barbarity”.
Moscow claims to have hit an arms factory in kyiv
In response to international accusations, Russia says it struck a missile production plant in kyiv on Sunday. Moscow qualifies as “fake” claims that it hit a residential area in the Ukrainian capital. It is the Artiom arms factory which, “as military infrastructure, was the target”, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. He added that the damage to a nearby residential building was caused by a Ukrainian air defense missile.
Boris Johnson opposed to a negotiated solution ‘now’
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned Emmanuel Macron on Sunday against the temptation of a negotiated solution “now” in Ukraine at the risk of prolonging “global instability”, reported Downing Street. 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, after their interview on the sidelines of the G7 summit being held in Bavaria (southern Germany).
Vladimir Putin mocked at the G7
The great world leaders, gathered in Bavaria for the G7 summit, had fun on Sunday to joke about the virile image willingly displayed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. The one who opened the “hostilities” is the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson: “Do we keep the jackets? Do we take them off?”, he asks himself, while he is sitting down at the work table. The Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, then suggests waiting for the official photo to drop the jacket. Boris Johnson raises: “we have to show that we are stronger than Putin.” A joke that inspired the Canadian Prime Minister who referred to a cult sequence by Vladimir Putin. “We are going to be entitled to the bare-chested riding demonstration”, adds Justin Trudeau. He then refers to a famous photo shoot of Vladimir Putin on horseback shirtless in 2009.
Ukraine calls for more weapons and sanctions against Moscow
“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, following a Russian strike earlier in the morning on a residential area near the center of kyiv.