HASwhen Russia confirmed on Friday April 29 that it had carried out a strike the day before with “high precision” weapons against kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, in the midst of a visit by the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, the head of French diplomacy Jean-Yves Le Drian condemned these “indiscriminate” acts by Russian forces. “Full solidarity with the Ukrainian people, as well as with @antonioguterres and @KirilPetkov (Bulgarian Prime Minister, editor’s note) who were nearby yesterday”, declared the French Minister of Foreign Affairs on his Twitter account.
I strongly condemn the indiscriminate strikes by Russian forces targeting kyiv last night. Full solidarity with the Ukrainian people, as well as with @antonioguterres and @KirilPetkov who were nearby yesterday.
— Jean-Yves Le Drian (@JY_LeDrian) April 29, 2022
This is the first bombardment in kyiv since mid-April. It came after the UN boss traveled Thursday to Boutcha and other suburbs of kyiv – theaters of alleged abuses attributed by the Ukrainians to Russian forces who deny their involvement. The Russian army also destroyed Thursday with “high precision missiles” “three power plants located near railway nodes”, including Fastov in the kyiv region, according to the ministry.
Russia has indeed continued its offensive in the eastern and southern regions of Ukraine, while Antonio Guterres called on Moscow to cooperate with the investigation of the International Criminal Court into possible war crimes. According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, five missiles fell on kyiv. “It says a lot about Russia’s true attitude towards international institutions, about Russian leaders’ efforts to humiliate the UN and everything the organization stands for,” Volodymyr Zelensky commented in a video. In addition, an “operation” to evacuate civilians holed up in the Azovstal factory besieged by Russian troops in Mariupol, in the south-east of Ukraine, is “envisaged” for this Friday, announced the presidency. Ukrainian.
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Antonio Guterres is “shocked but safe”, reassured a United Nations spokesman, Saviano Abreu, lamenting that “it happened close to where we were”, although it is a war zone. A few hours earlier, Joe Biden had reiterated his country’s support for Ukraine in the face of “atrocities and aggression” and asked for an extension of 33 billion dollars from Congress. Arrived Thursday in Ukraine, where he was going for the first time since the beginning of the conflict, Antonio Guterres spoke with Volodymyr Zelensky, regretting that the Security Council failed to prevent and stop the war started on February 24 by Moscow.
The bombings continue
Along with Antonio Guterres’ visit to kyiv, the southern and eastern regions of Ukraine – where the Russian assaults are concentrated – are under heavy bombardment. “The enemy is intensifying its offensive. The occupiers carry out strikes practically in all directions”, with particularly intense activity in the regions of Kharkiv and in the Donbass, underlined the Ukrainian general staff. According to him, the Russian army is trying to prevent the transfer of Ukrainian forces from the north to the east of the country.
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According to the governor of Kharkiv, Oleg Synegoubov, five people were killed Thursday in bombardments on the city and its region. Russian troops, who were trying to advance from Izium towards Brazhkivka, Dovhenky and Velyka Komyshuvakha, suffered “heavy losses and were forced to retreat”, he assured on Telegram. In Kherson, the only major city over which the Russians have completely taken control since the beginning of their invasion, the Russian local administration said on Thursday that it wanted to introduce the ruble instead of the Ukrainian hryvnia from 1er may. “An act of annexation and a serious violation by Russia” of the UN charter, denounced Lioudmyla Denissova, responsible for human rights in the Ukrainian Parliament.