a Russian attack on kyiv leaves at least 50 injured – L’Express

Volodymyr Zelensky continues his diplomatic tour. After a visit to the American Congress yesterday where, he said, he received “positive signals” concerning new military aid to Ukraine, the Ukrainian president flew to a European summit which is being held this Wednesday, December 13 in Brussels. It will notably discuss Ukraine’s entry into the EU. Time is running out for the head of state, as last night the capital was once again the target of Russian missiles, causing at least 50 injuries.

⇒ At least 50 injured in kyiv.

⇒ Zelensky received positive signals from the US Congress.

⇒ 315,000 Russian soldiers injured or killed since the start of the invasion of Ukraine.

“There are 34 injured in the Dniprovsky district of the capital. 15 of them were hospitalized, including two children. 19 received medical aid on the spot,” Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote on the networks social services, citing rescue workers. According to the elected official, “as a result of the enemy’s night missile attack on the Dniprovsky district of the capital, an apartment building was damaged.” Some 15 residents were evacuated and, according to Vitali Klitschko, a pediatric hospital suffered damage.

Joe Biden issued a grim warning in the presence of Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday, saying that Russian President Vladimir Putin was “counting” on US aid to Ukraine stopping. “We must, we must prove him wrong,” insisted the American president during a joint press conference in Washington with his Ukrainian counterpart. He harshly attacked the Republican elected officials who are currently blocking his request for an additional envelope of 61 billion dollars for kyiv.

Having come to Washington seeking assurances of renewed support, the Ukrainian president assured that he had received “positive” signals from the American Congress, where negotiations are nevertheless very difficult.

Carsten L., 53, an agent of the German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) and his alleged accomplice, Arthur E., a 32-year-old independent contractor, are suspected of “high treason in two particularly serious cases”. They will be tried for “high treason” from Wednesday before the Berlin court and risk life imprisonment.

This appearance, described by the German weekly Der Spiegel “the biggest espionage trial” in the country in decades, opens against the still tense backdrop of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The two accused allegedly transmitted to the Russian security services (FSB), twice in the fall of 2022, almost eight months after the start of the invasion of Ukraine, documents and information classified as secret, according to the ‘indictment.

The new Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Tuesday called on the West to maintain its support for Ukraine and delivered a pro-European plea during his general policy speech, after which his government obtained the confidence of Parliament. In his speech to MPs, the 66-year-old leader called on the world for “total mobilization” in favor of Ukraine in the face of the Russian offensive and assured of working “effectively in favor of kyiv”.

The former head of the European Council (2014-2019) also expressed his hope of meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the European summit this Wednesday.

This estimate appears in a declassified document transmitted to Congress on the occasion of the visit to Washington by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, intended to convince American parliamentarians to approve new military aid to kyiv. According to the same document, which several American media reported, Russia lost 2,200 armored vehicles out of the 3,500 it had before the start of the war on February 24, 2022. Russia has never indicated how many men it had engaged in Ukraine since February 2022, nor really communicated on its losses, ensuring that Western estimates on this subject were largely exaggerated.