If Ukraine has not yet reported a new deadly strike on its soil this Wednesday, July 5, the toll worsened the day after the Russian strike near Karkhiv. On Tuesday July 4, the Ukrainian presidency deplored a strike by the Russian armed forces on the town of Pervomaysky, south of the metropolis of Karkhiv in the northeast of the country.
If the first figures reported 31 injured including 9 children, the number of victims increased during the day. kyiv finally reports 40 injured, including 12 children, the Ukrainian administration indicates on Telegram messaging.
A Zelensky-Macron interview against the backdrop of the Russian threat in Zaporizhia
Ahead of the NATO summit in Vilnius on July 11 and 12, Volodymyr Zelensky alerted his French counterpart to the threat posed by Russia in Zaporijjia. During a telephone interview on Tuesday evening, the leader told Emmanuel Macron that “dangerous provocations” are to be expected from the Russian forces occupying the nuclear power plant.
Volodymyr Zelensky said in a statement that he had warned Emmanuel Macron about the risks of destabilizing the nuclear infrastructure. “We have agreed to control the situation as much as possible, with the IAEA,” said the Ukrainian president, referring to the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency.
Volodymyr Zelensky also took advantage of this call to demand “concrete” elements from the military alliance concerning Ukraine’s request to join NATO once the war is over.
kyiv hails NATO chief’s “personal efforts”
The Ukrainian leader also met with the head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on Tuesday evening. During another telephone conversation, Volodymyr Zelensky congratulated Jens Stoltenberg on his reappointment yesterday as head of the Alliance.
He also took advantage of this call to salute the “personal efforts” of the Norwegian leader: “I thanked Jens Stoltenberg for his personal efforts to support Ukraine’s Euro-Atlanticist aspirations”, indicated Zelensky, specifying that he was “hopeful that our cooperation will continue to bear fruit”.
Ukraine welcomes strike against Russians in Makiivka
In the aftermath of the deadly Russian strike at Pervomaysky, Ukraine in turn congratulated itself on having successfully struck a “Russian formation” in another city in the east of the country, Makiïvka.
In a message on the Telegram messenger, the Office of Strategic Communications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine indicated that “another formation of Russian terrorists in the temporarily occupied area of Makiivka has ceased to exist”. A message accompanied by a video showing an explosion visible in the distance.
An attack confirmed by Russian media on Tuesday, reporting one dead and 36 injured, according to AFP. Located in the suburbs of Donetsk, this city of more than 300,000 inhabitants before the war would be the scene of several “violent attacks” on residential areas and a hospital complex, according to a Telegram message from Denis Pushilin, head of the Russian occupation. of the Donetsk region.
Moscow holds US responsible for Ukrainian drones
The Russian government also points to the role of Westerners in Ukraine’s attacks on its soil. While Russia announced yesterday that it had shot down five Ukrainian drones in the Moscow region, a statement from the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that kyiv was not solely responsible for this attack.
“These attacks would not be possible without the aid provided to the Kiev regime by the United States and its NATO allies” and that the West “train drone operators and provide the information necessary to commit such crimes” , estimates the Russian ministry. However, the five downed Ukrainian drones caused no casualties or damage.