kyiv wants to respond firmly. Volodymyr Zelensky promised, this Thursday, July 6, a “tangible” response after the deadly attack on a residential building in Lviv, in western Ukraine, which killed four people according to a new report communicated by the Ministry of Interior. “There will certainly be a response to the enemy. A [réponse] tangible”, declared the Ukrainian president on Telegram, in a message accompanied by a video where we can distinguish several heavily damaged buildings.
Earlier, in a Telegram message, the mayor of Lviv, Andriï Sadovyi, also reported “eight injuries” and “many apartments” damaged, in a video broadcast on the social network. Emergency services are mobilized and “there could be more people under the rubble,” said Andriï Sadovyi.
This strike corresponds to a “direct hit against a residential building” carried out by the Russian forces, described the head of the regional administration, Maksym Kozytsky, on Telegram. In images shared by the governor, a building appears badly damaged, devoid of a portion of its highest floors, the windows shattered.
Biden receives Swedish Prime Minister just before NATO summit
US President Joe Biden on Wednesday renewed his plea for Sweden’s NATO membership by welcoming his Prime Minister, Ulf Kristersson, to the White House. A week before an Atlantic Alliance summit, the two leaders notably discussed their common support for Ukraine against the Russian invasion, their coordinated efforts to compete with China, and the “strengthening” of their bilateral partnership. defense, according to a statement from the White House. Joe Biden thus underlined his commitment to welcoming Sweden into NATO “as soon as possible”, according to the American executive. During an exchange in the Oval Office, the Democratic leader had already declared that he was “impatiently” waiting for Stockholm to join.
Zaporizhia: the IAEA wants better access, Moscow and kyiv accuse each other
The IAEA on Wednesday demanded access to the entire Ukrainian nuclear power plant in Zaporizhia (south), occupied by Russia, while Kiev and Moscow accuse each other of preparing a provocation on the site. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) considers it crucial for its observers to have access to all the buildings of the plant in order to “confirm the absence of mines or explosives on the site “. “As tension and military activities increase in the region, our experts must be able to verify the facts on the ground”, in an “independent and objective” manner, said its director, General Rafael Grossi, in a press release.
It is “crucial to clarify the current situation” at a time when the two sides accuse each other of planning “provocation” or “attack”, he insisted. Over the past few weeks, IAEA personnel on site have inspected various locations “without observing any traces of mines or explosives so far”. But the UN body could not access the roofs of the premises housing reactors 3 and 4 or even certain areas of the plant’s cooling system.
Suspected suicide attack in a kyiv court, two police officers injured
Two police officers were injured on Wednesday after a man apparently blew himself up in a court in Shevchenkivskyi district, near Kiev, Ukrainian authorities said, but did not say whether the blasts were linked to the war with Russia. .
“An attacker died on the spot. According to preliminary information, he blew himself up,” Interior Minister Igor Klymenko said on social media, adding that two police officers were injured. The suspect was identified in the evening as Igor Gumenyuk. He had been taken into custody in 2015 after the deaths of four National Guardsmen.