eighteen dead following a Russian strike in a shopping center, a “war crime” denounces the G7

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• And Russian missile hit a shopping center ” very frequented “ from the city of Kremenchuk, Monday, June 27, leaving at least eighteen dead and 59 injured according to a first report. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced a “shameless act of terrorism” from Russia.
• Emmanuel Macron condemned a “absolute horror” after the missile strike and called on the Russian people to “see the truth” opposite, in a tweet accompanied by a video of the building invaded by flames. “We share the pain of the families of the victims. And anger at such ignominy”added the French president.
• G7 leaders (Germany, United States, France, Canada, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom), gathered at a summit in southern Germany, denounced that “indiscriminate attacks against innocent civilians constitute a war crime »before adding: “Russian President Putin and those responsible will be held to account.” They also announced “continue to provide a financial, humanitarian, military and diplomatic support » to Ukraine “as long as it takes”.
• The G7 also called on Russia to allow grain exports from Ukraine to avoid exacerbating the global food crisis.
• The meeting leaders also expressed their “deep concern” after Russia announced that it could transfer nuclear-capable missiles in Belarus; and they have “required” the return ” immediate “ of the Ukrainians taken away ” by force “ in Russia.
• Paris will send “in significant quantities” armored vehicles troop transport in Ukraine, announces the French Minister for the Armed Forces Sébastien Lecornu in an interview published Monday evening June 27. “To move quickly through areas under enemy fire, armies need armed armored vehicles”he underlines in an interview granted to the Parisian-Today in France.
• The President of Ukraine, who spoke by videoconference with the leaders of the G7, said that the time for negotiations with Russia did not come and that Ukraine must first consolidate its positions.
• Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdoganwill meet, on Tuesday in Madrid, his Finnish counterpart, Sauli Niinistöand the Swedish Prime Minister, Magdalena Anderssonto discuss the candidacies of Sweden and Finland to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, blocked by Ankara, announced Helsinki.
• The Russian President, Vladimir Poutinewill travel Tuesday to Tajikistan, former Soviet republic, ally of the Russian Federation in Central Asia, and to Turkmenistan, Wednesday, to participate in a summit of the countries bordering the Caspian Sea.
• The Ukrainian governor of the Luhansk region, Serhi Haidai, on Telegram called on civilians to “immediate evacuation” of the city of Lysychanskwhere the situation ” is very difficult “.

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