the head of the IAEA in kyiv, a residential building hit by a missile

2023-06-13 06:51:58

► At least three dead after a missile strike of a residential building in Kryvyi Rih

A residential building was hit by a missile strike before dawn on Tuesday June 13 in the town of Kryvyi Rih, in the Dnipropetrovsk region (center-east), killing three and injuring 25 according to an initial assessment by the authorities. regional.

The head of the city’s military administration, Oleksandr Vilkul, indicated on his Telegram account that “high precision monsters” hit the city in several places, including a five-story apartment building.

“There are victims in extremely serious condition, there are probably people under the rubble”, did he declare. Dnipropetrovsk regional administration reported a “massive missile attack on Kryvyi Rih”.

► The boss of the IAEA on his way to kyiv

The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, will be in kyiv on Tuesday before visiting the Ukrainian power plant in Zaporizhia, weakened after the destruction of a dam on the Dnieper river.

After kyiv, the head of the IAEA will take over the management of the ZNPP plant occupied by the Russians “to assess the situation and organize a new rotation of experts”the number of which will be increased.

Since the beginning of the invasion, he keep warning against the risk of a nuclear accident on this site in the south-east of Ukraine, where he has already visited twice and deployed agents on a permanent basis.

► A “difficult” offensive according to Volodymyr Zelensky

The long-awaited offensive of the Ukrainian army is « difficile » more “progress”President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday, after his administration assured during the day that it had taken over at least seven villages from Russian forces. “The fights are difficult, but we are progressing, and that is very important”he said in his daily address. “Enemy losses are exactly at the level we need”.

“The weather is not favorable – the rain makes our task more difficult – but the strength of our soldiers is giving good results”he added, welcoming the return of the Ukrainian flag in “newly liberated territories”.

► Ukraine claims to have recaptured seven villages from Russian forces

The Ukrainian government said on Monday that it had taken over seven villages from Russian forces in the south and east of the country since the weekend, as part of its offensive.

“Seven villages have been liberated”announced the Deputy Minister of Defense Ganna Malyar on the social network Telegram, referring in particular to several localities taken over in the Zaporizhia region.

Ganna Malyar said that the villages of Lobkovo, Levadne and Novodarivka, near Zaporizhia, had been taken over, as well as the village of Storozheve, in the south of the Donetsk region. “The area of ​​the territory returned to our control amounts to 90 square kilometers”, assured Ganna Malyar. On Monday afternoon, the Ukrainian army also claimed to have made progress in the Bakhmout region.

► “Africa cannot remain silent” according to the Congolese president

Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso said on Monday that Africa could not “remain silent” in the face of the conflict in Ukraine, a few days before mediation by several Heads of State from the continent in kyiv and Moscow.

Denis Sassou-Nguesso is part of a mission of several African presidents who are to travel to kyiv and Moscow on Friday and Saturday, where they will meet Volodymyr Zelensky then Vladimir Poutine.