Ukraine says it destroyed 21 Russian drones overnight – L’Express

2024-01-07 12:00:08

Five children were among 11 people killed by a Russian missile strike that hit the eastern Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk and surrounding areas, the governor of the Ukrainian-controlled part of the Donetsk region said , Saturday January 6. According to Reuters, Vadym Filashkin told Ukrainian television that Russian forces launched a “massive bombardment” of Pokrovsk around 3 p.m.

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⇒ Ukraine says it destroyed 21 Russian drones overnight

⇒ The head of Japanese diplomacy in Ukraine to reaffirm Japanese support

⇒ Eleven dead in Pokrovsk, in the East, targeted by a Russian strike

Russian strike kills eleven people in Pokrovsk

At least eleven people were killed, including five children, on Saturday January 6, during a Russian strike targeting the town of Pokrovsk and its surroundings, in eastern Ukraine, a new deadly attack in the midst of an escalation of bombings. Strikes with particularly heavy tolls have multiplied since the end of December in Ukraine and Russia, a sign of an increase in violence while the conflict has lasted for two years, with a generally frozen front.

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“The Russians struck the region with S-300 missiles, killing eleven people and injuring eight others, mainly in Pokrovsk and Rivne” (a town located in its agglomeration), Vadim Filachkine, the governor of the region of Donetsk. He released photographs showing rescuers working around debris. According to him, the strike damaged six houses in Pokrovsk and one in Rivne, in which a family of six was staying. According to emergency services, six people, including two children, could be under the rubble of two affected buildings.

Ukraine says it destroyed 21 Russian drones overnight

The Ukrainian air force says it destroyed, during the night from Saturday to Sunday, 21 of the 28 Shahed drones sent by Russia from the Primorsko-Akhtarsk region, in Russia, on the shores of the Sea of ​​Azov. In a message published on Telegramtaken up by the daily Le Monde, it states that three missiles were also fired from the “occupied Donetsk oblast”, without giving further details.

The head of Japanese diplomacy in Ukraine to reaffirm Japanese support

The head of Japanese diplomacy Yoko Kamikawa traveled to Ukraine this Sunday, January 7, to meet her counterpart Dmytro Kuleba and assure him of Tokyo’s continued support, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced. This visit was not initially announced in the official schedule of Yoko Kamikawa’s two-week tour that began Friday, which included trips to Poland, Finland, Sweden, the Netherlands, the United States, Canada, in Germany and Turkey.

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She was due to travel to Ukraine on Sunday from Warsaw, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. A ministry official confirmed to AFP that she “arrived somewhere in Ukraine” this Sunday. During her visit, Yoko Kamikawa “will once again reiterate to the Ukrainian side that Japan’s consistent policy of supporting Ukraine remains unchanged, even in the face of the current serious international situation,” the statement added.

Polish farmers suspend blockade of border crossing with Ukraine

Polish farmers suspended their blockade of an important crossing point with Ukraine on Saturday following an agreement signed with the Polish government. Three other important border crossings with Ukraine remain blocked since November by Polish truckers protesting against “unfair competition” from Ukrainian truckers and against the relaxation of rules for access to the European Union for businesses. from this country.

“We have signed an agreement with the government and we are awaiting its implementation. The blockade has been suspended until our demands are met,” Roman Kondrow, one of the organizers of the protest movement, told AFP. After a period of break for the end-of-year holiday period, farmers resumed blocking the Medyka post on Thursday.