Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that the toll from the Russian missile attack on the Chaplyne railway station in the Dnipropetrovsk region has risen to 22 dead . About fifty are injured.
"Chaplyne is our grief today. Right now, 22 people have died, five of whom are burned alive inside a car ," Zelensky said in his evening speech according to Ukrainska Pravda.
The Ukrainian leader then added that "the search and rescue operations at the station are continuing. We will certainly make sure that the occupiers are held accountable for everything they have done. And we will definitely drive the invaders from our land".
Meanwhile , Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio has arrived in Kiev to meet Zelensky and his counterpart Dmytro Kuleba: "Ukraine is the frontier of Europe, it is not just defending itself," he told Irpin.
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Kiev, 376 children have died since the beginning of the war
From February 24, the day the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, to date, a total of 376 children have been killed and more than 733 injured. The news was reported by the Ukrinform agency, also specifying that 53 children, kidnapped by the Russians, were returned to Ukraine. This was announced today by Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk.
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Kiev: "Russia has disconnected the Zaporizhzhia power plant from the grid"
Russia has disconnected the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant from the Ukrainian national electricity grid. This was announced by the Ukrainian agency UNIAN citing the operator Energoatom.
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Di Maio da Zelensky: "Italy does not abandon you"
Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, on a mission to Ukraine, met with President Volodymyr Zelensky. Di Maio, during the interview in Kiev, reiterated that "Italy will not abandon the Ukrainian people". Di Maio added that it is essential to seek the diplomatic path "to find peace and defend democracy".
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China: "We will strengthen trade with Russia"
China will continue to collaborate with Russia for the "double improvement" of economic and trade relations both in terms of scale and quality. This was assured by the spokesman of the Ministry of Commerce Shu Jueting on the estimates of Moscow according to which the volumes of bilateral trade will touch a new record of 165-170 billion dollars in 2022. Sino-Russian trade has so far maintained a momentum of growth and "we will continue - added Shu - to work to promote normal economic and commercial exchanges between the two countries", despite Western sanctions against Moscow for the invasion of Ukraine.
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Moscow: "Seven Ukrainian bombings of Zaporizhzhia in 24 hours"
The Russian Defense Ministry has reported at least seven artillery bombings by Ukrainian forces on the area of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in the past 24 hours. The bombings were carried out from positions located on the opposite bank of the Kakhovka basin, along the Dnieper River, said the spokesman of the ministry, Igor Konashenkov, without reporting any damage. This was reported by the Interfax agency.
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Di Maio: "Irpin destroyed and in Italy there are still those who deny"
"We must hope that nothing changes, that we continue to support this country with all possible strength because Ukraine is the frontier of Europe, it is not only defending itself". Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said this to Irpin when answering those who asked if Italy's attitude towards Kiev will change with the next government. "Here in Irpin there is a city destroyed, razed to the ground, and in Italy there are still those who deny the facts that occurred at the hands of the Russian troops, by Putin", adds the head of the Farnesina.
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Di Maio in Kiev
Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio arrived in Kiev this morning, according to diplomatic sources. The head of the Farnesina will see Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his counterpart Dmytro Kuleba. During the visit Di Maio will also go to Irpin.
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Kiev: "Explosions in the capital region"
During the night, other explosions were heard in the Kiev region: the governor, Oleksiy Kuleba said, according to reports from the Kiev Independent. The explosions, he added, came from the Vyshhorodskyi district, just outside the capital. The emergency services are at work on the spot. For the moment there is no news of any injuries or victims.
(Unioneonline)