2023-05-29 17:50:50
POINT ON THE SITUATION – This zone would be necessary to protect the country, as part of a post-war settlement, according to a presidential adviser.
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Russia fired a barrage of missiles into Kiev on Monday, causing panic among residents who were trying to take shelter from this rare attack launched in broad daylight and after another night of strikes on Ukraine. Another rare fact, the Ukrainian authorities have publicly admitted that a military site in the west of the country had been hit by the strikes of the night. In addition, an adviser to the Ukrainian presidency proposed to integrate a demilitarized zone of 100 km in Russia after the war.
kyiv wants a demilitarized zone in Russia to guarantee peace
A Ukrainian presidential adviser said on Monday that a 100-120 km demilitarized zone should be established inside Russia along the border with Ukraine as part of a post-war settlement. This zone would be necessary to protect Ukrainian regions from Russian attacks, presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak wrote on Twitter.
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«The main theme of the post-war settlement should be the establishment of safeguards to avoid the repetition of aggression in the future“, he wrote. He made the remarks after the governor of Russia’s Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine, called in televised comments for the annexation of Ukraine’s Kharkiv region to end Ukrainian cross-border bombardment.
Kyiv bombed in broad daylight
After the night bombardments which did not cause major damage in the capital, the anti-aircraft sirens sounded again in the morning, followed by a series of explosions around 11:10 a.m. local time.
«The enemy carried out missile strikes against Ukrainian territory, for the second time in 24 hours“, underlined the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army, Valéry Zaloujny, assuring that all the projectiles of this attack of the morning had been shot down. “A total of 11 Iskander-M and Iskander-K type missiles were launched from the northabout Kyiv and its region, he said.
Up to 40 cruise missiles fired overnight
Beyond this attack in the West, the night was marked by a new massive air attack against Ukraine, the day after the drone strike “the most importanton kyiv since the start of the Russian invasion.
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«Up to 40 cruise missileswere fired during the night from planes over the Caspian Sea and “environ 35 dronesfrom the north and the south, Commander Valéry Zaloujny said on Monday. In kyiv, the capital alone,more than 40 aerial targets“were destroyed” overnight, according to the military administration.
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Denmark to donate more than two billion euros to Ukraine
Copenhagen will give nearly 2.4 billion additional euros to Ukraine via a fund mainly intended to procure military equipment, its Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced on Monday. “The war in Ukraine is in a very critical phase with a serious situation on the battlefield and therefore Ukraine needs all possible support“said the head of government in an interview with public radio and television DR. “It is now that the Ukrainians need our arms and our support, hence the urgency“, declared Mette Frederiksen, whose name circulates to become in the coming months secretary general of NATO.
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The envelope of seven billion Danish crowns (around 950 million euros) already planned for 2023 in the fund created in March will be supplemented by an additional 7.5 billion crowns, she said. And 10.4 billion will also be released for 2024 “because nothing indicates that next year will be a year of peace“. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed his “gratitude».
Ukraine adopts sanctions against Iran, partner of Moscow
Ukrainian MPs on Monday adopted a draft sanctions against Iran, a country accused of supplying arms to Moscow for its invasion, marking the break between kyiv and the Islamic Republic.
«This resolution synchronizes Ukrainian sanctions with the actions of the entire civilized world on the path to the complete isolation of Iran“, indicated the Ukrainian Parliament on its website. This sanctions package includes a ban on military trade with Iran, a halt to the transit through Ukraine of such goods and the “suspension of economic and financial obligations in favor of Iranian residents».
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