April 30, 2024

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US delivers cluster bombs to Q as ‘admission of weakness’, Moscow says

US delivers cluster bombs to Q as ‘admission of weakness’, Moscow says

Moscow responded to Washington on diplomatic terms. On Saturday, July 8, Russia assumed that the United States had delivered cluster bombs to Ukraine. “Admitting Weakness” It will make the country “accomplice” Civilian deaths from these controversial weapons. Russian diplomacy has also condemned it “A cynical attempt to prolong the agony of the current Ukrainian authorities without concern for civilian casualties” These bombs scatter small explosives before and after impact. Joe Biden announced on Friday that he had taken it “A very difficult decision”In Europe it provoked embarrassment and sharp criticism from non-governmental organizations. Follow our life.

On the 500th day of the war, Volodymyr Zelensky celebrates the “courage” of Ukraine. The Ukrainian president visited Snake Island, where Kiev scored a prestigious victory at the start of the Moscow-led invasion, as it passed the symbolic milestone of 500 days. “Today we are on Snake Island, which, like the rest of Ukraine, will never be conquered by an aggressor, because we are a country of courage”, Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video.

8 people were killed in the bombing carried out by Russia in the eastern part of the country. At least eight people were killed and 13 wounded in Russian shelling of the eastern Ukrainian city of Lyman on Saturday, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry said. According to him, the fire broke out in the compound of a residential building and a printing press, but managed to put it out.

Over 9,000 Ukrainian civilians died in a year and a half. More than 9,000 civilians, including 500 children, have been killed since the conflict began, with the fighting now over 500 days old, according to the UN Human Rights Watch in Ukraine. This year, the number of victims was lower on average than in 2022, but it started to rise again in May and June.

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Erdogan reiterates his support for Ukraine. The Turkish head of state, who received Volodymyr Zelensky for the first time in Turkey since the start of the war in February 2022, considered Ukraine “Eligibility[ait]Both Russia and Ukraine were invited to join the Atlantic alliance “Return to Peace Talks”. As he was wrapping up a regional tour in Istanbul, the Ukrainian president for his part saluted the victims of the conflict during a prayer with Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew.