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Russia has been accused of a war crime after a major children’s hospital in Kyiv was hit with a missile amid a large-scale attack on Ukraine that left at least 36 people dead.
Italian foreign minister Antonio Tajani said “war crimes” must be condemned by the “entire international community” following the strike on a hospital that left two people killed and 16 others injured, seven of whom were children.
The Okhmatdyt hospital was hit amid a Russian barrage that targeted five Ukrainian cities and killed at least 36 people while injuring more than 150 others.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said his nation would take revenge for the strikes, which his chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, described as “genocide”.
“They beat the cities, where there were many people. They hit the children’s hospital. There are children. It is a terror that the world must see and respond to. This is genocide,” he said.
Russia denied aiming at any civilian facilities and claimed without offering evidence that pictures from Kyiv indicated the damage was caused by a Ukrainian air defense missile.
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- Children’s hospital hit in ‘massive’ Russian strike on Ukraine
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US says it has raised concerns with India about India's ties with Russia
The United States has raised concerns with India about its relationship with Russia amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a US State Department spokesperson told reporters on Monday.
The comment comes in response to questions about a meeting between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier in the day.
Tara Cobham8 July 2024 21:01 1720467025Why China is conducting military exercises in Belarus
Ukraine war: Why China is conducting military exercises in Belarus
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Alexander Butler8 July 2024 20:30 1720464598Biden believes Nato is in Ukraine’s future, says White House
US President Joe Biden believes that Nato is in Ukraine’s future, a White House spokesperson has said.
They added that the alliance will announce significant new steps to strengthen its military and political partnership with Ukraine, with the US and its allies set to make several big announcements about aiding the country at the upcoming summit.
Tara Cobham8 July 2024 19:49 1720462329Putin welcomes Modi for informal meeting at Novo-Ogaryovo state residence
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has welcomed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi prior to their informal meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence.
The pair were pictured shaking hands outside Moscow on Monday.
Three dead after Ukrainian shelling in Russia's Belgorod region, governor says
Three civilians were killed and several others wounded when Ukrainian shells hit a village in Russia's Belgorod border region, the governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Monday.
Gladkov said one man had died of his wounds in the village of Nikolskoye and two more in a nearby hospital.
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Kinzhal missiles believed to have been used as part of attack which killed at least 23 people and reduced children’s hospital in Kyiv to rubble
Alexander Butler8 July 2024 18:30 1720459263UN chief condemns Russian missile attacks on civilian infrastructure across Ukraine
The Secretary-General of the UN, António Guterres, has strongly condemned the Russian missile attacks on residential and civilian infrastructure across Ukraine, a UN spokesperson has said.
Tara Cobham8 July 2024 18:21 1720456310Zelensky discusses further Nato support with Donald Tusk
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he expects the upcoming Nato summit to provide specific steps to strengthen his country's air defences against Russia, hours after a Russian missile attack killed at least 31 people and wounded 154 others in various locations, including a children's hospital in Kyiv.
Mr Zelensky met with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Warsaw to discuss further support for Ukraine from Nato, as well as signing a bilateral cooperation and defence document.
"We would like to see greater resolve in our partners and hear resolute responses to these attacks," Mr Zelensky told a joint news conference, stressing that Ukraine will take its own retaliatory steps.
"I can see a possibility for our partners to use their air defence systems in a way to hit .. the missiles that are carrying out attacks on our country," Zelenskyy said.
Mr Zelensky stopped in Warsaw en route to a Nato summit, which begins Tuesday in Washington, marking the Western defence alliance's 75th anniversary.
At the start of the news conference with Mr Tusk, Mr Zelensky asked those gathered to observe a moment of silence for the victims of Monday's airstrikes.
Mr Tusk offered every available form of help for the children evacuated from the bombed hospital.
The two leaders signed a co-operation and defence agreement that spells out Poland's continued support for Ukraine in defence, especially air defence, energy security for Ukraine, and Poland's participation in reconstruction.
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Svitolina ‘honoured’ to be face of Ukraine as she expresses gratitude for support
Elina Svitolina has said she is “honoured” to be one of the faces of Ukraine, as she expressed her gratitude for the messages of support she has been receiving as she competes at Wimbledon.
The Ukrainian tennis player was asked at a press conference on Monday following her fourth-round win: “Given your performances, you mentioned the messages you received after your performances, you've been in touch with fellow athletes. How is that helping you on the court?”
She replied: “Yes, so I've been talking to [a] few of them. I feel like us as athletes, we have our platform. We represent our country on the world stages. I feel like we are almost as powerful as some people who are representing our government. Every single week we are competing on the big stages, and we have this big platform. We're representing not only ourselves, but also Ukrainian people.
“The support that we have been getting, it's been great. Yeah, I feel like we need to continue using it. Yeah, for sure it's a lot of pressure and a lot of I would say weight on the shoulders that we have. But me personally, from my side, I feel honored to be one of the faces of Ukraine. Yeah, I try to do my very best every single day to give this to my people.
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