Amid constant Russian attacks on Ukraine, Ukrainian President Zelensky is holding talks with allies in Kyiv about new military aid. And he is once again complaining about the serious consequences of the war.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of another war crime. The occupiers attacked a vehicle belonging to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the Donetsk region. The Russian attack killed three people and injured two others. Zelensky published a photo of a Red Cross truck on fire. “Everything is absolutely clear in this war – Russia is sowing evil, Ukraine is defending life,” Zelensky said on the social network X.
The ICRC announced that the dead and injured were Red Cross employees. The distribution of humanitarian supplies, including wood and coal for heating in the coming winter, had not yet begun, so no residents were harmed in the explosion. ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric condemned the attack. “It is unforgivable that a relief distribution point is being shot at,” she said in a statement. She called for compliance with international humanitarian law.
Zelensky once again called for a response from states and international organizations to Russia’s violence. “Only together can the world force Russia to end this terror and persuade Moscow to make peace,” he said.
Kyiv: Grain ship hit by missile
At X, the head of state also announced that Russia had attacked a civilian cargo ship loaded with wheat for Egypt with a missile after it left Ukrainian territorial waters in the Black Sea during the night. There were no casualties.
Zelensky once again stressed the importance of Ukrainian grain exports for world food supplies and called for an international response. “Wheat and food security should never be missile targets,” he said. The information could not be independently verified.
Help from Estonia and Latvia
In Kiev, Zelensky also received Estonian President Alar Karis, whom he thanked for the military aid. The Baltic EU and NATO member has decided to make 0.25 percent of its annual gross domestic product available to Ukraine for its defense needs. The talks also covered reconstruction and the country’s EU course. Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina also promised further help at a meeting with Zelensky.
Ukraine has been defending itself against the Russian war of aggression with Western help for more than two and a half years. Dozens of countries are supporting the country in its fight against the Russian occupiers.
Source: Stern
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