Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said at least 15 people died and another 50 were injured in a Russian missile attack on Chaplyne railway station in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Ukrainska Pravda reports it.

The Zaporizhzhia region has also been targeted by the Russians in these hours. The rockets “hit the infrastructure in the Shevchenkovsky and Kommunarsky districts. There is no information on possible victims ”, says the president of the regional military administration, Oleksandr Starukh.

Attacks that were concentrated about sixty kilometers from the nuclear power plant, but some went much closer.

An employee of the Zaporizhzhia plant and his driver were in fact killed by a Russian mortar round outside the plant. This was stated by the president of the Ukrainian atomic agency Energoatom, Petro Kotin, in an interview with the Washington Post, explaining that Vladyslav Mitin was killed while he was aboard a taxi and was entering the area of the plant.

Meanwhile, while we are now six months into the war, Zelensky raises: “We will fight to the end against the aggressor, without making any concessions or compromises with the enemy . We don't care what army you have, we are only interested in our land and we will fight with it to the end ”. Again: " We will not try to reach an understanding with the terrorists , for us Ukraine is whole, all 25 regions, without concessions or compromises"

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Zelensky: "Russia must stop nuclear blackmail"

"Russia has brought the world to the brink of a nuclear catastrophe. The Russian bombing of Zaporizhzhia puts Europe under the threat of radiation, that's a fact. Moscow must end nuclear blackmail immediately." Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said this by participating in videoconference at the meeting of the UN Security Council for the six months since the war began. "The future of the world is decided on the territory of Ukraine. Russia must be held accountable for its crimes," he added.

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Guterres: "6 months of war a tragic goal"

The six months of war in Ukraine are a "sad and tragic goal". UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said this to the Security Council. "Today marks a sad and tragic milestone, the six months since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24", he reiterated to the Fifteen, denouncing the consequences of this "absurd war that goes far beyond Ukraine" .

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The UN Security Council meets 6 months after the start of the war

The UN Security Council meets again on Ukraine in a meeting requested by Westerners and in which Secretary General Antonio Guterres also participates to take stock of the situation in the 6 months since the beginning of the conflict. Yesterday the meeting on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was held with yet another exchange of accusations between Russia and the US.

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Biden announces 3 billion in aid to Kiev

The American president, Joe Biden, has announced a new aid package for Ukraine that amounts to nearly 3 billion dollars.

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Killed New Zealand soldier

The New Zealand army said one of its soldiers was killed in Ukraine. The soldier, whose identity was not disclosed, was on unpaid leave and was not on active duty at the time. The BBC writes it.

Defense Minister Peeni Henare expressed his condolences to the soldier's family, friends and colleagues. New Zealand has a limited number of troops in the UK to help train Kiev's forces, but the Ukrainian consulate in Auckland said in March that more than 500 New Zealanders had offered to fight in the conflict. It is not clear how many eventually went to Ukraine.

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Airplane alarm sirens in Kiev

Air warning sirens are ringing again in Kiev and other Ukrainian cities. Several witnesses report it. The messages of the administrations invite to take shelter in the shelters.

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Moscow: "US develops biological weapons in Ukraine"

Moscow again accuses the United States of developing weapons banned in Ukraine. According to the Minister of Defense, Serghei Shoigu, quoted by the Interfax agency, "the Pentagon has financed over 30 Ukrainian laboratories where biological weapons components have been developed".

Tass writes that Shoigu also accused the West of using Ukraine as an "instrument of hybrid warfare" against Russia, reiterating already expressed concepts, such as that the weapons supplied by the West to Kiev prolong the war and multiply the number of victims, and said that "the special military operation is proceeding according to plan".

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Mattarella to Zelensky: "Brutal Moscow, legitimate resistance"

"The need for an immediate cessation of hostilities to start a negotiation process with a view to a peaceful, just, equitable and sustainable solution for Ukraine must be affirmed once again". So Sergio Mattarella in a message to the President of Ukraine Zelenskyy, on the occasion of the country's National Day. "I wish to renew, in this dramatic hour, the most convinced expression of solidarity, closeness and support of the Italian Republic to Ukraine, committed to facing the brutal and unjustified aggression carried out by the Russian Federation, against which it legitimately resists", adds.

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Zelensky: "We will not seek an agreement with Moscow"

"We have been holding on for six months. It has been tough, but we have clenched our fists and are fighting for our fate. Each new day is one more reason not to give up. After such a long journey we have no right not to arrive. all the way through, ”Zelensky said.

As for Russia, "we will not try to reach an understanding with the terrorists", as "for us Ukraine is the whole of Ukraine: all 25 regions, without any concessions or compromises," Zelensky said.

(Unioneonline)

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