Leaders of the group of the seven nations (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, The United Kingdom, The United States and The European Union), having a virtual meeting on Tuesday along with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Russia continues strikes.
The urgent call for the meeting took place as 80 Russian Missiles shook the Ukrainian cities on Monday, and struck the center of Kyiv for the first time in months according to ‘BBC News’ the attacks even caused serious damage in residential areas including schools and hospitals.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said ‘Monday’s attack was retaliation for Saturday’s attack on a key bridge linking Russia with occupied Crimea’, as he accused Ukraine of the attacks and called it an act of terrorism.
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Missile raids continue on Tuesday in many major cities like Zaporizhzhia, Lviv, Kharkiv, and Dnipro are suffering the most. More than 14 people were killed and many were injured officials said.
Several regions were left without electricity and water after the missile hit the energy infrastructure.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described the strikes as “another unacceptable escalation of the war” where civilians were paying the highest price.
US president Joe Biden was one of the many foreign leaders to speak with president Zelensky, and he “pledged to continue providing Ukraine with the support needed to defend itself, including air defense system”, He said the attacks demonstrated “the utter brutality” of Putin’s “illegal war”-BBC
the most widespread bombardment of the war has been on these two days Monday and Tuesday.
Ihor Zhovkva, deputy head of President Zelensky’s office, said they were made this way to see panic.
The strikes were more intense than had previously been seen, he told the BBC, and in some ways resembled the early days of the war.
He added that this had not come as a surprise, and was a sign of things to come during the “very difficult” winter ahead.
Mr. Putin warned he was ready to authorize more “severe” attacks, while deputy head of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said that “the first episode has been played. There will be others”. Ukraine has not confirmed it was behind that strike. Mr. Zhovkva said he did not entirely believe that the Russian attacks were a retaliation, as Kyiv has been hit before.-BBC