On Thursday April 11, the UN condemned the strikes “cruel and unacceptable” against rescue services and the injured in Ukraine. “We have seen in recent weeks a particularly disturbing pattern in the sequence of attacks,” said a spokesperson for Martin Griffiths, head of the UN humanitarian affairs office. “As first responders or emergency services rush to the scene of an attack, a second wave hits the same location, killing the injured and causing death and injury to members of the emergency services”, she denounced. Follow our live stream.
“Peace” conference in Switzerland has “no meaning” without Russia, judges Moscow. The Kremlin once again rejected Thursday the prospect of talks on Ukraine in the absence of Russia, the day after Switzerland’s announcement of a “high-level conference to launch the peace process”. It is to be held on June 15 and 16. “A peace process cannot be done without Russia, even if it will not be there during the first meeting”commented the Swiss Minister of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday.
The mobilization hardened in Ukraine. Ukrainian MPs announced the adoption in Parliament of a bill toughening mobilization. The text, which notably increases the sanctions for those who resist, caused a scandal in Ukraine because of the last minute deletion of a clause which provided for the demobilization of soldiers who had already served 36 months. The law project also facilitates enrollment procedures, by creating a dedicated digital system.
More than 40 missiles and 40 drones launched overnight against Ukraine. “Some Shahed missiles and drones were successfully shot down. Unfortunately, only a part of them. Russian terrorists have once again targeted critical infrastructure”announced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, on. According to the Ukrainian Energy Minister, attacks targeted “production facilities and transmission systems” in kyiv, Kharkiv, Zaporizhia and Lviv regions.
kyiv and Kharkiv regions targeted. The Ukrainian capital region was “massively attacked” by combat drones and missiles, reported the head of the local military administration, Ruslan Kravchenko. “An installation of critical infrastructure” was attacked there, he said. LRussian forces also targeted “essential infrastructure” of the Kharkiv region (Ukraine), said the local governor Thursday morning on Telegram.