At least six injured in Kiev and controversial meeting with Putin

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Fact of the day

A Russian missile attack in Ukraine killed one person in Mykolaiv (south) on Wednesday and injured at least six people in Kyiv. Russia launched a cruise missile attack on Ukraine around 4 a.m., targeting Kiev and other areas, the air force said. The end of the attack was reported just before 7 am.

Mykolaiv Mayor Oleksandr Sienkevich said one person died of serious injuries after the attack that tore roofs off 20 houses and damaged gas and water pipes in the port city.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko announced that six people were injured in the capital. The fire broke out in an 18-story residential building in the city’s south where three people were hospitalized, he said.

Number of days

60 billion. This is the amount in dollars that Joe Biden requested from Congress to help Ukraine. But to release this amount, the Senate and House of Representatives must vote in this direction. However, the US president on Tuesday accused his predecessor Donald Trump of “using” the Republican Party to block any reform of migration policy and any new aid to Ukraine.

Today’s statement

” We are here to interview the President of Russia Vladimir Putin” »

Tucker Carlson, the controversial journalist, close to Donald Trump and very famous in the United States, announced in a video published on X that he was going to meet the Russian president. Recently fired from Fox News Channel, he has since hosted a rerun of the show accused of conspiracy and popularizing racist theories.

The announcement of the interview caused a stir in the United States where many journalists debated the fate of their American colleagues. The Wall Street Journal Ivan Gershkovich and his Russian-American colleague of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) Alsu Kurmasheva were both arrested in Russia in 2023 and have been detained since then.

Today’s trend

The Ukrainian parliament voted in favor of a controversial bill on military mobilization on first reading this Wednesday to allow the army to replenish its ranks after two years of war with Russia, deputies announced.

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A total of 243 elected officials voted against the requirement of at least 226 in favor of this document, some parliamentarians wrote on social networks. To be adopted, however, the text must still be subject to parliamentary debate, a vote on proposed amendments and a second reading, a process that can take weeks.