Russia launches “major attack”, kills at least five…

At least five people were killed in Ukraine on Wednesday, including four in a residential building in the capital after a new “massive” airstrike by Russia during a visit to the head of European diplomat Josep Borrell.

“Another major attack against our state. Six regions were targeted by the enemy,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a telegram.

According to the Ukrainian army

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. AFP reporters heard loud explosions in Kiev.

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.

According to the mayor of the city, this cut will follow the explosion. Two high-voltage lines on the east bank of the Dnieper River were damaged.

Joe Biden on Tuesday attacked Donald Trump, whom he accused of “tooling” the Republican Party to block any reform of immigration policy and any new aid to Ukraine.

The American president requested about 60 billion dollars for Ukraine and 14 billion dollars for Israel. They will only have it if the Senate, then the House of Representatives, which together make up Congress, vote in that direction.

Tucker Carlson, an American presenter close to Donald Trump, struck a blow on Tuesday by announcing that he would soon interview Vladimir Putin. “We’re here to interview Russian President Vladimir Putin,” the conservative star said in a video published on X from Moscow.

Tucker Carlson is a controversial but very famous journalist in the United States, who was recently fired from Fox News Channel, which is very popular among conservatives. He has since hosted a show, reruns on X.’s head Tucker Carlson Tonight Between 2016 and 2023, the fifty-year-old conservative became one of the most influential voices in America, 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.

Hello everyone. The editorial staff of this Wednesday, February 7, 20 minutes Gathered once again to give you all the information on the conflict in Ukraine. Support for the United States for Kyiv continues to flare. In the midst of a presidential campaign, the White House sees Donald Trump’s hand in blocking the US Congress from approving a new financial package for Ukraine.