Russia-Ukraine Crisis Live Updates | Dozens missing after attack on Ukrainian mall; Russia strikes in the east

Dozens of people were missing on Wednesday one after the other Russian missile attack on a shopping mall in central Ukraine Two days earlier, in which at least 18 people were killed, while a regional governor said the situation in Lisichansk in the east was “very difficult”. Ukraine said Russia deliberately killed civilians while attacking a mall in Kremenchuk. Moscow said the mall was empty and it had hit a nearby arms depot.

“The Russian missile hit the spot accurately. De-li-bi-ra-te-li… It is clear that the Russian assassins received the exact coordinates they had,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in the evening’s video address. “They are killing as many people as possible.” Wanted.” Officials said about 36 people are still missing.

Mr Zelensky on Tuesday accused Russia of being a “terrorist state” at the United Nations, prompting Russia to accuse him of using the Security Council address as a “remote PR campaign” to demand more Western weapons. Had been. He prompted the Security Council to expel Moscow from the United Nations and create a tribunal to investigate Russian military actions in Ukraine. However, Russia has a council veto power and can defend itself from any such action.

“Russia does not have the right to participate in discussions and voting regarding the war in Ukraine, which is colonized without provocation and part of Russia,” Mr. Zelensky told the council. “I urge you to deprive the delegation of the terrorist state of its powers.”

Germany

G-7 urges China to put pressure on Russia to stop Ukraine’s invasion

G7 leaders on Tuesday urged China to halt its invasion of Ukraine and uphold the principle of peaceful settlement of disputes by pressuring Russia to give up its “wide maritime claims” in the South China Sea.

In a communique at the conclusion of their three-day summit in the Bavarian Alps, the G7 leaders also said that they were seriously concerned by the human rights situation in China and that they would consult on a collective approach to the challenges posed by non-market economic policies. are doing. , Reuters

Ukraine

Russian security forces detain the mayor of Ukraine’s Kherson city: officials

Russian-established authorities in Ukraine’s Kherson region said their security forces detained Kherson city mayor Ihor Kolykhayev on Tuesday after he refused to obey Moscow orders, while a local Kherson official said Said that the mayor had been kidnapped.

Kherson, a port city on the Black Sea, is located in the northwest of the Crimean peninsula attached to Russia. It was occupied during the first week of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which began in February, and a large part of the local population left the area.

“I can confirm that Kolykhayev was detained by the commandant’s (military police) office,” Ekaterina Gubareva, the Moscow-appointed deputy chief of the Kherson region, said on the Telegram messaging app. Kolikhayev’s adviser Halyana Lyashevska said the mayor was abducted after Ukraine refused to cooperate with the Russian occupiers. , Reuters

Ukraine

Macron says Russia can’t win after attack on mall in Ukraine

The French president on Tuesday described Russia’s gruesome airstrikes on a crowded shopping mall in Ukraine as a “new war crime” and vowed that West’s support for Kyiv would not waver, saying Moscow would “not win the war”. Can and should not win”.

The strike, which killed at least 18 people in the central city of Kremenchuk, came as a meeting of leaders of the Group of Seven Nations in Europe. It was part of an unusually intense barrage of Russian fire across Ukraine, including the capital Kyiv, that renewed international attention during the war.

Speaking at the end of the G7 summit in Germany, French President Emmanuel Macron addressed that concern, saying that the seven major industrial democracies would support Ukraine and maintain sanctions against Russia “as long as necessary, and with the necessary intensity.” “

“Russia cannot and should not win,” he said. He called Monday’s attack on the mall “a new war crime”. , AP

Ukraine

President of Ukraine: Russia becomes ‘terrorist’ country

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday accused Russia of becoming “a terrorist” state and committing “daily terrorist acts” and urged the expulsion of Russia from the United Nations.

In a virtual address to the UN Security Council, Mr Zelensky urged the UN to establish an international tribunal to investigate “the actions of the Russian occupiers on Ukrainian soil” and to hold the country accountable.

“We need to take urgent action to do everything Russia can to stop the killing spree,” Mr Zelensky warned, adding that otherwise Russia’s “terrorist activity” would spread to other European countries and to Asia, the Baltic states. , Poland, Moldova and Kazakhstan. , AP

Ukraine

16 killed, 59 injured in missile attack on Ukrainian mall

At least 16 people were killed in a Russian missile attack on a crowded mall in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk, the chief of emergency services said early Tuesday, sparking international outrage.

“The Russian attack on the shopping center in Kremenchuk today is one of the most brutal terrorist acts in European history,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening broadcast posted on Telegram.