War in Ukraine: a night attack on kyiv, concern mounts among North Korean soldiers… an update on the situation

At night he went to Kiev

Russia launched a new drone attack on Ukraine overnight from Friday to Saturday, targeting the capital kyiv in an offensive that lasted until late morning and injured at least one person, officials said. city ​​authorities.

Debris from downed drones hit six districts of the city, injuring a police officer, damaging residential buildings and starting fires, according to kyiv military administrator Serhi Popko.

The mayor, Vitalii Klitschko, had indicated earlier that two people had been injured. “Another night. Another air raid alert. Another drone attack. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation again attacked kyiv using their usual tactics”wrote Serhi Popko on social media. All drones targeting kyiv have been shot down, he added.

Reuters correspondents reported hearing explosions in and around the city during an air alert that lasted more than five hours. A drone was seen flying low above the city amid the din of automatic weapons fire. The Ukrainian military said on Saturday that air defenses had destroyed 39 of 71 Russian drones launched and that 21 others had been “lost sight of”.

Zelensky calls for action

Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky called on kyiv's allies to stop “look” and to act in the face of the presence of North Korean soldiers in Russia.

In a video broadcast on Telegram, the Ukrainian leader said North Korea had made progress in military capacity, missile deployment and weapons production, regretting that Pyongyang was on the verge of“learn now (the techniques of) modern warfare”.

Volodimir Zelensky said Ukraine had identified all the positions where North Korean soldiers had been deployed, adding that kyiv's allies had failed to provide the long-range weapons needed to strike them. “Instead, America is watching, Britain is watching, Germany is watching.”he said.

“All those who really want the war (that Russia is waging) against Ukraine not to expand […] don't just have to look. They must act. The words […] must be followed by action.” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday that North Korea has sent 10,000 troops to Russia, including up to 8,000 to the Kursk region, where Ukraine carried out an incursion last month. august.

North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui, who met her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, said Friday that her country would support Russia until it wins the war in Ukraine.