Four killed in Russian attack near Kharkiv
Russian strikes on the Kharkiv region, in eastern Ukraine, left four dead and around fifteen injured, local authorities announced on Tuesday June 9. In Chuhouïv, an “enemy attack” killed three women aged 22, 56 and 70 as well as a 56-year-old man, said the military governor of the region, Oleg Synegubov.
In Kharkiv itself, the strikes left 15 injured, this source added. Russian bombings cause deaths and injuries almost every day in residential areas in Ukraine. kyiv responds by regularly striking targets in the occupied zone, but also on Russian territory.
Zelensky spoke to US envoys to restart talks
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held a telephone conversation on Monday with American envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, in an attempt to restart negotiations to find a solution to the war in Ukraine. “I am grateful for their willingness to work as actively as possible, in the coming weeks, to restore momentum to diplomacy aimed at ending Russia’s war against Ukraine,” he said on his social networks, after this call.
“We understand that the world’s attention is focused on the situation around Iran. But our common goal of peace in Europe remains on the agenda,” he continued, adding that he had this “very positive” conversation while he was making a flight stopover in Moldova.
“We discussed the prospects within the framework of the G7 summit (expected in France in mid-June, Editor’s note) and other events in June,” he added, specifying that he had provided his interlocutors with information on Moscow’s “intentions”.
