►Eleven injured in kyiv after Russian missile attack
A new Russian missile strike targeted the Ukrainian capital, kyiv, on Saturday July 11, leaving eleven people injured, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky. Moscow targeted Ukraine with “more than 120 drones and 12 missiles, half of which were ballistic missiles,” Mr. Zelensky said, adding that the anti-aircraft defense had not shot down any of the ballistic missiles.
Air warning sirens began to sound several minutes after the first explosion, AFP journalists on site reported. This could be linked to Russia’s use of anti-aircraft missiles of the S-400 systems, according to Serguii Sternenko, advisor to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, on Telegram.
► kyiv announces a “special command” to strike Russia in depth
According to information revealed by the independent Russian media Meduza, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has decided to create by decree a “special command for long-range impact on Russia”. “This command must concentrate 100% of available resources to reduce Russia’s military potential even more significantly,” the leader said.
Since June, kyiv has been the target of massive strikes, while Ukraine lacks interceptor missiles to counter Russian ballistic missiles that are increasingly numerous, faster and more complex to intercept. These strikes come as American President Donald Trump announced Wednesday on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara that kyiv would be able to obtain a license to manufacture these interceptor missiles itself, which are expensive and take a long time to produce.
► Green light from the White House for new sanctions on Russia
Four elected Republicans and Democrats in the US Senate announced on Friday July 10 that they had received agreement from the White House to advance in Congress new sanctions on hydrocarbons produced by Russia, until then blocked by Donald Trump.
“We are proud to announce that we have reached an agreement with the Trump administration to advance our updated legislation regarding sanctions on Russia,” Senators Lindsey Graham and Roger Wicker, Republicans, and Richard Blumenthal and Jeanne Shaheen, Democrats, said in a joint statement.
