KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in the Netherlands on Sunday aiming to strengthen his country’s air power, a day after a “heinous...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte shake hands during a visit to the Eindhoven Military Air Base, in Eindhoven, on August 20, 2023. AFPPIX: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in the Netherlands on Sunday aiming to strengthen his country’s air power, a day after a “heinous” Russian missile strike killed seven people and wounded 148 in Chernihiv.
“Together with the First Lady and the team, we arrived in the Netherlands. As always, we will have substantive talks with Prime Minister Mark Rutte,“ Zelensky posted on Telegram in English. Zelensky was in Sweden on Saturday, finalising with Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson the production of CV90 armoured vehicles in Ukraine and Ukrainian pilots participating in test trials of Swedish Gripen fighter jets.Russia said it thwarted Ukrainian drone attacks on Moscow and its region on Sunday, the second such incident in two days.
The Moscow-bound drone was destroyed by “electronic warfare” and crashed into an uninhabited area after losing control, the ministry added, reporting no victims or damage.Aviation agency Rosaviatsia said flights to the Domodedovo and Vnukovo international airports were “temporarily limited” at night before returning to normal, according to the RIA Novosti news agency.
Vyacheslav Chaus, governor of the Chernihiv region, announced “7 people dead, 148 people received injuries” in an update on Sunday. Denise Brown, UN humanitarian coordinator for Ukraine, said it was “heinous to attack the main square of a large city, in the morning, while people are out walking, some going to church to celebrate a religious day for many Ukrainians”.
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