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WASHINGTON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy volition code an exigency gathering of G-7 leaders connected Tuesday aft Russian rocket strikes rocked Ukrainian cities.
"Today's onslaught killed astatine slightest 14 radical and 97 were wounded," Ukrainian Ambassador to the United Nations Sergiy Kyslytsya said during an exigency league earlier the planetary forum.
"Deliberate targeting of civilians is simply a warfare crime," Kyslytsya said, adding that Russian forces launched astir 84 missiles against residential buildings, schools, museums, metropolis centers and vigor facilities.
Cars are seen connected occurrence aft Russian rocket strikes, arsenic Russia's onslaught continues, successful Kyiv, Ukraine October 10, 2022.
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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the onslaught connected Monday, calling it an "unacceptable escalation."
"The Secretary-General is deeply shocked by today's large-scale missile attacks by the equipped forces of the Russian Federation connected cities crossed Ukraine that reportedly resulted successful wide harm to civilian areas and led to dozens of radical being killed and injured," a connection from his bureau read.
So far, the U.N. estimates that Russia's warfare successful Ukraine has claimed much than 6,200 civilian lives and led to much than 9,300 injuries. The Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights adds that the decease toll is apt higher.
Monday's strikes were an evident tit-for-tat retaliation for an explosion implicit the play connected the Kerch bridge, which links Russia to the Crimean Peninsula. The Kremlin placed the blasted squarely connected Ukraine and vowed a "harsh" response.
"They are trying to destruct america and hitch america disconnected the look of the earth. Destroy our radical who are sleeping astatine location successful Zaporizhzhia, termination radical who spell to enactment successful Dnipro and Kyiv," Zelenskyy said connected the Telegram messaging app arsenic the rocket strikes crossed Ukraine became apparent.
Cars are connected occurrence aft Russian rocket strikes, arsenic Russia's onslaught continues, successful Kyiv, Ukraine October 10, 2022.
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Since Russia's precocious February penetration of Ukraine, the G-7 has imposed a slew of coordinated sanctions against Moscow. In addition, Russia was kicked retired of the G-8 aft its amerciable annexation of Crimea successful 2014.
The G-7 leaders, which are gathering virtually connected Tuesday, besides are expected to sermon the mounting planetary vigor situation and code the implementation of an planetary headdress connected the terms of Russian oil.
The gathering besides comes successful the aftermath of Russian President Vladimir Putin's amerciable annexation of 4 Ukrainian territories and a partial mobilization of about 300,000 men to articulation the combat successful Ukraine, Moscow's archetypal draught since World War II.
British Prime Minister Liz Truss volition usage the gathering to impulse G-7 members to support punishing sanctions connected Russia and galvanize much information assistance packages for Ukraine.
"The overwhelming planetary enactment for Ukraine's conflict stands successful stark absorption to the isolation of Russia connected the planetary stage. Their bravery successful the look of the astir brutal acts of unit has earned the radical of Ukraine planetary admiration," Truss is expected to say.
