The number of victims of the Russian missile attack on a restaurant in the city of Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine has increased to 12 dead and 60 injured. Three children were among those killed in the strike by Moscow, which says it only attacks military targets.

Dozens of people were injured as a result of the Russian attack on a restaurant in KramatorskPhoto: AA/ABACA / Abaca Press / Profimedia

Highlights of the war in Ukraine, day 491, LIVETEXT:

08:07Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a meeting with the leader of the Republic of Dagestan on Wednesday that he had “no doubts” about the people’s support during last week’s armed uprising by the Wagner group, which caused the worst crisis in the country since he came to power. , more than 20 years ago, according to AFP and news.ro.

“I had no doubts about the reaction (of the people) in Dagestan and the whole country,” he said during a meeting with the leader of that republic in southern Russia, according to an excerpt broadcast by Russian state television.

A few minutes earlier, the head of the Republic of Dagestan Serhiy Melikov assured the Russian leader that “there is no person in Dagestan who would not support the decisions of the leadership of the Russian Federation made on June 24.” , the day of the uprising.

07:55 The EU should not “lower the bar” to accept Ukraine into the bloc, says a Danish official

Danish Finance Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said his government supports EU membership of Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia and the Western Balkans, but said “geopolitical circumstances” do not justify abandoning reforms in an interview with the Financial Times newspaper on Thursday, Reuters reports.

The EU risks “importing instability” if it lowers its standards on democracy and corruption to speed up the accession of Ukraine and other candidate countries, Rasmussen told the FT.

01:00 Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken a surprise public bath in Dagestan, one of Russia’s poorest regions, after his grip on power was threatened by a military uprising by Wagner’s mercenaries.

A brief summary of recent events:

  • Among the dozens of victims, the Ria pizzeria in Kramatorsk, hit by a Russian missile, was visited by journalists and military / Colombian figures
  • According to the latest report of the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi announced on Wednesday the detention of one person after the Russian “terrorist attack” in Kramatorsk, which killed at least 11 people and “over 60 were injured” the day before.
  • The former commander of the Russian forces invading Ukraine, General Serhii Surovkin, was detained on suspicion of supporting the Wagner mercenary rebellion, The Moscow Times wrote on Wednesday evening, citing two sources close to the Russian Ministry of Defense.
  • The fate of the Wagner group, which was founded by Yevgeny Prigozhin in 2014, remains unknown after the expulsion of its leader, but most analysts and veterans believe that it will continue its activities, only to split into two parts, reports Meduza.
  • Wagner Group mercenaries who seized the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don on Saturday in a failed armed uprising included at least three convicted criminals, a Reuters analysis showed
  • US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had become a “rogue” around the world, but it was difficult to say whether he had been weakened by recent developments involving the militant boss Wagner, Reuters reported
  • Wagner’s leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, initially planned to capture Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of General Staff Valery Geraismov, Western officials cited by the Wall Street Journal said.
  • President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said that Ukraine understood that it could not join NATO during the war, but Kyiv wants to receive a signal that it can join the military alliance after the war ends.
  • The passport, which was found during a search in the Russian office of the leader of the “Wagner Group” Yevgeny Prigozhin, was used by his double to enter Lithuania in 2020, trying to create an international scandal, – counterintelligence of the Russian Federation. Lithuania announced on Wednesday
  • Switzerland has blocked arms company Ruag AG from selling nearly 100 Leopard 1 tanks as part of a deal to send them to Ukraine to fight Russia.
  • Kremlin spokesman Dmytro Peskov said that media reports that the former commander of Russian forces in Ukraine, General Serhiy Surovikin, nicknamed “General Armageddon” knew about the armed mutiny of Yevgeny Prigozhin, are pure speculation
  • Three people were killed as a result of Russia’s attack on Kharkiv Oblast, the governor said

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Wednesday’s events related to Russian aggression were broadcast LIVE on HotNews.ro