LIVE – Ukraine accuses Russia of wanting to destroy a dam near Kherson – BFMTV

12:31 Ukrainian authorities denounce explosions in Kharkiv and Zaporizhia A series of detonations rocked the Ukrainian cities of Kharkiv and Zaporizhia on Friday morning, according to local authorities, reports Reuters. The mayor of Kharkiv said that an industrial infrastructure of the city had been hit by missiles, adding that rescuers had yet to assess the damage and determine if there were any casualties. The governor of Zaporizhia region also reported an explosion in the city on Friday morning.12 :21The Kremlin condemns the arrest of two Russians in Europe at the request of WashingtonThe Kremlin on Friday castigated the arrest of two Russian nationals in Italy and Germany, at the request of Washington which accuses them of having illegally sold technologies Americans to arms companies in Russia. “We condemn such arrests of Russian citizens”, reacted the spokesman of the Russian presidency, Dmitry Peskov, promising to “do everything” to defend those concerned. One of them, Artyom Ouss, arrested Monday in Milan, is the son of a senior Russian politician. 10:30 Kiev denies having bombed civilians in the Kherson regionThe Russian occupation authorities of the Kherson region, annexed by Moscow, have accused the kyiv forces of having killed four people by bombarding the Antonovskiy bridge, used for evacuations. The Ukrainian army quickly denied targeting civilians. “We are not hitting critical infrastructure, we are not hitting peaceful settlements and the local population,” army Southern Command spokeswoman Natalia Goumenyuk said. .The pro-Russian forces, for their part, urged civilians to move to the left bank of the Dnieper while the Ukrainian forces are carrying out a counter-offensive. kyiv has called this kind of population displacement a “deportation”. killed four people by shelling the Antonovsky bridge connecting the northern and southern banks of the Dnieper river, used for evacuations. “Four people were killed,” Kirill Stremoussov, deputy head of the Russian occupation in Kherson, said on Telegram “The city of Kherson, like a fortress, is preparing its defense”, he added.8:33Ukraine fears the opening of a new front in the north, on the border with BelarusUkraine, hit in its infrastructure and confronted with Russian forces to the south and east, was alarmed at the possible opening of a new front in the north from Belarus, which could threaten the routes of transport of Western weapons. threat of renewed offensiveon the northern front by the Russian armed forces is growing”, Oleksiï Gromov, an official of the Ukrainian General Staff, told the press. Volodymyr Zelensky underlined in this context before the European Council that the Ukrainian proposal to deploy a international monitoring mission on the border between Ukraine and Belarus “became more relevant every day”. Iranian military in Crimea. These assertions from the White House raise the charges against Iran, already sanctioned this Thursday by the Western allies of Ukraine for deliveries of kamikaze drones that Moscow and Tehran continue to deny. “We believe that Iranian military personnel have been on the ground in Crimea and have assisted Russia in these operations,” the spokesman for the Presidency’s National Security Council said. American, John Kirby, about the kamikaze drone attacks on Ukrainian cities and infrastructure in recent days.8:21Faced with Russia, Finland wants its new iron curtain Finland plans to erect tens of kilometers of fences and barbed wire on its border with Russia, as a result of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. In full NATO membership, Prime Minister Sanna Marin announced this week have broad support in Parliament to install high metal fences on 10 to 20% of its nearly 1,300 kilometer border with Russia, a project worth several hundred million euros. “I hope that the construction site can start as soon as possible,” Sanna Marin said. 8:19 Ukraine accuses Russia of wanting to destroy a dam near Kherson south of the country, with a view to cause a “catastrophe” in this region. “Russia is consciously preparing the ground for a large-scale catastrophe in southern Ukraine”, denounced Voldymyr Zelensky on Thursday. According to him, the Russian forces “have undermined the dam and the units of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station”, one of the largest infrastructures of this type in Ukraine. If the dam explodes, “more than 80 localities, including Kherson, will find themselves in the zone of rapid flooding”, he said. Russian soldiers patrolling the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station in the Kherson region, the May 20, 2022. © Olga MALTSEVA / AFP8:11 Hello everyone! Welcome to this live broadcast dedicated to the conflict in Ukraine this Friday, October 21, 2022.