4:34 a.m .: contradictory statements about an attack carried out by the Ukrainians against a Russian train
Ukraine's Territorial Defense Forces announced on Wednesday that their fighters had blown up an armored train carrying Russian soldiers, but an adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky later said the blast had targeted rails near the train.
Reuters could not independently verify statements by Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces that the attack took place in the occupied city of Melitopol in southern Ukraine.
Territorial Defense Forces said in a Facebook post that the explosion occurred under a train car carrying Russian soldiers, without providing details on the extent of the damage.
Oleksi Arestovitch, an adviser to Volodymyr Zelensky, made contradictory statements a few hours later, explaining that Ukrainian forces had blown up the tracks in front of the train.
4:07 a.m .: G7 finance ministers meet to discuss the war in Ukraine and its consequences
Keeping Ukraine's finances afloat, countering rising food prices, supporting vulnerable countries: the big moneymakers of the G7 will not have enough of their meeting in Germany to tackle all the economic repercussions of the war launched by Moscow.
The first urgency of this meeting, Thursday and Friday, of the finance ministers of the seven industrial powers (United States, Japan, Canada, France, Italy, United Kingdom, Germany) is to complete a new round of table to cover the Ukrainian budget for the current quarter.
To run the country's economy, kyiv assesses its needs at 5 billion dollars per month.
Of the colossal $40 billion extension for Ukraine put in place last week by US President Joe Biden, some $7.5 billion should fill the Ukrainian budget in the short term, according to G7 ministerial sources.
With AFP and Reuters
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