6:00 am: four explosions heard in kyiv
Several explosions occurred Sunday in a district of the Ukrainian capital kyiv, said the mayor of the city Vitali Klitchko in a message published on Telegram.
No details regarding the causes of the explosions or possible casualties were provided.
"Ambulances and paramedics have been deployed to the scene. Further information will follow," he wrote.
"Residents are being rescued and evacuated from two buildings."
The explosions occurred in the Shevchenko district in central kyiv.
11:31 p.m.: Boris Johnson urges G7 not to 'give up' on Ukraine
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday called on G7 leaders not to "abandon Ukraine" after more than four months of Russian invasion.
The UK government "stands ready to provide $525 million" to Ukraine, which fears it will run out of funding in the fall, in the form of loan guarantees from the World Bank, Downing Street said in a statement. a press release, on the eve of a summit of the leaders of the G7 (France, United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Canada and Japan) in the south of Germany.
This brings London's total financial and humanitarian support to around $1.8 billion.
"Ukraine can and will win. But it needs our support to do so. Now is not the time to give up on Ukraine," Boris Johnson said in the statement.
The British leader, struggling on the British domestic scene, showed himself at the forefront of Western support for Ukraine in the face of the Russian invasion launched in February.
He visited kyiv twice, and London provided the Ukrainian army with lethal weapons early on.
With AFP and Reuters
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