The night of war at a glance: Odessa reports rocket attacks - Ukrainian minister for demilitarization of parts of Russia

The G7 continue their summit at Schloss Elmau and await the speech of the Ukrainian President Selenskyj.

The night of war at a glance: Odessa reports rocket attacks - Ukrainian minister for demilitarization of parts of Russia

The G7 continue their summit at Schloss Elmau and await the speech of the Ukrainian President Selenskyj. During the night he had already announced his demand to the international community: more weapons, quickly. Meanwhile, Russia is attacking more targets. Another oil rig is said to have been damaged in the Black Sea. The night of the war at a glance.

"The partners have to move faster"

Before his planned video link at the G7 summit at Schloss Elmau in Bavaria, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj has again called for faster arms deliveries to his country. "We need powerful air defense - modern, fully effective," he said in his daily video speech at night. On Saturday alone, 62 Russian rockets hit his country. Any delay in arms deliveries to Ukraine is an invitation to Russia to strike further, Zelensky said. The G7 countries, which include Germany, the US, Canada, the UK, France, Italy and Japan, together have so much potential "to stop Russian aggression against Ukraine and Europe," Zelensky said. "There are already some agreements. The partners have to move faster."

Ukrainian defense minister calls for missile defense systems

The Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov specifically demanded modern long-range missile defense systems from the West. These would have to be stationed quickly in order to ensure security for European cities, he wrote on Facebook. He called missile attacks on "peaceful Ukrainian cities" insidious because they would be launched either from Russian territory, or from Belarus, or from the Caspian and Black Seas. Reznikov also proposed demilitarization of parts of Russia as a condition for resuming relations between Moscow and the West. There was another heavy rocket attack during the night. Six people were injured in the Odessa region in southern Ukraine. The missile was fired by a Russian Tu-22 strategic bomber, the Ukrainian Defense Command South said.

Battles for the city of Lysychansk

After Russian troops captured the city of Sievjerodonetsk in eastern Ukraine, fighting for the city of Lysychansk continued. The enemy, with the support of artillery, is increasingly trying to block the strategically important city from the south, the Ukrainian general staff said on Sunday evening. Civil and military infrastructure was also hit. This could not be independently verified. According to Ukrainian information, there was also fighting on Snake Island in the Black Sea, which was conquered by Russia. Details were not initially available.

Another oil rig attacked in the Black Sea

Another gas production platform in the Black Sea has been attacked. This was announced by representatives of the Crimean peninsula, which was incorporated by Russia, on Sunday evening, as reported by the Russian state agency TASS. They blamed Ukraine for the attack. That couldn't be checked. There were no injuries, it said. It was unclear whether a fire broke out. Just last Monday, three drilling platforms in the Black Sea were attacked with rockets. The originally Ukrainian facilities were occupied in March 2014 as part of the annexation of Crimea.

Moscow again sets a condition for negotiations

Russia has again tied negotiations with Ukraine to the condition that Kyiv accepts Moscow's demands. This was said by the head of the Russian Federation Council, Valentina Matviyenko, as reported by the state agency TASS. Moscow's publicly expressed demands at the beginning of the war included recognizing the eastern Ukrainian separatist areas of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states and the annexed Black Sea peninsula of Crimea in 2014 as Russian state territory.

Zelenskyy appeals to Belarusians

Zelenskyy called on the people of neighboring Belarus not to get drawn into the Russian war of aggression. "The Kremlin has already decided everything for you," he said on Sunday with a view of Moscow. "But you are not slaves and cannon fodder. You must not die." Belarusian ruler Alexander Lukashenko met with Russian President Vladimir Putin again on Saturday. The Kremlin chief announced the delivery of Iskander-M missile systems to Belarus, which can also be equipped with nuclear warheads.

Von der Leyen: Don't let Putin destroy the G20

On the fringes of the G7 summit, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen spoke out against a boycott of the G20 summit in the fall - even if Putin were to attend the next meeting. "We have to think very carefully about whether we paralyze the entire G20, I'm not advocating it," said von der Leyen of the ZDF "heute journal". "In my opinion, the G20 is too important, also for the developing countries, the emerging countries, for us to let this body be destroyed, again by Putin."

That brings the day

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