Miliband visits Ukraine after Russian strike kills 22

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 8 Oct, 15:31 · Archive

A Russian missile strike on an apartment block in Pryluky killed 22 people, including three one-year-old children.

A Russian missile strike on a five-storey apartment block in Pryluky in Ukraine's Chernihiv region killed 22 civilians on 6 October. Among the dead were five children, three of them aged one year old. The town was hit by five cruise missiles, one of which struck the building as families slept.

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband visited the wreckage with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on 8 October. Miliband said there was clear evidence the Kremlin was committing war crimes through attacks on ordinary Ukrainians. Zelensky described the strike as a 'birthday gift' to Putin, as it happened on the Kremlin leader's birthday. He said Ukraine urgently needed more air defence support and called on allies to help, noting that while the UK could not provide specific air defence systems, it could offer financial support to purchase them from other countries.

Britain announced new sanctions on Russia alongside the visit. The package included sanctions on two Russian oil companies, 12 oil tankers operating as part of Russia's shadow fleet, three crypto exchanges and two payment platforms suspected of helping Russia evade sanctions, and 17 entities and individuals involved in supplying goods for Russia's war effort. UK sanctions now cover more than 90 per cent of Russia's total oil production capacity.

How it is being reported

• Ed Miliband embraces Ukrainians at scene of Putin bombing raid that killed 22 as Britain announces new sanctions on RussiaThe crackdown was announced as the Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband (pictured) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the site of a Russian missile strike on a residential building.Daily Mail · 8 Oct, 14:51
• Ed Miliband lays teddy at Ukraine wreckage where 22 people including three one-year-olds killedUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky joined Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband to walk through the rubble, and survey the damage caused by the strike as families sleptThe Mirror · 8 Oct, 13:37

In this story: Ed Miliband · Volodymyr Zelensky · Vladimir Putin · Pryluky · Ukraine · Russia

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