Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Wednesday joined a spate of cabinet ministers who tendered their resignations after President Volodymyr Zelensky’s ruling party signalled a government reshuffle was under way. The news comes as a new air attack killed at least seven in Lviv, a day after more than 50 were killed in Russian strikes on Poltava. Read our liveblog to see how the day's events unfolded.
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Summary:
- Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Wednesday joined a spate of resignations, including the justice minister, the strategic industries minister and the deputy minister for European Affairs, ahead of an expected government reshuffle.
- At least seven people, including three children, were killed in a Russian attack on the western Ukrainian city of Lviv early on Wednesday, the mayor said.
- At least 51 people were killed and more than 200 were wounded on Tuesday in a ballistic missile strike that hit an "educational institution" and a hospital in the central Ukrainian city of Poltava, local officials said.
Yesterday's key developments:
- Ukraine's arms chief tendered his resignation on Tuesday along with the justice minister and environment minister, the parliament's speaker said.
- UN nuclear agency chief Rafael Grossi met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Tuesday before a planned visit to the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin has been given the red-carpet welcome in Mongolia, with the country ignoring calls to arrest him on an international warrant for alleged war crimes stemming from Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
(FRANCE 24 with AP, AFP, Reuters)
