Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday visits NATO headquarters in Brussels for the first time since the Russian invasion, the military alliance said. Zelensky was in Romania on Tuesday for talks with President Klaus Iohannis about security and grain exports. Follow FRANCE 24’s liveblog for the latest developments on the war in Ukraine. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).
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10:23am: Zelensky urges West to show Israelis they are not ‘alone’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday urged the West to rally around the people of Israel as they did around Ukraine after Russia’s invasion, and show them they are not “alone”.
“My recommendation to the leaders to go to Israel and I think to support people, just people I’m not speaking about any institutions, just to support people who have been under terrorist attacks,” he said on a visit to NATO headquarters.
9:40am: US support for Israel won’t come at expense of Ukraine, German defence minister says
The United States’ decision to step up military support for Israel after a surprise assault by Hamas is not likely to cause material shortages for Ukraine, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said on Wednesday.
Speaking after a meeting of the parliamentary defence committee, Pistorius said Berlin would do “everything we can to ensure support for Ukraine does not crumble” in light of the recent escalation in the Middle East conflict.
9:30am: Ukrainians express solidarity with Israelis over Hamas attack
People in Ukraine have expressed solidarity with Israelis over Hamas’s attack on Israel, FRANCE 24’s Ukraine correspondent Emmanuelle Chaze reports.
Pointing to billboards displaying the Israeli flag in Kyiv, Chaze says the recent atrocities committed by Hamas fighters reminded Ukrainians of the Bucha massacre that happened at the start of the Russian invasion.
8:38am: Zelensky making first visit to NATO HQ since Russian invasion
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday is visiting NATO’s headquarters in Brussels for the first time since the start of Russia’s invasion in February 2022, the military alliance said.
A spokesman wrote on social media that the Ukrainian leader would address the press with alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg before a meeting of NATO defence ministers.
8:15am: Belgium to send F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine from 2025, defence minister says
Belgium will send F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine from 2025, Belgian Minister of Defence Ludivine Dedonder said on Bel RTL radio.
Dedonder didn’t say how many jets would be sent to Ukraine.
9:14pm, October 10: Kyiv ‘certain’ that Russia is supporting Hamas operations, says Zelensky
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday accused Russia of supporting the Palestinian militant group Hamas in its conflict against Israel. “We are certain that Russia is supporting, in one way or another, Hamas operations,” Zelensky said in an interview with the France 2 television channel.
“Russia is really trying to carry out destabilising actions all over the world,” he added.
9:12pm: Israel-Hamas war risks ‘distracting’ from Ukraine, says Zelensky
Zelensky said on Tuesday that the violence engulfing Israel and Gaza risked distracting international attention from the war in his own country.
“There is a risk that international attention will turn away from Ukraine, and that will have consequences”, he said in an interview with French broadcaster France 2.
The tragedies affecting Ukraine and Israel “are different, but both are immense”, he said.
Key developments from Tuesday, October 10:
Germany on Tuesday unveiled a fresh support package for Ukraine worth around €1 billion, its defence ministry said, adding the programme covered air defence, weapons and ground vehicles.
“Germany will continue to support Ukraine with what it needs most urgently – air defence, ammunition and tanks,” German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said.
Ukrainian shelling killed two civilians Tuesday in the Russian region of Belgorod that borders Ukraine, its Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said.
“One civilian was killed” in the village of Popovka while “an elderly woman died of serious shrapnel wounds” in an ambulance, he said on Telegram.
Russian forces were Tuesday trying to encircle the eastern front-line Ukrainian town of Avdiivka, a Ukrainian official said, adding it was being heavily bombed.
Read yesterday’s liveblog to see how the day’s events unfolded.
(France 24 with AFP, AP and REUTERS)
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