Russia-Ukraine war: G7 leaders, Zelenskyy to hold emergency meet on Tuesday

Kyiv, Oct 10: The G7 countries are expected to hold an emergency meeting in the wake of the multiple strikes that rattled the Ukrainian cities including Kyiv, Lviv, and Dnipro on Monday. Reportedly, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz assured Zelenskyy "of the solidarity of Germany and the other G7 states."

Taking to Twitter, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that he agreed with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on holding an urgent meeting of the Group of Seven (G7) nations in response to Russia's missile strikes on Monday.

"Agreed with Chancellor @OlafScholz of holding presidency of G7 on an urgent meeting of the Group. My speech is scheduled, in which I'll tell about the terrorist attacks by RF. We also discussed the issue of increasing pressure on RF & aid in restoring damaged infrastructure," Zelenskyy wrote on Twitter.

Moscow said that a huge missile salvo across Ukraine launched by its forces was within the framework of what Russia calls its "special military operation" in Ukraine.

The sudden military escalation by Moscow comes a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin called a Saturday explosion on the huge bridge connecting Russia to its annexed territory of Crimea a "terrorist act" masterminded by Ukrainian special services.

At least 11 people were killed and 64 wounded in the missile strikes across the country. Ukrainian authorities further said Russia fired 84 missiles against 10 cities, with 56 neutralised by air defence. Putin, however, when he confirmed the strikes by Russia said 10 had been killed.

Russia's move received strong opposition from global leaders. While the EU said Russia targeting civilians 'amounts to a war crime'.