2023-06-01 08:51:33
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NINTENDO CLOSES ITS ACTIVITIES IN RUSSIA
Nintendo announced on Wednesday that it would end its activities in Russia, where it had already reduced its operations last year like other companies in its sector following the invasion of Ukraine by troops from Moscow. The Japanese video game giant had already suspended in March 2022, just following the start of the war, its shipments to Russia, a measure announced at the time as temporary.
Its online store was also unavailable since that date due to the suspension of ruble transactions by its payment service provider. “As a result of this, and due to the economic outlook, Nintendo Europe has decided to terminate the activities of its Russian subsidiary,” reads a brief statement.
V. ZELENSKY REMERCIE LA MOLDAVIE
“I am happy to be here,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the cameras when he arrived in Moldova for the second meeting of the European Political Community (EPC), a summit with strong symbolic value. He thanked the Moldovan people “for having welcomed many refugees since the first day of the war”. “We are going to reaffirm our support for Ukraine which is resisting Russian aggression,” said Moldovan President Maia Sandu.
THE REVIEW OF THE LAST 24 HOURS
A new air attack on kyiv, carried out early Thursday, June 1, killed at least three people, including a child, according to Ukrainian authorities. On the other side of the front line, Russia has begun the evacuation of hundreds of children, the Kremlin deeming the situation “alarming”. The highlights of the last 24 hours.
V. ZELENSKY ON A VISIT TO THE SUMMIT OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived Thursday morning at the summit of the European Political Community (EPC), which brings together around fifty European leaders in Moldova, a country bordering Ukraine. The Ukrainian head of state was the first leader to be welcomed on the red carpet by Moldovan President Maia Sandu. His presence had not been confirmed in advance.
ARMS RACE
“There is a general arms race movement. The current massive purchases will feed the arsenals for years to come”, estimates on LCI the director of IRIS, Pascal Boniface. Regarding the European meeting in Moldova, the expert considers that Zelensky’s visit there will allow him to receive “a message of solidarity from the participants. The fact that he is coming shows that he is not besieged.”
INTERVIEW
“We might go further in this escalation phase”, note on LCI Pascal Boniface, director of the Institute of International and Strategic Relations (IRIS). “What is new is the war that is coming to Russia. The fact that Russian territory can be affected is a novelty.” “The Ukrainians will not be able to attack Russia with Western weapons without an agreement from these countries”, adds the geopolitical scientist.
LCI IN UKRAINE
LCI traveled to Ukraine, regarding 7 kilometers from the Russian border. Since the beginning of the invasion, at the end of February 2022, tensions have been regularly rekindled. On the spot, the citizens must live with the proximity of a now enemy nation.
“UNINTERRUPTED STRIKES” ON A RUSSIAN BORDER CITY
A town in the Russian region of Belgorod, bordering Ukraine, has been targeted for several hours by “uninterrupted strikes” which left five injured, local governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said Thursday. “Chebekino faces uninterrupted strikes” with rocket launchers, he wrote on Telegram, accusing Ukrainian forces of bombing “the center and the outskirts” of the locality.
NEW ATTACK ON kyiv
Russia launched an airstrike on kyiv early Thursday, killing at least three people including two children and spreading terror in the Ukrainian capital following a week of strikes. Thursday’s attack, which began around 3 a.m. local time, killed two children and injured ten people, the Kyiv military administration said.
Mayor of Kiev Vitali Klitschko explained on Telegram that “according to the first reports of rescuers, three dead, including two children, and four injured were found” in the Desnyansky district. Several Russian missiles had been fired in the direction of the Ukrainian capital this week and on Monday an unusual daytime attack on the city led residents to take cover.
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