2023-10-11 12:23:36
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The United States announces new aid of $200 million
American Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced in Brussels new American military aid amounting to $200 million for Ukraine, notably in the form of anti-aircraft defense systems. “We are here to deliver what it takes, for as long as it takes,” he said.
13:31
Jens Stoltenberg promises NATO will continue to support Ukraine
In Brussels, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg wanted to reassure Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday regarding the allies’ commitment to Ukraine. He said the aid would include air defense, artillery and ammunition.
“Defense is crucial to protect cities, the economy, infrastructure, it allows [aux Ukrainiens] to help themselves, since this way the economy can function. […] And this will help them to produce, to function like a normal country,” explained Jens Stoltenberg, quoted by the Guardian.
12:56
Support for Ukraine and Israel remains Washington’s “top priority”
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen assured Wednesday on the sidelines of the annual meetings of the IMF and the World Bank that the Biden administration considers that support for Ukraine and Israel, both engaged in conflicts, is part of of its absolute priorities.
Continuing financial support for Ukraine has been one of the stumbling blocks in discussions between Republicans and Democrats in the House of Representatives during budget discussions for 2024. “We have been perfectly clear with Congress and we believe in broad bipartisan support,” assured Janet Yellen.
12:04
The Russian prosecutor’s office demands a fine once morest Oleg Orlov, figure of the NGO Memorial
The Russian prosecutor’s office requested a fine once morest Oleg Orlov, figure of Memorial, NGO Nobel Peace Prize winner 2022, on the last day of his trial for having denounced the offensive in Ukraine. The defendant must speak at this hearing and the judge’s sentence might come immediately.
Oleg Orlov, from Memorial, as he arrives for his hearing at a Moscow court, October 11, 2023. — © Alexander Zemlianichenko / keystone-sda.ch
On trial in Moscow since June, Oleg Orlov, a 70-year-old veteran activist, has repeatedly sharply denounced the Russian military operation while choosing to stay in Russia, despite the high risk of ending up in prison. He was accused of having demonstrated once morest the offensive and of having signed a vitriolic column once morest the Russian authorities entitled “They wanted fascism, they got it», published by the French media Mediapart. He rejects all accusations once morest him and calls them “idiotic”.
The Penal Code provides for up to five years in prison for the crime with which he is accused. But the prosecutor ultimately demanded a fine of 250,000 rubles, or around 2,400 euros, a request of rare magnanimity in Russia where many people are serving prison sentences for similar acts.
11:42
Deadly strike in Groza: Ukrainian intelligence says it has identified two Moscow informants
Two people are said to have informed the Russian army of the gathering for a funeral in the village of Groza (north-eastern Ukraine), targeted by a Russian strike on October 5 which killed 53 people, say the Ukrainian intelligence services (SBU ).
According to a press release, “two local residents: Volodymyr Mamon, 30, and his younger brother, Dmytro Mamon, 23” collected and gave the Russians the information necessary for this strike. The two men “fled to Russia” in September 2022 following the region was liberated by the Ukrainian army. From there, they “formed their own network of informants” in order to inform the Russian army regarding operations in areas controlled by kyiv, according to the same source.
10:28
Zelensky asks Westerners to show Israelis they are not ‘alone’
Upon his arrival at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Volodymyr Zelensky urged Westerners to show Israelis that they are not “alone.” “My recommendation to the leaders is to go to Israel, I think, to support the people there, just the people, I’m not talking regarding any institution, just support the people who have suffered terrorist attacks,” he said. -he declares.
09:22
Zelensky considers his visit to NATO key to organizing Ukraine’s “resilience” this winter
For Volodymyr Zelensky, the visit he is making this Wednesday to NATO in Brussels this key Wednesday will be “key for resilience [de l’Ukraine] this winter”. The country fears a new Russian bombing campaign once morest its energy infrastructure. On Telegram, the Ukrainian president also said he was participating “for the first time” in person in a so-called Ramstein meeting which coordinates Western military aid to Ukraine, whose army has been engaged for four months in a difficult counter- offensive.
08:42
Volodymyr Zelensky is in Brussels this Wednesday
After Bucharest, Brussels. According to Belgian media, Volodymyr Zelensky is participating this morning in a NATO meeting, then in a meeting with the Belgian government. He might leave the Belgian capital with promises of delivery of F16, indicates The evening.
There will also be talk of frozen Russian funds and the blocking of imports of Russian diamonds. This is not his first visit to the capital of Europe. The Ukrainian president was already there on February 9 and 10 and spoke in front of the European Parliament, before being received by King Philippe. Volodymyr Zelensky had given him a piece of a Russian Sukhoi-25 shot down by Ukrainian anti-aircraft defense, with the inscription “Together we win” written by Ukrainian pilots. President Zelensky attends NATO meeting with his Defense Minister.
03:43
London announces additional aid of 100 million pounds to Ukraine
kyiv will benefit from new support, worth more than £100 million, including mine clearance systems, the British defense minister has announced. This additional aid comes from the International Fund for Ukraine (IFU, administered by the United Kingdom) and must be officially announced during a new meeting to coordinate military support for Ukraine organized under the aegis of the United States this Wednesday in Brussels. London thus wants to help kyiv “clean minefields”, “maintain its vehicles and consolidate its defensive fortifications to protect essential national infrastructure”, specifies the ministry. “Ukraine is now the most mined country on Earth”, which constitutes the “main obstacle” to the counter-offensive, he argues.
03:11
Volodymyr Zelensky fears conflict in Israel will distract attention from Ukraine
Ukrainian president accuses Russia of supporting Hamas in Israel, in an interview with the television channel France 2. “We are certain that Russia supports, in one way or another, the operations carried out by Hamas,” declared Volodymyr Zelensky, adding that his intelligence services had “information” to this effect. “The current crisis […] testifies to the fact that Russia really seeks to carry out destabilizing actions everywhere in the world,” he adds, also expressing his concern to see the international community turn away from Ukraine with the “tragedy” which strikes Israel following to Hamas attacks.
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