2023-04-26 21:52:56
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23h28 : The anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster is the right day to remind everyone in the world how fragile our security is. And even more so when the threat of a radiation catastrophe at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, artificially created by ????????, has been looming every day and… https://t.co/Nt2Z27Pl88 https://t.co/D9GHZiomx2
23h27 : On the occasion of the 37th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky issued a warning on Twitter regarding “the threat of a radioactive catastrophe” at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, still occupied by Russia. For the Ukrainian leader, “only a complete takeover of control [par l’Ukraine] can restore total security not only for our country, but also for all of Europe and the whole world”did he declare.
20h54 : Russia says not see “no progress” in removing obstacles to its fertilizer exports, according to Gennady Gatilov, its ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva (Switzerland). However, this is a condition for Moscow to extend the agreement on Ukrainian grain exports, which expires in two weeks. In this case, the interventions of the UN remain insufficient, he lamented. “We appreciate the efforts of the UN, the UN is trying to do its best”underlined the ambassador, “but so far we have only seen promises”.
20h09 : Following today’s exchange between the Presidents of Ukraine and China, Volodymyr Zelensky and Xi Jinping, the European Union welcomes the “channels of communication are open”. Europe agrees with the position of the United States and France, which have welcomed this attempt by China to bring peace to Ukraine. During this surprise call, Xi Jinping assured his Ukrainian counterpart that China has “always been on the side of peace”and that the country calls for “the negociation”.
19h33 : Traveling from Kherson to Odessa. I’m fine, I have a wound on my right shoulder, grazed by the bullet that hit my great friend Bogdan. I believe he died, at the beginning of the Kherson Bridge. An infinite pain. I had the jacket with Press written on it.
19h34 : On Twitter, Corrado Zunino, the Italian journalist survivor, gave more details regarding this shooting. “I’m fine, I have a wound in my right shoulder, grazed by the bullet that hit my good friend Bogdan. I think he died, at the entrance to the Kherson bridge”he said, specifying that he wore a bulletproof vest marked “Presse” during the attack.
7:30 p.m : A Ukrainian journalist employed as a fixer by the Italian daily The Republic was killed by sniper fire in southern Ukraine, while his Italian colleague was injured, the newspaper said on Wednesday. “Our correspondent Corrado Zunino and his fixer Bogdan Bitik fell into an ambush by Russian snipers (…)”lamented the daily.
16h10 : Bonjour @Ouahou ! The conversation between the two Heads of State, which lasted “almost an hour”according to the spokesman for Volodymyr Zelensky, took place “at the initiative of the Ukrainian side”assured, during a press conference in Beijing, Yu Jun, a representative of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
16h09 : Hello Basically, it is thanks to Macron that Xi Jinping contacted Zelensky!
15h40 : Volodymyr Zelensky announces the appointment of a former minister as ambassador to China, following his first meeting with Xi Jinping since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. According to a decree, the Ukrainian president appointed Pavlo Ryabikin, a 57-year-old former minister of strategic industries, to the post of ambassador, which had been vacant since February 2021.
15h03 : After the call between kyiv and Beijing, the Elysée confirms to France Télévisions to encourage any dialogue that can contribute to a resolution of the conflict”. “This is the message conveyed by the President of the Republic during his State visit to China, during which President Xi Jinping told the Head of State his intention to meet with President Zelensky”, adds the Presidency of the Republic.
14h40 : Brazilian President Lula, whose recent statements on the conflict in Ukraine have caused controversy, considers that he does not “it was useless to say who is right” between kyiv and Moscow, the priority being to negotiate peace.
14h37 : Still following the announcement of the appeal between kyiv and Beijing, France reacts in turn and “encourages all dialogue” susceptible to “contribute to a resolution of the conflict” in Ukraine “in accordance with the fundamental interests” of kyiv and “in accordance with international law”.
14h34 : The reactions are linked following the announcement of the historic call between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. Russia thus accuses Ukraine of “undermining peace initiatives” by refusing dialogue with Moscow.
14h27 : “The Chinese side will send a special representative of the Chinese government, in charge of Eurasia, to Ukraine and other countries to conduct in-depth exchanges with all parties towards a political settlement of the Ukrainian crisis,” assured the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs during a press conference.
14h14 : China will send special representatives to Ukraine and hold talks with all parties on resolving the crisis there, President Xi Jinping told his Ukrainian counterpart, according to Chinese state media.
14h07 : China announces that it will send a delegation to Ukraine to look for a “political settlement”, a first since the beginning of the conflict.
13h53 : Chinese President Xi Jinping has spoken with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, for the first time since the start of the Russian offensive in Ukraine, according to state television CCTV. Xi Jinping said that “dialogue and negotiation” are there “only way out” to the conflict with Russia, specifies the chain. The Chinese president also assured his Ukrainian counterpart that “China has always been on the side of peace”on the subject of the Ukrainian crisis.
12h21 : On April 26, 1986, the fourth reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine exploded. Almost thirty years later, the magazine GEO looks back at the little-known story of the dogs that survived the incident while being abandoned by locals. “Today, we are between the 10th and 12th generation of dogs“, explains the co-director of the documentary Dogs of Chernobyl.
12h18 : Ukraine commemorates today the 37th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster while denouncing the “blackmail” nuclear power plant from Russia, which briefly invaded the site last year and still occupies another plant, that of Zaporijjia, the largest in Europe. “37 years ago, the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant left a huge scar all over the world,” Ukrainian President said on Telegram.
09h53 : Germany and the United Kingdom have intercepted three Russian military reconnaissance planes over the Baltic Sea. “The two Russian SU-27 Flankers and an IL-20 were once more flying without transponder signals in international airspace over the Baltic Sea”specifies the German air force on Twitter.
08h25 : A big quack. South Africa assures that it will not leave the International Criminal Court (ICC) and speaks of a “error” communications of the ruling party, the ANC. Yesterday, President Cyril Ramaphosa said the ANC had asked to leave the body, while Pretoria has been criticized since the start of the war in Ukraine for its proximity to Moscow.
06h37 : Volodymyr Zelensky denounced an attack “barbaric” on a museum in Kupiansk, in northeastern Ukraine. The strike left two dead and ten injured yesterday. He promised to “respond” to Russia, “terrorist country [qui] does everything to destroy us completely”.
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