Latest Updates on Ukraine Crisis: Zelensky’s Visit, Military Aid, Trade Disputes, and more

2023-09-18 22:07:30

Cover image: A Ukrainian commander a few kilometers from Andriïvka, in the Donetsk region, Saturday September 16, 2023. ALEX BABENKO / AP

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in the United States on Monday to attend the UN General Assembly then meet his American counterpart Joe Biden in Washington.Germany to provide Ukraine with new mainly military aid package worth 400 million eurosannounced the Minister of Defense. “The government has not yet decided whether it will send Taurus cruise missiles” – insisted on by kyiv – added Boris Pistorius.kyiv announces that it has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization once morest three European Union countries – Poland, Slovakia and Hungary – which have extended their embargo on Ukrainian grain imports, despite the lifting of restrictions decided by Brussels. Russian diplomacy summoned the French ambassador to Moscow on Mondayto denounce the discrimination suffered by Russian journalists, accusing Paris of having roughed up correspondents during the G20 summit in India.Ukraine claims to have broken through the Russian defense line near Bakhmut, following the resumption in recent days of the villages of Andriïvka and Klichtchiïvka. General Oleksandr Syrsky however declared what “of course, we continue to move forward”but the situation remains complicated on the Eastern Front, “Heavy fighting continues near the town of Bakhmout”he said.The Ukrainian government has dismissed several of its members. In a press release published on TelegramMonday September 18, Taras Melnychuk, who represents the government to the Rada, the Ukrainian Parliament, announced the dismissal of several deputy defense ministers.The Ukrainian army confirmed, on Sunday September 17, the reconquest of Klichtchiïvka, a tactically important locality south of Bakhmouton the eastern front. “Klichchiivka was cleared of Russians and liberated by the forces of the 80th Airborne Assault Brigade (…) »announced Oleksandr Syrsky, commander of the army, on the social networks.Moscow claims to have bombed a military factory in Kharkiv overnight from Sunday to Monday. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the production workshops of an armored vehicle repair factory were hit by missiles. Earlier, the head of the local Ukrainian military administration, Oleh Synehoubov, reported that a company in the city had been targeted by “four S-300 guided missiles”.Russia shot down several Ukrainian drones overnight from Sunday to Monday in Crimea, a Ukrainian region that it annexed in 2014, in the Moscow region as well as in those of Belgorod and Voronezh, bordering Ukraine, according to the Russian defense ministry, which did not specify whether there was damage or injuries.Moscow and kyiv face each other from Monday at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in a procedure launched by Ukrainewhich accuses Russia of falsely using allegations of genocide to justify its invasion in 2022.Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, a loyal ally of Vladimir Putin in Russia, published a statement on Sunday video of him, undatedqualifying as ” lies “ rumors circulating regarding his deteriorating state of health.

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