2023-07-09 16:34:24
Dilemma for Pretoria. South Africa will organize the next Brics (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) summit in August, where Vladimir Putin is invited, despite the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC). ) once morest the Russian president, the country’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, confirmed on Sunday July 9. As a member of the ICC, South Africa is theoretically supposed to arrest the Russian president, targeted since March by an ICC warrant for the war crime of “deportation” of Ukrainian children, if he entered its territory. Follow our live.
Cambodia warns Ukraine by recalling its “painful experience”. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Sunday warned Ukraine once morest the use of cluster munitions. He recalled “painful experience” of his country, hit by American cluster bombs in the early 1970s. “It would be the greatest danger for Ukrainians for many years, even up to a hundred years, if cluster bombs were used in Russian-occupied areas on Ukrainian territory”, he tweeted.
Polish helicopters for Ukraine. According to Wall Street Journal, which cites sources familiar with the matter, Poland has sent Ukraine a dozen MI-24 helicopters dating from Soviet times. This transfer had not been made public until now. In addition, during a visit to Ukraine, the Polish president insisted on the need to show unity before an important NATO summit next week.
Azov fighters back in Ukraine. These Ukrainian commanders were to remain in Turkey until the end of the conflict, thanks to an agreement between Moscow and kyiv. They were met at Istanbul airport by President Volodymyr Zelensky, who was on a visit to Turkey. Part of the Azov regiment, formed on the basis of the ultranationalist battalion of the same name, had been captured by Russian forces following the fall of Mariupol in May 2022.
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