► The Chinese defense minister will visit Russia on Sunday
Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu will visit Russia on Sunday, the government announced in a statement on Friday (April 14th).
“At the invitation of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Defense Minister Li Shangfu will pay an official visit to Russia from April 16 to 19,” said the Department of Defense.
► Zaporijjia power plant: “We are on borrowed time”, warns the head of the IAEA
The director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, estimated on Thursday April 13 that we were ” on borrowed time “ about the “safety” of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant in Zaporizhya, near which two mines recently exploded.
“If we do not act to protect the plant, our luck will run out sooner or later, with potentially serious consequences for human health and the environment,” Rafael Grossi warned in a statement.
Two landmine explosions occurred outside the fence surrounding this site, the first on April 8 and another four days later, the statement said.
► China must “call on the Russian aggressor to stop the war”, says the head of German diplomacy
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Friday urged Beijing to ask “to the Russian aggressor to stop the war” in Ukraine. She felt that“no other country has more influence on Russia than China”.
“I have to say openly that I wonder why the Chinese position so far does not include a request to the Russian aggressor to stop the war,” declared the head of German diplomacy during a press conference alongside her Chinese counterpart.
► A suspect arrested in the investigation into the leak of confidential American documents
A 21-year-old man was arrested on Thursday April 13 in the United States as part of the investigation into the leak of confidential American documents, a case posing a risk ” very serious “ for national security, according to the Pentagon.
This arrest, filmed live by American television, is the culmination of a week of investigations into one of the most important leaks of classified documents in the past ten years. The leaks point in particular to American doubts about the impact of the Ukrainian counter-offensives in preparation, which can be explained in particular by the lack of ammunition and trained troops, after a year of heavy fighting.
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