2023-07-25 19:06:52
Did you miss the latest events on the war in Ukraine? Do not panic, 20 Minutes takes stock for you every evening at 7:30 p.m. Who did what ? Who said what? Where are we ? The answer below.
The fact of the day
In such a current offensive, counter-offensive and counter-counter-offensive draft, it is difficult to see clearly… or to obtain significant gains. In the midst of the Ukrainian counter-offensive in the south, the Russian army for its part claimed to have advanced over the past 24 hours by two kilometers in the northeast of the country.
Russia recently launched a new assault in this area of the front extending to northeastern Ukraine. Target final zone? Lyman, an important railway junction taken over by kyiv forces last October. Two weeks ago, the Russians had already claimed to have progressed 1.5 kilometers towards Lyman.
sentence of the day
We have received an invitation and plan to visit China for the Belt and Road Forum to be held in October. »
The declaration of Yuri Ouchakov, diplomatic adviser to the Kremlin, is worth its weight in geopolitical peanuts, so much the attitude of China, sometimes neutral, sometimes a little pro-Russian, is scrutinized by all observers. Firm and strong support from the Asian giant for Russia is feared as a potential game-changer to the conflict. Still, for the moment, China is keeping quite a distance from this European conflict.
The number of the day
30. This is now the age limit for compulsory military service in Russia. Russian deputies voted for a three-year increase from January 1, 2024. At the moment, citizens aged 18 to 27 “only” are called up for military service.
The trend of the day
Russia is very international on Tuesday, and we are not talking about its communist past. In addition to going to China, Vladimir Putin announced his intention to discuss Ukraine with the African leaders he is meeting on Friday. According to the Kremlin, “49 African countries have confirmed their participation” in the second edition of this Russia-Africa summit, after a first in October 2019 in Sochi, on the Black Sea.
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