2023-09-06 08:45:49
Antony Blinken in Kiev
Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the American equivalent of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, is visiting Kiev.
Zelensky promises Ukrainian weapons
In a message on Telegram, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reflects on the two days he spent visiting the battle lines at the front. He promises resupplies of weapons. He also evokes “a new production of our weapons”. Ukraine is trying to supply some of the ammunition through its own factories and is trying to develop weapons like long-range missiles that Westerners don’t supply to it so that Russian soil won’t be hit by missiles that come from another country as Ukraine.
kyiv targeted
Russia launched an air attack on kyiv. But the air defense managed to destroy all the missiles early in the morning, announced the military administration of the capital.
Air alert
The air alert is in force in a single region, in the east of the country, that of Zaporijjia. The regions of Luhansk and Crimea (annexed in 2014) are constantly on alert.
Drones “very close” to the border with Romania
Attacks targeting Ukraine took place “very close” to the border with Romania, the president of this member country of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) said yesterday, the day after the fall of drones Russian explosives on the Danube.
“We had attacks (…) which were recorded 800 m from our border. So very, very close, ”said Klaus Iohannis, during a press conference alongside Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel.
Since the suspension in July of the agreement which allowed Ukraine to export its cereals via the Black Sea, Russia has increased its bombardments in the south-western region of Ukraine bordering the Romania, where there are ports and other key infrastructure for this trade.
One dead in Odessa
One person was killed by a Russian drone attack on the Odessa region in southern Ukraine, local governor Oleg Kiper announced, adding that port and agricultural infrastructure was damaged. Russian forces “attacked the Izmail district with drones” for “nearly three hours”. “Unfortunately, one person died.” The river port of Izmail, on the Danube, has become one of the main exit routes for Ukrainian agricultural products since Russia ended in July the grain agreement that allowed Ukraine to freely export through the black Sea.
UNESCO wants to list kyiv and Lviv as World Heritage in Danger
Saint Sophia’s Cathedral and monastic buildings in Kiev are to join the list of world heritage in danger in mid-September, as is the historic center of Lviv (West), due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, announced yesterday the director of the UNESCO World Heritage (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). “These sites are threatened with destruction. There have been attacks in the buffer zones of these sites and it is not known what will happen in the future,” explained Lazare Eloundou.
Bombing attributed to kyiv leaves one dead in the Russian region of Belgorod
A civilian was killed yesterday in the bombardment, attributed to Ukrainian forces, of a Russian village bordering Ukraine, announced the governor of the Belgorod region. This region of western Russia has in recent months been the target of artillery fire, drones and armed incursions by pro-Ukrainian Russian fighters. “As a result of a new shelling of the village of Kozinka in the Graivoron district, a civilian died,” the governor said on Telegram.
Zelensky visiting the front near Bakhmout yesterday
“Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday visited brigades carrying out offensive actions in the Bakhmout area,” the Ukrainian presidency said in a statement. He listened to the officers’ “reports” on the situation in their areas of responsibility and discussed their “needs”, particularly in terms of ammunition for artillery and anti-aircraft defence.
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