2023-09-12 19:17:36
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
Deliveries of Western weapons to kyiv continue. Much to the dismay of Moscow. This Tuesday, it was the Russian president himself who reacted to the upcoming sending of F-16 fighter planes to Ukraine. “Will this change anything? I do not think so. This will only prolong the conflict,” Vladimir Putin said at an economic forum in Vladivostok, in Russia’s Far East.
The Russian president also said he was “sure” that American deliveries of cluster munitions would also lengthen the war. “Another thing is worrying: there are no more limits,” he lambasted, estimating that “not so long ago, the American administration considered that the use of weapons cluster munitions was a war crime. She said it publicly. »
The number of the day
270.000. This is the number of Russians who have voluntarily joined the ranks of the Russian army over the “last six to seven months”, according to Vladimir Putin. These reinforcements are in addition to the 300,000 soldiers mobilized last year. Every day, 1,000 to 1,500 additional people sign a contract, the Russian president estimated.
Sentence of the day
“Russia is isolated to the point of being forced to turn to North Korea. »
This is a statement from Anne-Claire Legendre, spokesperson for the Quai d’Orsay, who believes that Kim Jong-un’s visit to Russia is “a very strong mark of [l’]international isolation” from Moscow. The North Korean leader arrived in Russia on Tuesday for a meeting with Vladimir Putin which could, according to Washington, lead to an arms sale agreement to support the Russian offensive in Ukraine.
Today’s trend
The Polish government announced on Tuesday that it would unilaterally extend the ban on imports of Ukrainian grain after September 15, the date set by Brussels. And this, “whatever the subsequent decision of the Commission”. While Poland is a major supplier of military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine and hosts around a million Ukrainian refugees, the issue of grain imports has sparked a diplomatic row between the two neighbors.
Ukraine announced on Tuesday that it was ready to take the matter to the World Trade Organization (WTO) to demand compensation from Poland, which has decided to extend its ban on imports of Ukrainian grain. In a resolution adopted on Tuesday, the government asked the EU to extend the ban on imports of four cereals: wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunflower seeds.
In April, the EU authorized five member states, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia, to ban the marketing of Ukrainian wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunflower on their territory, provided that they do not do not prevent transit to other countries. This was to protect their farmers, who blamed these imports for the fall in prices on their local markets.
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