2023-09-19 15:47:52
15:42
“Serious implications” for the world
The war in Ukraine has “serious implications” for the world beyond Kiev, Guterres told the UN general assembly, highlighting the failure of the Black Sea grain initiative. “The world badly needs Ukrainian food and Russian food and fertilizer to stabilize markets and ensure food security. »
15:29
“Democracy is under threat,” Guterres tells UN
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres began his state of the world address to open the UN General Assembly. “Authoritarianism is on the rise, inequalities are growing and hate speech is increasing.
Our world needs statesmanship, not games and stalemate,” he said.
Volodymyr Zelensky is scheduled to address this 77th session.
15:08
Russian Defense Minister visits Iran
This trip “will contribute to strengthening Russian-Iranian military ties and will mark an important step in the development of cooperation between the two countries,” the ministry said. Iran is already accused of supplying drones to Russia for its offensive in Ukraine.
14:58
Seoul summons Russian ambassador after Kim-Putin summit
Seoul summoned Andrey Borisovich Kulik, Russia’s ambassador to South Korea, and urged Moscow to “immediately stop its steps towards military cooperation with North Korea and comply with Security Council resolutions”, its ministry said of Foreign Affairs in a press release.
14:44
The European Commission wants to extend the temporary protection granted to Ukrainians
The European Commission is proposing to further extend the temporary protection granted to people fleeing Russian aggression against Ukraine, from March 4, 2024 to March 3, 2025.
14:27
Six civilians killed in Russian strikes across Ukraine
Russian strikes caused the death of three civilians in Kupiansk (east), two others in Kherson (south) and a sixth in Lviv (west), Ukrainian authorities announced.
14:11
Missile that killed 17 people at Ukrainian market may have been launched by Ukraine
An errant missile fired by Ukraine may have been behind the strike that hit a crowded market on September 6 in Kostiantynivka, killing at least 17 civilians, the report reveals. New York Times. Another 32 people were injured by the missile’s impact, 20 km from the front lines in the Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of being responsible for the attack a few hours later.
13:54
American journalist Gershkovich in court for appeal of his detention
Le reporter du Wall Street Journal Evan Gershkovich. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
American journalist Evan Gershkovich, arrested in March in Russia and targeted by “espionage” accusations which he rejects, is in court to appeal the extension of his detention. His arrest comes against the backdrop of serious diplomatic tensions between the United States and Russia, caused by the conflict in Ukraine.
13:38
Latvia closes one of its border crossings with Belarus
The Latvian government decides to close one of its two border crossing points with Belarus, in a bid to prevent illegal immigration, reported the Latvian news agency Lets and the LSM television channel.
13:14
Putin to visit China in October
Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to Beijing in October to meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, reports Reuters, citing the Russian news agency Interfax. This will be Vladimir Putin’s first foreign trip since an arrest warrant was issued against him in March by the International Criminal Court.
13:04
Three civilians killed in Russian bombing in Kupiansk
Three civilians died in a Russian shelling in the town of Kupiansk (Kharkiv region, eastern Ukraine), regional governor Oleg Synegubov said.
“The enemy carried out a strike on Kupiansk using a guided aerial bomb. Three civilians were killed,” the governor wrote on Telegram denouncing “yet another war crime by the Russian occupiers.”
12:04
Ukraine seeks “reparations” from Russia at the International Court of Justice
Anton Korynevych, Ambassador-at-Large of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo
Kiev is asking the International Court of Justice to force Moscow to pay it “reparations”, accusing Russia of waging an “imperialist war”, of “want to wipe Ukraine off the map” and of “disdaining” international law. Ukraine was responding to Russia’s arguments at the ICJ in The Hague, where the two countries face off in proceedings.
11:19
Russia produces ten times more military equipment
Russia has increased its production of certain military equipment (missiles, drones, combat vehicles and artillery) tenfold to supply its war in Ukraine, said Russia’s largest arms producer.
10:52
Two dead in Russian attacks
Two people were killed overnight by Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities, according to local authorities in Lviv and Kherson.
10:26
The Ukrainian counter-offensive is “progressing steadily”
Lloyd J. Austin III, United States Secretary of Defense. Rod Lamkey/CNP/Icon sport
The Ukrainian military counter-offensive against Russian troops “continues to progress steadily”, said US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at the opening of a meeting of Ukraine’s allies on a military base in Germany.
10:14
American Abrams tanks “soon” delivered to Ukraine
While Volodymyr Zelensky is visiting the United States, the American Secretary of Defense indicated that the Abrams tanks would be delivered to Ukraine “soon”.
09:45
Normal circulation of public transport in Lviv, despite the fire
A 26-year-old man was injured in the strikes which hit industrial warehouses. “I would like to emphasize that these were ordinary industrial warehouses. Nothing military was kept there,” said Maksym Kozytskyi, governor of the region.
Lviv, le 19 septembre 2023. Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Lviv region/Handout via REUTERS
09:20
Ukrainian chicken, a source of growing tension among French breeders
Ukraine mainly exports chicken fillets, lowering the prices of this most profitable part of the animal. IStock.
The recent jump in imports of Ukrainian chickens into Europe irritates French breeders, who complain of low-cost competition.
In 2022, one in two chickens consumed in France was imported. But unlike Brazil or Thailand, Ukraine is not subject to quotas. Nor to customs duties, suspended by the EU in support of the country’s economy.
09:00
Grain ship leaves Ukrainian port
“The Resilient Africa ship with three tons of wheat has left the port of Chornomorsk and is heading towards the Bosphorus,” said Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov. Ukraine is thus defying threats from Russia by seeking to establish maritime corridors to export its agricultural production.
08:58
Zelensky’s program in the United States
The Ukrainian president is scheduled to address the UN General Assembly on Tuesday and have meetings at UN headquarters in New York. He must then go to Washington for new discussions on Thursday with his American counterpart Joe Biden.
He will also meet his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva: unlike several Western powers, Brazil has never imposed financial sanctions on Russia nor agreed to supply munitions to Kiev. Lula said in April that the United States must stop “encouraging war” in Ukraine.
08:34
Ukrainian air force says it shot down 27 Russian drones overnight
“A total of 30 attack drones were launched (…) 27 Shaheds were shot down by air defense units,” the Ukrainian Air Force said on social media. Russia frequently uses Iranian-made Shahed-type drones to attack cities in Ukraine.
08:30
Moscow and Beijing have ‘similar’ positions on Ukraine, Kremlin says
Moscow, September 18, 2023. Sergei Lavrov, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs (2nd from the left) facing his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi. Russian Foreign Ministry/Handout via REUTERS
Moscow and Beijing are on the same line regarding the United States and the resolution of the conflict in Ukraine, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. “The parties (head of Russian diplomacy Sergei Lavrov and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi) discussed in detail the current state of the situation in Ukraine, noting the futility of attempts to resolve the crisis without taking into account the interests of Russia and, even more so, without Russia’s participation,” we can read in a press release.
Wang Yi has been in Russia since Monday for security discussions. His visit is scheduled to last until Thursday.
08:15
Ukraine claims it has pierced Russian defense line in the east
Ukrainian forces recaptured two villages (Andriïvka and Klichtchiïvka) near the devastated town of Bakhmut, on the eastern front. With these advances, “the enemy’s defense line was pierced,” assures the commander of Kiev’s ground troops, General Oleksandr Syrsky, because these localities were “important” for the Russian defense line around Bakhmut.
08:00
“We are grateful and proud of you”
ANGELA WEISS/AFP
“We are grateful to you and are proud of you,” the Ukrainian president said to his soldiers being treated in New York. Nine Ukrainian patients are currently being treated there and 35 have been in total since last October.
During a short speech in English, Volodymyr Zelensky expressed his “thanks to the American doctors” and expressed the gratitude of “our entire country”.
Then, he gave each of the soldiers, one of them visibly very weakened in a wheelchair, a decoration, before having his photo taken and filmed with the group of wounded and their caregivers.
07:45
Zelensky at the bedside of Ukrainian soldiers in a New York hospital
The Ukrainian president was at the bedside of soldiers of his army on Monday evening, whom he encouraged to return quickly to Ukraine to defeat Russia.
This exceptional visit, before going to the UN General Assembly this Tuesday, had been kept secret: in the Staten Island University Hospital, the smallest district of the megacity, Volodymyr Zelensky, under very high security American law enforcement, spent a few minutes in detention with some of his men who had amputated legs or arms and were severely disabled.
07:30
Drone attack in Lviv, one injured
Drones attacked the western Ukrainian city of Lviv early Tuesday, where authorities reported a warehouse fire and at least one injury, a 26-year-old man found under the rubble of a warehouse. Explosions were heard as early as 4:30 a.m. (local time).
07:16
Zelensky arrived in the United States to meet Biden
The Ukrainian president arrived in the United States on Monday to attend the UN General Assembly and then meet his American counterpart Joe Biden in Washington.
07:15
Tensions in Europe over Ukrainian cereals
Brussels’ announcement of the end of the ban imposed by five EU states on the import of Ukrainian cereals has inflamed tempers, provoking unilateral embargoes to which Kiev responded on Monday by announcing it would lodge a complaint with the WTO against three European countries: Poland, Slovakia and Hungary.
07:14
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