2024-02-20 10:26:34
Five civilians were killed by a Russian strike in the Sumy region, located in northeastern Ukraine and bordering Russia, the Northern Command of the Ukrainian army announced on Tuesday.
“According to preliminary information, five civilians were killed, a private house was damaged” in the village of Nova Sloboda, he wrote on Telegram. This small town is located about ten kilometers from the Russian border.
The Kremlin rejected this Tuesday the “gross and unfounded” accusations of Yulia Navalnaïa, widow of Alexeï Navalny, who claimed the day before that President Vladimir Putin had her husband, number one opponent of the Russian regime, killed in prison.
“Of course, these are gross and completely unfounded accusations against the Russian head of state, but given that Yulia Navalnaya became a widow a few days ago, I will not comment,” said the Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov.
Sweden announced on Tuesday new record military aid to Ukraine in the form of equipment worth 7.1 billion crowns, or around 633 million euros, while kyiv is struggling against Moscow.
“The reason we continue to support Ukraine is a matter of humanity and decency. Russia has unleashed an illegal, unprovoked and indefensible war,” Defense Minister Pål Jonson said at a press conference.
Several American nationals are detained in Russia, including journalist Evan Gershkovich, arrested almost a year ago for espionage, also in Yekaterinburg. He rejects these accusations, like those close to him, his employer, the Wall Street Journal, and the American government.
A Russian-American national, resident of Los Angeles, was arrested in Yekaterinburg in Russia for “treason” by the security services (FSB), who accuse her of having raised funds for the Ukrainian army, said Tuesday Russian agencies. “The Federal Security Service put an end to the illegal activities of a 33-year-old resident of Los Angeles, holder of Russian and American nationalities, in Yekaterinburg,” the FSB said, according to these agencies.
The young woman, who has not been identified, is said to have collected, since the start of the Russian assault on Ukraine in 2022, “funds for the benefit of a Ukrainian organization, which then used them to purchase medical resources tactics, equipment, weapons and ammunition for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Joe Biden said on Monday that he was “considering” additional sanctions against his counterpart Vladimir Putin’s Russia. “We already have sanctions but we are in the process of considering additional ones, yes,” responded to journalists the democratic leader who has already judged President Putin “responsible” for the death of Navalny announced Friday in a prison in the Arctic.
The French Minister of Foreign Affairs announced Monday that he had summoned Alexeï Mechkov, the Russian ambassador to France, after the death in prison of the opponent Alexeï Navalny. The meeting is scheduled to take place this Tuesday afternoon. Several other neighboring countries have done the same.
Russia launched its “military operation” in Ukraine on Thursday February 24, 2022, almost two years ago to the day. The conflict enters its 727th day this Tuesday, in a context where the Ukrainian army is put in difficulty by the Russian army. It lacks ammunition and has recently lost the town of Advïika. Volodymyr Zelensky speaks of an “extremely difficult” situation.
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