2024-07-06 17:23:08
Did you miss the latest events on the war in Ukraine? 20 minutes get stock for you every evening. Between the strong announcements, the progress on the front and the results of the wars, this is the importance of this Saturday July 6.
The truth of the day
Japan will work with Cambodia to clear mines from Ukraine and other war-torn countries, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa announced Saturday during a visit to Phnom Penh. Cambodia is one of the world’s most polluted countries, with millions of antipersonnel mines laid during the 30-year civil war that ended in 1998. The Southeast Asian country is considered to mine clearance specialist on which he has worked since 1988, mainly in Japan.
Mines often cause the death of civilians and soldiers alike in Ukraine, filled with mines and explosive remnants since its invasion by Russia in 2022. According to Human Rights Watch, 11 of the 27 regions of Ukraine has become impure in this way. Russian forces have used at least 13 types of mines since February 2022, according to the organization.
Today’s issue
« We do not accept the unsportsmanlike process of selection in which the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has committed itself in establishing its list of authorized athletes and whose purpose is to undermine the unity of our association. »
These are the words of the Russian Wrestling Federation which announced that its wrestlers authorized to participate in the 2024 Olympic Games have “unanimously” refused to go to Paris, protesting “unfounded restrictions”. .
“Russian wrestlers were able to get 16 Olympic licenses out of 18 possible (…) under conditions of threats of sanctions and unfounded restrictions,” explains the Federation’s press release.
In its list of Russian wrestlers authorized to participate, the IOC ultimately retained only ten, the most unsuccessful, including two-time Olympic champion Abdulrashid Sadulaev and two-time world champion Zaur Uguev.
The traditions
Russia announced on Saturday that its forces had captured a village in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, as Moscow continued to slowly advance on the battlefield.
The Russian Defense Ministry said its troops “liberated the village of Sokil”, about 30 km northwest of the city of Donetsk, the capital of the region of the same name that Moscow has annexed since September 2022.
Russian troops, taking advantage of the Ukrainian army’s difficulties filling its ranks and receiving more weapons and ammunition from the West, have been withdrawing for months. kyiv reads that the worst fighting on the front is currently taking place in the Donetsk region.
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