2024-07-25 02:59:27
The war between Russia and Ukraine reaches its day 882 since its beginning on February 24, 2022, when the Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered a “special military operation” to free the pro-Russian population from Ukrainian region of Donbas.
Hoy Wednesday, July 24, 2024, China supports Ukraine and Russia starting peace talks.
Meanwhile on the battlefield Russia launched 43 attacks in the direction of the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk last day y other 30 on the axis of Kramatorskboth located in the eastern region of Donetskthe Ukrainian General Staff reported on Tuesday.
Russian forces are continuing their offensive on other segments of the front in Donetsk and on various axes along the entire line of contact, which also passes through the regions of Jarkov (northeast), Luhansk (It is), Zaporizhia (southeast) and Kherson (on).
According to the report of the General Staff of kyiv, the Russian aviation launched During the past day a total of 132 guided aerial bombs against Ukrainian territory.
These high-explosive munitions, equipped with their own navigation systems, can be launched from tens of kilometres away from the target, allowing aircraft to remain out of range of most enemy anti-aircraft defences.
Russia massively uses is bombs for destroy Ukrainian urban centers and positions and pave the way for its infantry, which continues to make modest but steady advances at a high price of casualties and loss of military equipment.
According to the Ukrainian General Staff, In the last 24 hours, Russia has lost more than 1,200 men killed and wounded along the entire front, as well as 57 artillery systems.
Neither Ukraine nor Russia have provided information on their own casualties.
Russia Ukraine War Day 882: Ukraine avoids default but its economy suffers under Russian attacks
Ukraine has avoided defaulting on its foreign debt by reaching an agreement with several creditors, but faces more challenges ahead as the economy recovers but suffers from uncertainty amid the ongoing war.
In spite of the complicated financial situationThe invaded country has avoided declaring its first default after reaching an agreement on Monday with the holders of its Eurobonds to restructure some 18.8 billion euros of debt before the end of the two-year pause agreed after the start of the Russian invasion.
According to the agreement, the Creditors agreed to waive 25% of the debt and could do the same with another 12% if the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth continues. falls below the estimates of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the coming years.
This will help Ukraine to save 10.5 billion euros in debt payments over the next three years, while total savings could reach 21 billion euros by 2033, Finance Minister Sergei Marchenko said.
“This will free up vital financial resources that can be used for defence and social spending,” he stressed.
Ukraine avoids default but its economy suffers under Russian attacks (EFE)
Ukrainian athletes travel part of the way by train to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
Nearly a hundred members of the Ukrainian Olympic delegation They left Tuesday night in Train from kyiv station to Poland for travel from there by plane to Pariswhere they are scheduled to land on Wednesday afternoon to compete in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
“It’s a difficult journey, but we’re used to it,” 27-year-old Ukrainian judoka Bogdan Iadov, who was European champion in his specialty in 2022 and hopes to put in a good performance in Paris, told EFE news agency minutes before boarding the train.
“At the beginning of the war it was difficult, because before we could fly from our airport to any place in the world,” Iadov added, referring to the suspension of all civilian flights to and from Ukraine due to Russian military aggression against the country.
Iadov highlighted the exceptionality of these Games for Ukraine also for the circumstances in which they must have prepared their sportsmen“Between air raids and sometimes explosions and no electricity. Sometimes we only have light for two or three hours and that makes it very difficult to train,” explained the athlete.
“When there is no light, the air conditioning does not work and it is very hot in the room, which has made our preparation for the Games somewhat more difficult,” I said about the consequences of the Power cuts caused by Russian attacks on the Ukrainian electrical system Judoka Yelizaveta Litvinenko, who is going to her first Olympics with the hope of performing “at one hundred percent” of her potential.
In addition to the conditions under which they have had to prepare, the Ukrainian athletes have been exposed to constant psychological pressure since the beginning of the war..
After meeting the media and signing autographs in one of the rooms at the station trainlos Ukrainian athletes They went out onto the platform with their hand luggage and presented their tickets to the ticket inspector like any other passenger.
Before getting on the train they took photos in front of the illuminated sign that announced his trip to Paris decorated with Olympic rings and posed for selfies with soldiers going to and from the front, with Ukrainian railway company staff and with other passengers who recognised them and wished them luck at the Games.
Ukrainian athletes travel part of the way by train to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games (EFE)
China supports Ukraine and Russia to start peace talks
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said his country would “continue to play a constructive role in achieving a Stop the fire and resume the peace negotiations” in between Russia and Ukraine considering that “the resolution of any dispute must be achieved by political means.”
Wang maintained a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart, Dmytro Kulebawho started his career on Tuesday first visit to China since the beginning of the war in 2022 He is also the highest-ranking Ukrainian official to visit the Asian giant in this period.
For its part, according to the kyiv statement, It’s here qualified of “important” he China Paper like a “global force for peace”and stated that “a Just peace in Ukraine meets the China’s strategic interests”.
“Ukraine wants to follow the path of peace, recovery and development. I am convinced that these are strategic priorities that we share,” the Ukrainian envoy told Wang during their meeting, which took place in the southeastern city of Canton.
In your opinion, the War affects not only Ukraine but also “undermines international stability and the development of good relations between neighbors, including trade between China and Europe.”
Kuleba urged Wang to view China-Ukraine ties through the lens of kyiv’s possible accession to the European Union (EU).
“Each of our new talks is more informative than the previous one, and this is a very positive dynamic,” said the Ukrainian minister, recalling that both foreign ministers held a meeting last February within the framework of the Munich Security Conference.
During his meeting with Wang today, Kuleba said, the topics to be discussed were “bilateral relations, the international agenda and, above all, the path to peace.”
For its part, the Chinese Foreign Ministerwhat He called Ukraine a “friendly country”acknowledged that the continuation of the war entails “risks of escalation and contagion” to other possible conflicts, and reiterated that Beijing’s position “has always been” to “promote a political solution.”
Wang, according to the statement released by the Chinese Foreign Ministry
The Chinese diplomat said that “both Ukraine and Russia have given signs of their willingness to negotiate at various levels,” although he acknowledged that “the conditions and the timing are not yet right.”
In any case, China “will support all efforts leading to peace and is willing to continue to play a constructive role in achieving a ceasefire and the resumption of peace negotiations,” he said.
Wang also said that his country would “continue to expand grain imports” from Ukraine and expressed concern about specific areas such as the prevention of nuclear risks and the stability of supply chains.
Kiev ha cultivated in recent months their relations with China with the esperanza about what Beijing uses its influence over Moscow for contain the Russian aggression against Ukraine.
The President’s Administration Volodímir Zelenski had so far rejected Chinese calls to work towards a negotiated solution to the conflict, as Beijing’s position does not include Ukraine’s territorial integrity as a condition for seeking a peace agreement.
Nevertheless, kyiv has changed In recent weeks his speech on opening up to the possibility of start before the end of the year and Negotiation process with Russia leading to an agreed end to the war on terms acceptable to Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping. (Dmitri Lovetsky / POOL / AFP)
2024-07-25 02:59:27