2023-09-26 16:00:25
15:13
Call for vigilance on Ukrainian cereals
Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic asked “the European Commission to more actively verify the effectiveness of these solidarity corridors”. Officials from the Ministries of Agriculture of the four Central European countries have in fact reaffirmed that part of the grains transported remain in the countries crossed, such as Poland, with a disadvantage for local farmers, because they are much cheaper than those produced locally.
14:58
Boats interrupted between Ukraine and Romania
Following Tuesday’s bombings in the Odessa region, the ferry connection linking Ukraine and Romania was interrupted.
14:41
Resumption of regular exports of liquefied gas from Crimea
According to Reuters, Russia has resumed regular exports of propane and butane from Crimea. They have been interrupted since 2015 and the establishment of international sanctions linked to the annexation of this Ukrainian region by Moscow.
14:18
New Norwegian aid announced
Norway announces more than 87 million euros (1 billion crowns) in additional humanitarian aid to Ukraine to help it “get through the winter”. Funds intended to help the “most vulnerable, children, refugees, internally displaced people” by providing them with shelter, food, water, medical care, psychological assistance and education.
14:02
New cargo ship leaves Ukrainian port
Reuters reports that a loaded cargo ship left one of Ukraine’s Black Sea ports on Tuesday, according to an industry source who did not provide further details. There have been much fewer departures since Russia left the grain agreement set up under the aegis of Turkey and the UN. Last week, two ships already left Ukraine thanks to a temporary human corridor.
13:42
A step forward in Sweden’s entry into NATO?
The Turkish president assures that parliament will keep its promise to ratify Sweden’s entry into NATO if the Biden administration opens the way for the sale of F-16 aircraft to Ankara. Sweden applied to join the Alliance shortly after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as did Finland.
12:27
No Russian confirmation of Admiral Sokolov’s death
Moscow claims to have no information on the death of Admiral Viktor Sokolov, commander of the Russian fleet in the Black Sea, whom Ukraine claimed to have killed on Monday. According to the Kremlin, he was also present at a meeting.
REUTERS/Alexey Pavlishak/File Photo
12:18
Russian threat to American tanks
The American Abrams tanks delivered to Ukraine – months in advance – will “burn”, promises the Kremlin this Tuesday. Even if the spokesperson for the Russian presidency, Dmitri Peskov, recognizes that these are “serious weapons”, he judges that their arrival on the battlefield “would not change the balance of power”.
12:00
No Swiss tanks towards Ukraine
Swiss senators have validated the possibility of selling 25 Leopard 2 battle tanks to Germany, but the latter will not be able to send them to Ukraine, in the name of Switzerland’s neutrality. The Swiss army has 134 Leopard 2s in service, modernized in 2006. But for years it has stored 96 other Leopard 2 tanks which are regularly tested but have not been modernized. Last May, the government indicated that it only needed 71 of these devices, therefore being able to sell 25 of them.
11:35
Russia wants to return to the UN Human Rights Council
According to a document obtained by the BBC, Russia wants to return to the UN Human Rights Council, from which it was excluded after the invasion of Ukraine. Russian diplomacy is trying to rejoin this Council for a three-year mandate; a vote on the subject will take place next month.
11:15
Nine dead on the Ukrainian side
Monday’s bombings left nine dead on the Ukrainian side and 13 injured, various regional authorities reported on Tuesday.
11:03
Images from the Odessa region
Ukraine’s Operational Command ‘South’/Handout via REUTERS
The Odessa region was hit by Russian air attacks for the second day in a row.
Odesa Regional Military Administration/Handout via REUTERS
10:47
Reinforcement requested in the Odessa region
Ukrainian MP Kira Rudik says the Odessa region needs an “urgent” reinforcement of its air defense “as Russia increases its attacks”.
10:28
US-Ukrainian cooperation on justice
The Ukrainian Attorney General meets with several members of the US Department of Justice, particularly regarding cooperation on the investigation and prosecution of war crimes committed in Ukraine.
10:08
No cooperation from kyiv
According to Polish authorities, Ukraine did not cooperate in this investigation. The spokesperson for the Polish national prosecutor’s office said that a request for legal assistance was sent to kyiv, with no response so far. The experts therefore relied on the opinions of specialists (in particular from the Military Institute of Armament Technology) according to which the missile could not have been fired from Russia.
10:07
A failure in the self-destruct system
The hypothesis retained by Poland is therefore that, on November 15, when a massive Russian bombing hit Ukraine, one of the Ukrainian anti-aircraft defense missiles did not hit its target. Instead of self-destructing at altitude, as is normally the case, this system did not work.
09:46
Conclusions on the missile that fell in Poland in November
AFP/Wojtek Radwanski
According to them, the missile was indeed of Ukrainian origin, as the first leads suggested.
09:30
Power cuts in the Kursk region
Also on Telegram, Russian authorities report power cuts in seven localities in the Russian region, bordering Ukraine, of Kursk after a drone strike on an electrical substation which did not cause any injuries.
09:23
Russia reports attacks in Kherson
On Telegram, Russian authorities installed in the occupied zone of the Kherson region report nighttime bombings from Ukrainian troops without giving details of the possible damage.
09:07
China does not change its point of view
A document published by the official “New China” news agency on Tuesday repeats Beijing’s position regarding the war in Ukraine. China still refuses to condemn Moscow to this day. Foreign Minister Wang Yi simply explained that his country would oppose “the reckless expansion of military alliances.”
REUTERS/Shubing Wang
08:48
Injured in the South
Four people were injured after Russian attacks Monday evening in the Kherson region, the region’s governor, Oleksandr Prokudin, said on Tuesday. Furthermore, in the Dnipropetrovsk region, the town of Kryvyï Rig was hit by a ballistic missile, according to the first information transmitted early this Tuesday by the head of the local military administration, Oleksandr Vilkul.
08:28
Missile attack on Crimea
The authorities installed by Moscow at the head of Crimea indicated Monday evening that a missile attack was underway against the Ukrainian peninsula annexed in 2014, claiming that Russian anti-aircraft defenses had shot down a missile.
08:10
New salvo of drones shot down
For its part, Ukraine reported this Tuesday morning that 38 Russian drones attacked the country and that 26 of them were shot down. The port of Izmail, in the Odessa region (south) was affected. The assault lasted two hours, according to regional governor Oleg Kiper. This new offensive comes after a Russian attack described as “massive” by the Odessa authorities on Monday.
Oleksandr Gimanov
07:50
Bonjour !
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