2023-09-25 19:27:36
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The fact of the day
The Ukrainian army claimed on Monday to have killed the commander of the Russian Black Sea fleet. This was the result of a strike on the Russian headquarters in Sevastopol, annexed Crimea, on Friday. “Thirty-four officers including the commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet died” following the strike, Ukrainian special forces said on Telegram, without providing proof.
“One hundred and five other occupants were injured. The headquarters building is beyond repair,” assured the same source. However, this information could not be verified by the press and Moscow almost never reports its losses in Ukraine, even when it concerns senior officials.
The number of the day
2. This is the number of deaths recorded in Odessa this Monday. Ukrainian authorities announced the death of two civilians in a “massive” Russian attack on this major Black Sea port. It comes three days after an unprecedented Ukrainian strike against the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, in annexed Crimea. Combat drones, supersonic Oryx missiles and Kalibr missiles were involved in the attack, according to the Ukrainians, who claim to have shot down most of them.
Sentence of the day
Beijing’s refusal to condemn Russian invasion of Ukraine ‘harms China’s image’
This is a statement from the European Commissioner for Trade, Valdis Dombrovskis. “There is (…) a risk in terms of reputation for China,” declared the commissioner, speaking to students at Tsinghua University in Beijing, and this posture “harms the image of the country, no only towards European consumers, but also towards businesses”.
Today’s trend
Tensions, already strong, between the International Criminal Court (ICC) and Russia are increasing. This Monday, Russia added the president of the body, the Pole Piotr Hofmanski, to its list of wanted people, without specifying the reason. He is “wanted as part of a criminal investigation,” the Interior Ministry said in its database of wanted persons, according to state agencies Tass and Ria Novosti.
In the spring, the ICC issued an arrest warrant targeting Vladimir Putin for his role in the deportation of children to Ukraine. Although Russia is not a member of the ICC, the Russian president is therefore hampered in his international travel by this threat of arrest. He had to give up going to a summit in South Africa last August.
As early as May, Moscow had put ICC prosecutor Karim Khan on its wanted list. Vladimir Putin and his children’s officer, Maria Lvova-Belova, are accused by the ICC of war crimes for the “illegal deportation” of thousands of Ukrainian children. Accusations rejected by Moscow.
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