the Russians are “trying to encircle the town” of Avdiivka, says the head of the Ukrainian military administration

2023-10-10 15:00:30

Cover image: A Ukrainian soldier fires a mortar towards Russian troops at a frontline position, in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, October 8, 2023. STRINGER / REUTERS

Under fire from criticism following the carnage in Hroza, Ukraine, Russia tried, Tuesday, October 10, to regain a seat on the UN Human Rights Council, a risky bet which will make it possible to assess its international support. The UN General Assembly, which excluded Russia from this body established in Geneva after its invasion of Ukraine, chose fifteen new members for the period 2024-2026.The general Assembly “has an important choice to make, to prove that she is not ready to confuse an arsonist and a firefighter”launched the Albanian Ambassador to the UN, Ferit Hoxha, on Monday, October 9, during a meeting of the Security Council on the subject of the Russian strike against the Ukrainian village of Hroza which left more than 50 dead last week.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will be the guest of the program “L’Événement, l’interview”, Tuesday, October 10, from 8:40 p.m., following the 8 p.m. news. An interview conducted by journalist Caroline Roux, and recorded Monday in kyiv.According to Franceinfo, the Ukrainian president will speak on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, denouncing, in passing, Moscow’s action. “We have every indication that Russia is helping certain terrorist operations take place. This isn’t the first time she’s done this. She did it in Syria, she did it in Ukraine. It seeks to sow instability in the world. We are sure that Russia supports Hamas’s operations in one way or another.”affirmed Volodymyr Zelensky to France 2.Hamas’s attack on Israel will not lead to a reduction in European Union (EU) support for Ukraineassured the chief spokesperson of the European Commission, Eric Mamer, on Monday. “Of course, Russia is trying to use everything that happens on the international scene either to fuel instability or to strengthen its campaign against Ukraine, but that does not mean that the attention of the European Union turned away from Ukraine »he said.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said events in the Middle East had no repercussions on the war in Ukraine. Interrogates during his daily briefingMr. Peskov assured that “The ‘special military operation’ was an independent process” and “everything was going according to plan”.On the front, the Ukrainian armed forces carried out five offensive operations near Robotyne, in the Zaporizhia region (South), reported a Russian occupation officialVladimir Rogov, to the Russian news agency TASS. According to him, the Russian army repelled these offensiveskilling at least thirty-five soldiers.This winter, Ukrainian air defense forces will focus their efforts on protecting the energy sectorstrategic public facilities and critical infrastructure, Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yuri Ihnat predicted, on public television. According to him, this strategy was already at work last winter.

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