2023-09-12 15:09:02
Ukraine announced on Tuesday September 12 that it was ready to take the matter to the World Trade Organization to demand compensation from Poland, which has decided to extend its ban on importing Ukrainian cereals. The Ukrainian Prime Minister accuses Warsaw, although a close ally of kyiv, of “political populism before (the) elections” legislative elections planned in Poland in mid-October, specifying that “Ukraine will be forced to turn to WTO arbitration”. Follow our live.
More than half a million Russians have joined the army in a year to fight in Ukraine, according to the Kremlin. Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed on Tuesday the fact that 270,000 Russians have voluntarily joined “these last six-seven months” the ranks of the army or volunteers fighting in Ukraine, in addition to the 300,000 soldiers already mobilized last year. This recruitment campaign and this mobilization were launched after the Russian army had to retreat in the spring of 2022. Since then, more than half a million Russians have joined the Russian forces to fight in Ukraine, welcomed the Kremlin.
The delivery of F-16s will only “prolong the conflict,” says Vladimir Putin. “They’re going to deliver F-16s. Is that going to change anything? I don’t think so,” he told an economic forum in Vladivostok, in Russia’s Far East. Since the start of the Russian offensive, these combat planes have occupied a prominent place in the list of demands of the Ukrainian authorities from their allies. They are supposed to decisively reinforce the Ukrainian army in its counter-offensive, facing the Russian defense lines.
Kim Jong-un is in Russia, where he is due to meet Vladimir Putin. The North Korean leader, who left Pyongyang on Sunday aboard an armored train, arrived in Russia on Tuesday. He must talk about “sensitive subjects” with the Russian president in the coming days, somewhere on the Russian Pacific coast, according to Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, quoted by the Russian agency Ria Novosti. Washington fears that Moscow is sourcing weapons from North Korea for its military operations in Ukraine. Kim Jong-un has repeatedly expressed his support for Russia in the conflict in Ukraine.
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