The war between Russia and Ukraine comes to your day 971 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 the Donbas region of Ukraine.
Hoy Monday October 21, 2024, South Korea demands sending North Korean troops to Russia.
On another topic the Russian Defense Ministry encrypted last sunday ukrainian casualties in the Russian region of Kursk in more than 25 thousand people and assured that counteroffensive continues to expel the enemy from occupied territory.
“In one day, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 310 men and nine armored vehicles,” the military report states.
The note adds that, “in total, during the fighting on the Kursk front, the enemy lost more than 25,050 soldiers.”
Defense pointed out that the units of the Northern group continue offensive actions in Kursk to expel the enemy y They hit concentrations of Ukrainian troops in 11 locations during the past day.
The day before, Russia claimed to have thwarted the rotation of enemy troops in Kurskwhere kyiv forces have been since last August 6.
While on Friday the Russian military command announced the withdrawal of the enemy from the surroundings of the town of Lyubimovka in Kursk.
According to Russian military sources, so far half of the area occupied by Ukrainian forces in Kursk has been liberated since their invasion of that Russian region.
Vladimir Putin and António Guterres, Secretary General of the UN, will meet on Thursday for the BRICS summit
One of the distinguished guests at this 16th BRICS summit in the Russian city of Kazan which will take place from October 22 to 24 is the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres.
Vladimir Putin, president of Russia and host of this summit, will have up to seven bilateral meetings, one of them with António Guterres, next Thursday, October 24, reported diplomatic spokesperson for the Russian government, Iuri Ushakov.
This would be the first time since 2022 that Vladimir Putin meets with António Guterres after the start of the invasion of Ukraine.
Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the UN (KENA BETANCUR / AFP)
Russia prepares 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan
The XVI BRICS Summit with will celebrate of the October 22 to 24 in the Russian city of Kazan of which all the preparations are almost ready.
This BRICS 2024 summit will be under the motto ‘Strengthen multilateralism for equitable global development and security’.
Special attention will be paid to the possible expansion of the BRICS groupthrough the planned creation of a new category of ‘Partner States’.
In it event will participate los leaders from more than 20 countrieswhile eight will be represented by second or third lines, according to Russian presidential advisor Yuri Ushakov. Besides, The meeting will be attended by the Secretary General of the UN, António Guterres.
This group of countries is made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa (BRICS).
Russia assumed the BRICS presidency on January 1, 2024. This year, five countries joined the bloc: Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Ethiopia.
The number of nations that will participate along with Russia, Brazil, India, China and South Africa reached ten. According to the Russian president, the enlargement demonstrates the growing authority of the bloc, as well as its key role in international affairs.
The president stated in September that currently 34 countries have expressed their desire to join the BRICS in one way or another.
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Ukraine calls on West to wake up to growing threat of Russian alliances
At a press conference in kyiv ministers of Ukraine and France on the weekend, They spoke jointly about the alleged Russian alliances with other countries.
He Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Andri Sibigaalong with his French counterpart, Jean-Noël Barrot, asked to their Western allies wake up to growing threat from Russian alliances.
“The Euro-Atlantic community must wake up to the fact that North Korea is invading Europe together with Russia and must act without delay”
Andrí Sibiga, Minister of Foreign Affairs to Ukraine’s allies
The best way to react would be to support and help implement the “Victory Plan” of Zelensky, declared last Saturday after the meeting with his French counterpart, Jean-Noël Barrot, in kyiv.
According to Sibiga, in response to the Russia’s war escalationlos allies should increase their support by lifting restrictions on long-range strikes against Russian territoryextending a invitation to Ukraine to immediately join the I’LL TAKE and boosting investment in Ukrainian weapons manufacturing.
The Ukrainian minister stated that the participation of North Korean troops on the side of Russia in the war in Ukraine would represent a “huge threat” of a further escalation of the conflict.
“The growing North Korean involvement poses an enormous threat of a further escalation of Russia’s war against Ukraine, its intensification and extension beyond the current limits”
Andrí Sibiga, Minister of Foreign Affairs to Ukraine’s allies
The Ukrainian minister stressed that these are not mercenaries, but entire units of North Korea who will fight alongside Kremlin troops against Ukraine, and urged a tough reaction from kyiv’s allies.
If the sending of thousands of North Korean soldiers to the Ukrainian front is confirmed, this would have far-reaching consequences, since it would expand the war and run the risk of transferring it to the territory of Asia, Barrot commented.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot (L) and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrí Sibiga (R) attend a joint press conference after their meeting in kyiv, on October 19, 2024. EFE /EPA/SERGEY DOLZHENKO
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South Korea demands sending North Korean troops to Russia
The South Korean Foreign Ministry called this Monday at Russian ambassador in the Asian country to express Seoul’s discontent over the transfer of north korean troops to Russian territory with the apparent objective that they be transferred to the front in Ukraine to support Moscow in the invasion.
He South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister, Kim Hong-kyun, transmitted the posture of Yoon Suk-yeol’s government during a meeting with the Russian ambassador, Georgy Zinovievto which asked him to urge “to the immediate withdrawal of North Korean troops” and to cease collaborating in this regard, according to a statement from the Foreign Ministry of the Asian country.
Kim, who recalled that the supply of North Korean weapons to Russia that has been happening since 2023 It is also a violation of UN sanctions against Pyongyang for its weapons of mass destruction programs.
The vice chancellor also warned that South Korea “will respond with all possible means, together with the international communitya any act that threatens the fundamental interests of the Republic of Korea”.
The Russian embassy went up in turn a statement to his Facebook social network page in which it is said that Zinoviev told Kim that the Cooperation with North Korea is not directed against the interests of the South and? is being carried out “within the framework of international law”.
Zinoviev also added that Seoul and Moscow have “opposing positions on the reasons behind the current tension on the Korean peninsula”.
Last Friday, the South Korean National Intelligence Service (NIS) assured that Pyongyang plans to send about 12,000 soldiers to Ukraine and that mil 500 of them were already transferred last week to Russian military facilities in the regions of Primorye, Jabarovsk y Amurin the Russian Far East.
In turn, Ukrainian authorities have reported that Moscow plans to send around 10,000 North Korean troops to the Kursk region starting November 1 to counter Ukrainian advances.
South Korea demands sending North Korean troops to Russia (YONHAP / EFE)