The war between Russia and Ukraine comes to your day 994 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 Wednesday, November 13, 2024, Vladimir Putin will not attend the G20 summit in Brazil.
On the other hand the tRussian clothes have taken over another town in the Donetsk region in their advance towards the border with neighboring Zaporizhia, according to the Ministry of Defense.
Rivnopil was taken by units of the Vostok military group (east), which caused the enemy about 150 casualties, in addition to the loss of a French-made Caesar self-propelled gun.
According to those sources cited by the Institute for the Study of War, the Russians have increased their air attacks against areas controlled by kyiv by 30-40%.
He Russian army has been advancing at forced marches for weeks in Donetskwhere he already fights in Kurákhov, an important Ukrainian strongholdalthough the primary objective is Pokrovska city of 60 thousand inhabitants and with important coke deposits.
According to British military sources, Moscow has managed to recover some 1,500 square kilometers in the Donbas in the last two months, but has paid a high cost in lives, since in October it suffered an average of 1,500 daily casualties.
United States announces firm response to North Korean troops entering combat in Ukraine
He United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinkenhe stated this Wednesday during a visit to the headquarters of the I’LL TAKE that the participation of North Korean troops in the war waged by Russia against Ukraine “demands and will receive a firm response”.
“We had a very productive discussion today about our continued support for Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression; “This added element now of North Korea, the North Korean forces injected into the battle and now literally in combat, demands and will receive a firm response.”
Antony Blinken after meeting with the Secretary General of NATO, the Dutch Mark Rutte
Blinken, who today will participate in a meeting of the North Atlantic Council – NATO’s main decision-making body – at the ambassador level, said it is “critical that we find ways to work increasingly closely together.”
“It is essential for the security of the United States and countries throughout Europe, and we will do it,” he stressed, while guaranteed that they will continue their support for Ukraine “to ensure that it can defend itself effectively against Russian regression.”
Rutte stressed that, thanks to the leadership of the United States, “Ukraine has prevailed and Russia has not won.”
In the opinion of the Dutch politician, who North Korean soldiers being “active in Ukraine” poses an “extra threat” to kyiv that “will increase Putin’s potential to cause damage,” although it also entails “a cost” for him.
At the same time, he noted that China, “through circumventing sanctions” against Russia by sending it dual-use goods (civil and military), is “helping the Kremlin’s war effort.”
Meanwhile, he noted that Iran is contributing to this by providing Russia with drone technology and other supplies that Moscow “pays for with money” that, in turn, allows Tehran “to continue its efforts to destabilize the Middle East and beyond.”
North Korean soldiers (KCNA/REUTERS)
About 50,000 Russian and North Korean soldiers in Kursk enter combat, according to kyiv
Some 50 thousand Russian and North Korean soldiers deployed in the Russian Kursk region have recently entered combat against Ukrainian forcesa senior kyiv government official told the Japanese news agency Kyodo this Tuesday.
According to this unidentified source, “intense fighting” has broken out on the front in which there have already been casualties among North Korean soldiers, information that is in line with what was announced this Tuesday by the United States, which has confirmed that North Korean troops have entered into combat with Ukrainian forces.
Vedant Patel, deputy spokesman for the US State Department, made the announcement amid the growing concern in the West for him North Korean troop deployment and his impact on Moscow’s protracted war in Ukraine.
“Today I can confirm that more than 10 thousand North Korean soldiers have been sent to eastern Russia, and most of them have moved to the Kursk region, where they have begun to participate in combat operations with Russian forces.”
Vedant Patel, deputy spokesperson for the US State Department
These evolutions occur a day after North Korea will ratify its strategic partnership treaty with Russiawhich includes a mutual defense clauseNorth Korean state media reported on Tuesday, and after Pyongyang sent troops to support the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
According to Ukraine and some of its allies, North Korea has already deployed about 11,000 soldiers to Russia.
Russiawhich until now has neither confirmed nor denied the presence of North Korean troops in its territoryassures that the treaty with the Pyongyang regime is of “defensive nature and is not directed against the security of third countries.”
Photo file. North Korean soldiers. EFE/KCNA
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Vladimir Putin will not attend G20 summit in Brazil
He Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, will represent Russia at the G20 summit which will be celebrated from November 18 to 19 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazilwhere the head of the Kremlin declined to travel, Vladimir Putin.
Lavrov, who in recent years due to both the covid and the war has replaced Putin at numerous international events, will take advantage of the occasion to hold bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the summit in Brazil.
The Foreign Ministry spokesperson, María Zajárova, explained at a press conference that the minister will travel to Brazil by direct order of the president.
He added that the head of Russian diplomacy will speak at the plenary session and announce that Russia is joining the Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty.
In mid-October Putin announced that he would not participate in the next G20 summit in Brazil due to the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged crimes
Putin He added that he has “magnificent relationships, friendship”, with his Brazilian counterpart, Luis Inácio Lula da Silva, so it would make no sense to travel “to affect the normal work of that entire forum.”
In December 2023, Lula invited Putin to the summit, but – he clarified – that he will have to face the consequences of the arrest warrant issued against him.
Lula, who recalled that his country is a founding member of the ICC, added that It is the Brazilian justice system that must decide whether the head of the Kremlin is arrested or not.
The ICC issued an arrest warrant against Putin in March 2023 for his role in the systematic deportation of Ukrainian
Mongolia signed the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the ICC, but Putin was not detained when he traveled to that country last September.
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