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The war between Russia and Ukraine reaches its day 877 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 Ukrainian region of Donbas.
Hoy Friday, July 19, 2024Volodymyr Zelensky clashes with Viktor Orbán at the European Political Community (EPC) summit.
On another topic, Volodymyr Zelensky acknowledged in an interview with the BBC that a victory by Republican candidate Donald Trump in the US elections in November would create a difficult scenario for his country, but that Ukrainians are prepared for it.
Zelensky said he is ready to work with whoever comes to power in the United States. “Maybe, in fact, [Trump] I don’t understand what’s happening in Ukraine, so We have to work with the United States“, he declared.
According to the leader of the kyiv regime, working with Trump would be “stand”But, he pointed out, Ukrainians are “very hard-working.”
Trump has repeatedly promised that if he wins the presidential election in November will end the conflict between Russia and Ukraine“I will end every single international crisis that the current Administration has created, including the horrible war in Russia and Ukraine.”
Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich sentenced to 16 years for espionage
He journalist American Daily The Wall Street Journal accused of espionage Evan Gershkovich was sentenced this Friday by a Russian court to 16 years.
He Reporter pleaded not guilty. During the trial, the The prosecution asked for 18 years in a strict regime colony for the correspondent.
Earlier this week, Russian Foreign Minister Sergúei Lavrovhe said at a press conference on the sidelines of the Russian presidency of the UN Security Council, that the Russian and American intelligence agenciesaccording to woke up Presidents Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden, “are in touch to see if someone can be exchanged for another person”.
Gershkovich was formally arrested in March last year. by the Lefortovskaya District Court in Moscow at the request of the Federal Security Service (FSB).
According to the version presented by the investigators, the correspondent was in charge of collect classified information over one Russian military company for give it to her to the Government of USA.
Evan Greshkovich, American journalist from the Wall Street Journal, is arrested on charges of spying in Russia (Courtesy )
Kim Jong-un meets Russian deputy defense minister in Pyongyang
North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un mantuvo a meeting on Thursday in Pyongyang with the Russian Deputy Defense Minister, Alexey Krivoruchkowhich reaffirmed the need to strengthen military cooperation between the two countriesstate media reported.
During the conversation both agreed “on the importance and necessity of military cooperation between the two countries to defend their mutual security interests” and in order to “play a role important to the Time to defend global peace and international justice“, detailed the KCNA news agency.
The Krivoruchko’s visitwhat It had not been announced in advance by Pyongyang or Moscow, comes just a month after Kim himself and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a treated of strategic cooperation which includes a clause by which both countries agree to provide military assistance if one of the two is attacked.
During the meeting, which took place at the headquarters of the Workers’ Party in Pyongyang, Kim once again expressed “the firm and unwavering support of the Government and people of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (the country’s official name) and their firm solidarity with the Russian Army and people for the special military operation in Ukraine.”
Pyongyang It has been since the start of the invasion of Ukraine in 2022 one of the foreign governments what have shown greater support to Moscow And since last year, thousands of North Korean artillery rounds, as well as North Korean ballistic missiles, are believed to have been transferred to the Russian military for use against kyiv.
The brief KCNA text, which included only a photo of Kim and the Russian deputy minister gathered around a table, did not specify the exact purpose of the visit by Krivoruchko and the accompanying delegation, nor the duration of the visit.
During the meeting, Kim “reappraised the great significance of the DPRK-Russia summit held in Pyongyang in June” and “stressed the need for the two countries’ militaries, bound by long historical traditions and combat ties, to unite more firmly to dynamically lead DPRK-Russia relations in the new era.”
Since last year North Korea has strengthened its rapprochement with Russiaand at a summit held in 2023 in the Russian Amur region, Kim and Putin already agreed to strengthen cooperation in the military field.
However, despite the strategic partnership agreement signed in June, the implications of defence cooperation between the two countries remain fraught with questions given the lack of transparency that characterises both countries.
Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un meet (EFE)
Volodymyr Zelensky clashes with Viktor Orbán at European summit
The big differences between the Ukrainian president, Volodímir Zelenskiand the Hungarian Prime Minister, Víktor Orbán, They exploded on Thursday in front of everyone at the summit of the European Political Community (CPE) what hosted the United Kingdom.
Zelensky fired several depth charges in Orbán’s direction, although without naming him, in his opening speech at the meeting, which brought together nearly fifty European leaders at Blenheim Palace, northwest of London.
“If someone in Europe tries to solve issues behind the backs of others or even at the expense of others; if someone wants to make trips to the war capital to talk and promise something against our common interests, why should we take that person into account?”
Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine
He was thus alluding to the recent Orbán’s trip to Moscow to meet with the president Vladimir Putin and its attempts to force Ukraine to agree to peace talks with Russia.
“Putin may try to approach you or go to one of your partners individually, trying to tempt you, or pressure you, or blackmail you so that one of you betrays the rest, weakening our unity.”
Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine
He therefore urged the continent’s leaders to decide how to act and what legacy to leave to future generations.
The European Commission already announced on Monday that due to these Orbán’s “unmandated” trips, will not send its commissioners to informal meetings that take place in Hungary during the rotating presidency.
Orbán added in his brief remarks to the Hungarian press that he himself has made “some proposals in this regard,” without specifying which proposals he was referring to, although he added that his concept “is different from the official one.”
Two days ago, the newspaper ‘Financial Times‘ (FT) revealed that Donald Trump will quickly demand peace talks between Russia and Ukraine if he is re-elected in the US presidential election in November, and has already drawn up “well-founded plans” to do so, according to Orbán himself.
This perspective implies that the The European Union should reopen direct diplomatic contacts with Russia and start negotiations “high level” with China to find a peaceful solution to the war in Ukraine, Orbán said in a private letter to EU leaders following consultations in Moscow and Beijing.
Viktor Orbán, President of Hungary, is welcomed by Vladimir Putin as a partner of Russia and representative of the European Union (VIVIEN CHER BENKO/HUNGARIAN PM’S / EFE)
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