Russia claimed Thursday the capture of the town of Vougledar, in eastern Ukraine, from which Ukrainian forces announced their withdrawal on Wednesday, after a fierce battle lasting more than two years.
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kyiv RECRUITS IN POLAND
kyiv authorities announced Thursday the opening in Poland of the first recruitment office of the “Ukrainian Legion” aimed at attracting Ukrainians from abroad to join their country’s army. The office is located on the premises of the Ukrainian consulate in Lublin, eastern Poland. A military medical commission “with all the necessary equipment to carry out examinations and issue certificates of fitness for service” works in the center, said Ivan Gavryliuk, a Ukrainian deputy defense minister, according to a statement.
“After registration, the training of volunteers will take place on the training ground” in Poland, he added. According to him, Ukraine provides uniforms and logistical support, while Polish partners provide weapons and other equipment. The “Ukrainian Legion” project was announced by kyiv in July.
ZELENSKY DANS LES BALKANS
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who insists on Western allies accelerating their arms deliveries, will meet next week with the leaders of the Balkan countries at a summit hosted by Croatia, the Prime Minister announced on Thursday. Croatian minister.
The objective of this summit, which will take place in Dubrovnik, in the south of the Croatian Adriatic coast, is that “the entire region supports l’Ukraine and to the Ukrainian people in their struggle for freedom”, declared the head of the Croatian government Andrej Plenkovic, during a meeting with his ministers. The summit will take place on Wednesday, the government said in a press release.
VOUGLEDAR
Russia claimed Thursday the capture of the town of Vougledar, in eastern Ukraine, from which Ukrainian forces had announced their withdrawal the day before, after a fierce battle lasting more than two years.
“Thanks to the resolute actions of the units of the Eastern troop grouping, the locality of Vougledar (…) was liberated,” the Russian Defense Ministry said on Telegram.
ZELENSKY ACCUSES THE WEST OF “DRAGING”
The Ukrainian president accused the West on Thursday of “dragging” deliveries of long-range missiles to his country, amid debate over their use to strike Russia.
“We need a sufficient quantity and quality of weapons, including long-range weapons, with which, in my opinion, our partners are already hanging around,” Volodymyr Zelensky said while receiving in kyiv the new NATO chief Mark Rutte.
MARK RUTTE IN kyiv
New NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in kyiv on Thursday, just two days after taking office, to assure Ukraine of the Alliance’s support in the face of a difficult situation on the forehead.
The former Dutch Prime Minister and the Ukrainian president appeared before the media in kyiv, AFP journalists noted.
UKRAINIAN DRONES IN RUSSIA
Russia claimed to have intercepted and shot down 113 Ukrainian drones during the night from Wednesday to Thursday in the regions of Belgorod, Kursk, Voronezh and Bryansk, bordering Ukraine. Russian air defense forces shot down 73 drones in the Belgorod region, 25 drones in the Voronezh region, 14 drones in the Kursk region and one in the Bryansk region, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. a press release published on Telegram.
A woman was injured in the town of Staryi Oskol in the Belgorod region, where one of these drones was shot down, the region’s governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said on Telegram. According to Gladkov, a total of 4 Russian civilians were killed and 24 injured as a result of Ukrainian attacks over the past 24 hours in the Belgorod region.
UPDATE ON THE SITUATION
- TAKEN OF VOUGLEDAR – The Ukrainian army announced yesterday that it was withdrawing from Vougledar in eastern Ukraine, ceding this town of military and symbolic importance to the Russians after two and a half years of deadly fighting.
- INVESTIGATION – Ukraine yesterday opened an investigation into the alleged execution of 16 Ukrainian prisoners of war by the Russian army near Pokrovsk, a key eastern town in the grip of a Russian offensive.
BONJOUR
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Ukraine has opened an investigation into the alleged execution of 16 Ukrainian prisoners of war by the Russian army near Pokrovsk, a key city in the east of its territory in the grip of a Russian offensive, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office announced . “This is the most massive known case of execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war on the front line”accused Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andriï Kostine, quoted in the prosecutor’s press release on Tuesday evening. “The murders and torture of prisoners are not an accident but a deliberate policy” of Russia, he assured.
In total, the general prosecutor’s office has information concerning “the execution on the battlefield of at least 92 surrendered Ukrainian soldiers”its press service told AFP. This figure includes what happened near Pokrovsk, he added.
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Tuesday, the investigation for “violation of the laws and customs of war” and “premeditated murder” was opened following information shared on social networks including an alleged video of the execution, we read in the press release from the prosecution. broadcast on Telegram. The images it contains, described by the prosecution, show a group of captured Ukrainian soldiers coming out of a forest plantation and lining up.
After that, “the occupants deliberately opened fire on them”said the prosecution. “The wounded, who showed signs of life, were finished off at point blank range by a burst of automatic rifle”according to the same source. The alleged crime was committed near the villages of Mykolaivka and Sukhy Iar, in the Pokrovsk area, the prosecutor’s office said, citing media reports.
The two belligerents have already repeatedly accused each other of having killed prisoners of war since the start, in February 2022, of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In March 2023, a video showing a captured Ukrainian soldier executed by gunfire after throwing “Glory to Ukraine!”had gone viral.
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights recalled at the time that it had “documented numerous violations of international humanitarian law against prisoners of war, including cases of summary executions of Russian and Ukrainian prisoners of war”.
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