Day dawns in Europe and a 972nd day of armed conflict begins in Ukraine after the start of the Russian invasion on February 24, 2022.
This Monday, October 21, Russian strikes left three people dead in the city of Zaporizhia, in southern Ukraine. 16 people were also injured.
For its part, the Kremlin confirmed that a meeting between Vladimir Putin and the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, was planned on the sidelines of the Brics summit, in Kazan, this Thursday, October 24. This will be the first meeting between the two men since April 2022.
We take stock of the events that have marked recent hours.
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Three dead and 16 injured in Russian strikes in Zaporizhia
Russian strikes targeted the city of Zaporizhia, in southern Ukraine, this Monday, October 21, 2024. According to regional governor Ivan Fedorov, three people died in these attacks, and 16 other people were injured.
On his Telegram channel, the governor said the victims were two men aged 44 and 42, killed during the impact of strikes, as well as a 42-year-old woman, who died of her injuries in hospital.
The Russian attack is believed to have targeted a residential area in the early hours of Monday. Around thirty buildings were damaged in the strikes.
Antonio Guterres to meet Putin for first time since 2022
The Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin this Thursday, October 24, 2024, on the sidelines of the Brics summit on the banks of the Volga.
If the UN itself has not confirmed the meeting, the Kremlin took the lead in a press release, indicating that Ukraine will be part of the discussions between the two men.
In addition to UN action, they are expected to discuss current issues, notably the Middle East crisis and the situation around Ukraine.
specifies the press release.
This is Antonio Guterres’ first visit to Russia since April 26, 2022, two months after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He then met Vladimir Putin in Moscow who told him he believed in a solution. positive
negotiations with Ukraine. Since then, Moscow and kyiv have ceased all official negotiations and their positions currently seem irreconcilable.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry estimated Monday evening that Antonio Guterres had the wrong choice
by declining Ukraine’s invitation to the Peace Summit and agreeing to travel to Kazan.
Sending North Korean troops to Ukraine: a “dangerous development”, according to Washington
The United States said on Monday it could not confirm that North Korean soldiers had been sent to the Ukrainian front alongside Russian forces, but judged that such a development would be dangerous
.
We are aware of reports that North Korea has sent and is preparing to send additional troops to Ukraine to fight alongside Russia
declared Robert Wood, the deputy ambassador of the United States to the UN, before the Security Council.
If true, this is a dangerous and very concerning development and a clear deepening of military relations between North Korea and Russia
he said.
The top diplomat said the United States consulted their allies and partners on the implications of such a decision
.
According to South Korea’s intelligence agency, North Korea has decided to send up to 12,000 troops to help Russia. Some 1,500 North Korean special forces soldiers are already in Russia to acclimatize and should soon go to the front, according to the same source.
Yulia Navalnaïa would run for president in a post-Putin Russia
The widow of political opponent and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny, who died in a Russian penitentiary center on February 16, 2024, said she would run to become president if she can one day return to Russia.
Questioned by the British media BBC, Yulia Navalnaïa, who confirmed that she wanted to continue her husband’s fight, declared that she would return and would participate in the elections as a candidate
yes régime
of Vladimir Putin fell.
In the interview, she says she wants to return to Russia one day, recognizing that it was however impossible
for her to return to her country today. After the death of her husband, Yulia Navalnaïa was included in the register of terrorists and extremists
in Russia in July, shortly after an arrest warrant was issued against him for participation in an extremist group
.
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