In a message on X, the Ukrainian president welcomed the victory of Maia Sandu, pro-European leader, after her re-election on Sunday as head of Moldova.
Volodymyr Zelensky added that “only real security and a peaceful and united Europe” could guarantee everyone “the confidence necessary to face the future with hope”.
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War in Ukraine: attacks in Russia are increasing
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13 INJURED IN KHARKIV
At least 13 people were injured overnight from Sunday to Monday in a series of Russian strikes on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second city located in the northeast of the country, the Ukrainian prosecutor’s office said.
The city of Kharkiv and its region, bordering Russia, have been regularly bombarded by Moscow since the start of the invasion in February 2022, and these strikes have intensified in recent months.
MOLDOVA
“Congratulations to Maia Sandu”. In a message posted on X, the Ukrainian president welcomed the “European choice” made by the Moldovans, who re-elected their head of state as head of the country this Sunday. A vote won despite suspicions of Russian interference, categorically denied by the Kremlin.
NAVAL EXERCISES BETWEEN RUSSIA AND INDONESIA
Indonesia and Russia began their first joint naval exercises on Monday, at a time when the president of this Southeast Asian archipelago wants to strengthen Jakarta’s role on the world stage. According to local television channels, the Russian ships were welcomed with a fanfare on Sunday at a port in the town of Subraya, the day before the start of the exercises.
Jakarta has long favored a neutral foreign policy, refusing to take a clear side in the war between Russia and Ukraine or to choose between China and the United States, two rival great powers.
BONJOUR
Hello and welcome to this live broadcast devoted to the war in Ukraine, more than two and a half years after the invasion of Vladimir Putin’s Russian troops.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is “very worried” of the presence of North Korean troops in Russia and their possible deployment on the front against Ukraine, its spokesperson said in a statement on Sunday. “This would represent a very dangerous escalation of the conflict” between kyiv and Moscow, adds the press release from Stéphane Dujarric.
The head of American diplomacy, Antony Blinken, indicated Thursday that of the 10,000 North Korean soldiers who, according to Washington, entered Russia, up to 8,000 “were deployed in the Kursk region”in Russia, on the border with Ukraine.
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North Korea has recently strengthened its military ties with Moscow, with Russian President Vladimir Putin making a rare visit to Pyongyang in June, where he signed a mutual defense agreement with his North Korean counterpart, Kim Jong Un. North Korea will stand by Russia until its “victoire” in Ukraine, North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui warned in Moscow on Friday.
His counterpart Sergei Lavrov greeted the “very close contacts (…) established between the military and the security services” of the two countries and expressed the “gratitude” from Moscow “for the principled position” North Korean. But Moscow and Pyongyang have neither confirmed nor denied the arrival of these troops.
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