The Ukrainian authorities triggered a country-wide air alert on Wednesday November 13, 2024, faced according to its presidency with a Russian missile attack against its capital, kyiv.
Russian President Vladimir “Putin is launching a missile attack on kyiv”wrote on Telegram Andriy Yermak, the chief of staff of the head of state Volodymyr Zelensky.
North Korean soldiers in Kursk
North Korean soldiers have begun taking part in combat operations in eastern Russia alongside Russian troops, the US State Department said on Tuesday (November 12, 2024), once again expressing Washington’s concerns about because Moscow asked Pyongyang for help in its war against Ukraine.
kyiv took Moscow by surprise last August by launching an incursion into the Kursk region, the first incursion into Russian territory since the Second World War.
Speaking at a press briefing, Vedant Patel, a spokesperson for the US State Department, said that “more than 10,000 (North Korean) troops were sent to eastern Russia”.
“Most of them moved to the Kursk region (bordering Ukraine), where they began to take part in combat operations with Russian troops”he added, emphasizing “worry” of the United States regarding this alliance.
North Korea’s official press reported earlier this week that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ratified the mutual defense pact between Pyongyang and Moscow signed in June during a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
North Korea’s official press reported earlier this week that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ratified the mutual defense pact between Pyongyang and Moscow signed in June during a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Nearly 2,000 Russian soldiers affected in 24 hours
The Ukrainian General Staff has published its daily report of losses suffered by Russian troops since the invasion of the country on February 24, 2022.
According to kyiv, 712,610 Moscow soldiers were rendered unable to fight by being killed, wounded or taken prisoner, an increase of 1,950 soldiers in the space of twenty-four hours, which constitutes a « record » saccording to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense. The previous benchmark was set the day before with 1,770 soldiers eliminated.
Kremlin forces also reportedly lost 28,870 tankers and supply vehicles (+68). The count also shows the destruction of 20,352 artillery pieces (+38), 18,847 armored vehicles (+81) or even 18,737 drones (+61), 9,276 assault tanks (+23) and 2 636 cruise missiles.
The regular publication of these figures, which could not be verified, is part of the Ukrainian communications strategy intended to undermine the morale of Moscow’s troops.
Russian pediatrician accused of criticizing the army
Russian justice on Tuesday sentenced to five and a half years in prison a Moscow pediatrician accused by the mother of one of her patients of having criticized the Russian assault in Ukraine during a consultation, a new example of repression relentless in Russia.
The Moscow court in Tushino “found guilty” Nadejda Buïanova, a 68-year-old doctor, and the “sentenced to five and a half years” of prison, declared judge Olga Fedina, according to an AFP journalist present in the courtroom.
“Shame on you!” »shouted supporters of the pediatrician when the verdict was read.
A few moments earlier, Nadezhda Buïanova had denounced a procedure ” absurd “ against him.
One of his lawyers, Oscar Tcherdjiev, immediately criticized the punishment “severe and illegal”. “No evidence has been presented!” »he said
The prosecution had requested six years in prison, while the defense had called for the acquittal of Ms. Bouïanova, who had proclaimed her innocence to the court.
“I do not admit my guilt, I am innocent”she said, in tears, before the start of a previous hearing. “None of this is true”.
