Cover photo: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during the Military Intelligence Day of Ukraine on September 7, 2023. HANDOUT / AFP
- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yulia Svyrdenko stated that Ukrainian grain can be exported from Croatian ports. On the other hand, according to Ukrainian ambassador to Turkey Vasyl Bodnar, Kiev has submitted to Ankara a proposal aimed at exploiting a “grain corridor” in the Black Sea without the participation of Russia.
- According to a forthcoming biography, Elon Musk has avoided a “mini-Pearl Harbor” for Russia’s Crimean fleet. CNN, which had access to an excerpt from Elon Musk’s biography by American journalist Walter Isaacson, reports that the head of SpaceX, Tesla and the Russian fleet.
- The United States announced $600 million in new military aid to Ukraine on Thursday (around 560 million euros), including mine clearing equipment and various types of ammunition. This announcement comes a day after the announcement of a multi-billion dollar program, including depleted uranium anti-tank munitions, to give “new impetus” to Ukraine’s counter-offensive against Russian forces.
- Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov called the shipment of depleted uranium ammunition to Ukraine a “criminal act”. The Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported this on Thursday. “This is not just an escalation, but a reflection of Washington’s outrageous disregard for the environmental consequences of using this type of munitions in a combat zone,” the diplomat said.
- The US and Britain announced they had imposed sanctions on 11 more members of a network of Russian hackers. Specializes in malware and ransomware programs.
- Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, calls for a “strengthening” of relations with the United Arab Emirates. From the start of the war in Ukraine, Western countries criticized the Gulf states for maintaining close ties with Russia despite the invasion.
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