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Friday, October 20, 2023
18:27
UKRAINE-GERMANY
Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Friday that he had spoken to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. “I thanked him for Germany’s support (for Ukraine). “I am particularly grateful for the recent major military assistance package, which includes the Patriot and IRIS-T systems and their ammunition,” he said. “I informed the Chancellor about the current situation on the front, in particular about Russia’s failed offensive attempts and the catastrophic losses at Avdiivka,” the Ukrainian president added.
6:15 p.m
“TURNING POINT”
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Hamas’ attack on Israel represented a “global turning point,” White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Friday. “This budget request is essential to advancing the national security of the United States and ensuring the security of the American people,” he specifies, referring to the significant budget extension requested by Joe Biden in Congress.
17:52
ADDITIONAL HELP
Joe Biden on Tuesday called on the US Congress for a huge budget increase of more than $105 billion to help Israel and Ukraine and respond to the arrival of migrants at the southern border of the United States, the White House announced on Friday .
Specifically, the Democratic president is demanding $61.4 billion (including $30 for weapons) for the Ukrainian war effort.
5:14 p.m
BEHIND THE SCENES
On October 5, the Ukrainian Bratstvo Battalion committed acts of sabotage against Russian troops in the annexed Crimea. Exclusively for LCI, Commander “Borghese”, the head of the operation, tells the behind-the-scenes story of this commando mission carried out in the utmost secrecy.
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4:45 p.m
61.4 BILLION FOR UKRAINE
Joe Biden is asking the U.S. Congress for a huge budget increase of more than $105 billion to help both Israel and Ukraine and respond to the arrival of migrants at the United States’ southern border, the White House announced Friday known.
The Democratic president, who will struggle to find political consensus with Republicans in the midst of a crisis, is specifically calling for $61.4 billion (including $30 for weapons) for Ukraine’s war effort.
16:07
UN INVESTIGATION OF WAR CRIMES
A United Nations investigative commission on Ukraine has found new evidence that Russian forces have committed “indiscriminate attacks” and war crimes in Ukraine, Portal and The Guardian report.
“The Commission has found new evidence that Russian authorities have committed human rights and international humanitarian law violations and crimes in the areas under their control in Ukraine,” said a report submitted to the United Nations General Assembly, among other things the cities of Uman and Kherson. “The Commission has recently documented attacks that affected civilian property such as residential buildings, a train station, shops and a warehouse for civilian use, causing numerous casualties,” the text continues.
15:58
DNIEPR
Russia claimed on Friday to have repelled Ukrainian attacks on the left bank of the Dnieper it occupies, where military bloggers say incursions are taking place, with Kiev trying to anchor its forces there.
“The enemy has tried several times to capture bridgeheads on islands and on the left bank of the Dnieper (a river that has become the front line, editor’s note) (…), but without success,” the Russian ministry claimed in his daily report The Minister of Defense stated that the 36th and 38th Ukrainian Marine Infantry Brigades carried out these attacks.
When questioned by AFP, Ukrainian officials declined to comment on these operations in the southern Kherson region, where both sides control a bank of the Dnieper.
2:25 p.m
V. PUTIN SHOWS HIMSELF AS A WAR LEADER
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the headquarters of the Russian army for the Ukraine operation in Rostov-on-Don in the south of the country on Thursday after his visit to China and his stopover in the Urals. He met behind closed doors with his chief of staff of the armed forces, Valery Guerassimov, to receive a full report on the status of the Russian troops’ offensive, he said. The visit was announced by the Kremlin on Friday morning, a way for the leader to reaffirm that the situation on the battlefield remains under control. It is not the first time that the Kremlin chief has visited this command center, from which most operations in Ukraine are controlled, about 180 km from Mariupol.
Vladimir Putin in Roskov-on-Don, at the military headquarters of the offensive in UkraineSource: TF1 Info
2:01 p.m
Moscow prosecutes former Ukrainian Nazi fighter for “genocide”
The Ukrainian ex-Nazi fighter who was honored in the Canadian parliament last month will be prosecuted in Russia for the “genocide” of civilians in Ukraine during World War II, the Russian Investigative Committee announced Friday. Jaroslaw Hunka, 98, was charged in absentia, the committee said, adding that it had asked Canada for help in the investigation. He was accused of fighting in the SS and was applauded in September by Canadian parliamentarians, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who are Jewish and who were unaware of his past.
13:32
“Unacceptable”
The Kremlin on Friday deemed American President Joe Biden’s comments about his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin a “tyrant” as “unacceptable.” “Such rhetoric is hardly suitable for heads of state and is unacceptable for us,” said Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov. “We do not accept such a tone towards the Russian Federation, towards our president,” he added.
11:23
A NEW RUSSIAN ATTACK IS PUSHED BACK ON ADVIÏVKA
The Ukrainian army said on Friday it had repelled a new Russian attack on the city of Avdiivka, an industrial city in the east of the country that has been subjected to heavy Russian attacks in recent weeks, causing “numerous casualties” to opponents. “The enemy has renewed its attacks and is not giving up its attempts to encircle Avdiivka,” the Ukrainian Army General Staff said in its morning report on Facebook.
“Our soldiers are holding the defensive lines,” he continued, confirming that the Russian army had destroyed or destroyed about 900 men and 150 armored vehicles in the area in 24 hours. For his part, the head of the Ukrainian presidential administration, Andriï Iermak, published a photo of a burned armored vehicle and what appeared to be a corpse, the image of which was blurred. “Avdiivka. Our warriors are destroying the Russians who are trying to attack from the flanks,” he wrote on Telegram.
10:46
THE IOC RESPONDS TO VLADIMIR PUTIN
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Friday firmly rejected allegations of “ethnic discrimination” made by Russian President Vladimir Putin the previous day over restrictions on Russian athletes’ participation in the 2024 Paris Olympics. “We strongly reject the accusation that these measures constitute ‘ethnic discrimination’,” an IOC spokesman said in an email to AFP.
10:45
V. ZELENSKY WELCOMES J. BIDEN’S “POWERFUL SPEECH”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday welcomed the “powerful speech” of his American counterpart Joe Biden, who had called for new US aid for Kiev the day before. “America’s investments in Ukraine’s defense will ensure the long-term security of Europe and the world,” he wrote on X (formerly Twitter). “Ukraine is grateful to the United States for all its support and its unwavering belief that humanism, freedom, independence and the rules-based international order must prevail,” he added.
Joe Biden announced he would ask the US Congress on Friday to “urgently” fund aid to Israel and Ukraine, “our essential partners”. “It’s a smart investment” that will bring greater security to Americans “for generations,” the Democratic president added.
09:24
Vladimir Putin at the military headquarters of the offensive in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the headquarters of the Russian army for operations in Ukraine in Rostov-on-Don (south) on Thursday, the Kremlin announced on Friday. He “visited the headquarters of the Russian Armed Forces in Rostov-on-Don” in the Urals on the way back from Perm, where the Russian leader spent the entire day on Thursday, a Kremlin statement said.
During this trip, the Russian president met with the chief of staff and commander of military operations in Ukraine Valéri Gerasimov, who, according to the same source, presented him with a report on the status of the Russian offensive.
This meeting comes as Ukraine announced on Tuesday that it had successfully deployed for the first time ATACMS missiles with a range of up to 165 km, supplied to it by the United States in the strictest secrecy. Vladimir Putin, in turn, estimated on Wednesday that these deliveries would have no impact on the course of the conflict and would only prolong Ukraine’s “agony.”
07:12
MOSCOW is moving a little closer to North Korea
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he wanted to build a “future-oriented” relationship with Russia during his meeting with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday, the official KCNA news agency reported. Sergey Lavrov paid a two-day visit to the North Korean capital ahead of a possible trip by President Vladimir Putin to that country, which is backing Russia in its war against Ukraine.
Kim Kong Un Kim reiterated that the aim of the ruling Workers’ Party and the government is to “develop a stable, forward-looking and far-reaching plan for relations between the DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, editor’s note) and Russia.” , according to KCNA. For his part, the head of Russian diplomacy on Thursday condemned the “dangerous” military policy of the United States and its allies towards North Korea, while welcoming a strengthening of ties between Moscow and Pyongyang.
07:09
UNITED STATES-EUROPEAN UNION SUMMIT
President Joe Biden welcomes European Union leaders Charles Michel and Ursula von der Leyen to the White House on Friday for an EU-US summit aimed at sending a message of unity in both Gaza and Gaza also to be transmitted in Ukraine.
In a speech on Thursday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen linked Russia’s war in Ukraine and Hamas’s war against Israel, saying that “these two crises, as different as they are, Calling on Europe and America to “take a stand and take a stand together” to “protect our democracies.”
07:08
JOE BIDEN compares Hamas and V. Putin
In his second address to the nation from the Oval Office, American President Joe Biden addressed the conflict, but also the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. He compared the Palestinian Islamist group to Russian President Vladimir Putin: They “pose different threats, but they have one thing in common: they both want to completely destroy a neighboring democracy,” he asserted.
He announced that he would ask Congress on Friday to “urgently” fund aid for Israel and Ukraine, “our essential partners.” “It’s a smart investment,” he assured. “America’s leadership holds the world together. America’s alliances keep us Americans safe.” According to the New York Times, Joe Biden will ask Congress for $10 billion in security assistance to Israel and $60 billion to continue supporting Ukraine’s war effort.
“America is a lighthouse for the world. Even today. “Even today,” he also emphasized. “We are the essential nation,” he said, using a phrase from former diplomatic chief Madeleine Albright.
Joe Biden compares Putin to HamasSource: TF1 Info
07:03
“IMPORTANT SUPPORT”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked his American counterpart Joe Biden by phone on Thursday for the US’s “vital support” to his country and particularly welcomed the delivery of long-range ATACMS missiles requested by Kiev.
“Ukraine is grateful for the vital and lasting support of the United States in its fight for freedom and against Russian aggression,” Mr. Zelensky said on X (formerly Twitter) after a telephone conversation with Joe Biden. Volodymyr Zelensky assured that the Ukrainians were “very encouraged by the delivery of the ATACMS” (Army Tactical Missile System) and that the soldiers “use it well on the battlefield.”
07:00
WELCOME
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