Kiev claims to have a video showing the two soldiers captured by the Russian military and disarmed after surrendering being killed. And an investigation is underway to accuse Moscow of “serious war crimes.” Meanwhile, President Zelensky does not respond to the mayor of his capital, who accuses him of “making mistakes that he will have to reckon with at the end of the war.”
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Ukrainian soldiers killed after capture, prosecutors have video
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Zelensky does not respond to Kiev Mayor Vitaly Klitschko’s harsh attack
Zelensky benefits from this without responding to the new criticism Vitaly Klitschko. According to the mayor of Kyiv, the Ukrainian president appears to be losing support because “people see who is effective and who is not. There were and are many expectations and Zelensky is paying for the mistakes he made.” “People wonder why we weren’t better prepared for this war, why Zelensky denied until the end that it would happen, or why the Russians managed to reach Kiev so quickly. There was too much information that did not correspond to reality,” he added, emphasizing that today “we must support the President until the end of the war. But after that, every politician will pay for his successes or failures.”
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Ukrainian soldiers killed after capture, prosecutors have video
Ukrainian prosecutors opened an investigation after seeing a video showing Russian troops killing two surrendered Ukrainian soldiers. It claims the footage shows “a group of people in Russian uniforms” shooting at unarmed Ukrainians at close range. And the killing of prisoners of war constitutes a “serious violation” of the law and is considered a “serious international crime.” Russia did not comment. Since Russia began the invasion, Kiev and Moscow have accused each other of violating the Geneva Conventions, a set of international humanitarian laws that govern the conduct of armed conflict.
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China, Xi will meet Lukashenko
Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, state media in Beijing reported. It is the Belarusian president’s second visit to China this year
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The war causes enormous environmental damage in Kiev, worth over $50 billion
Devastated forests, flooded cities and dead dolphins: After almost two years of war in Ukraine, experts say the environmental damage is becoming a “massive” tragedy that will affect generations to come. Unlike conflicts that are limited to specific areas, the front line in Ukraine is incredibly long, stretching hundreds of kilometers. In addition to heavy artillery shelling, there was also an increase in pollution due to frequent attacks on energy infrastructure and large amounts of debris created by bombing in urban areas. The environmental cost was estimated in November at a “staggering $56 billion,” he said Jaco CilliersResident Representative of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Ukraine.
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Demand for weapons for the conflict in Ukraine is increasing, but sales are falling
Revenues for the world’s largest defense suppliers fell in 2022, reflecting production problems that prevented them from meeting rising demand, compounded by, among other things, the war in Ukraine. This emerges from a report by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri)according to which the 100 largest defense companies sold weapons and services to the military sector $597 billion in 2022, down 3.5% from 2021. Geopolitical tensions and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have fueled global demand for weapons and military equipment, making the drop in sales “unexpected,” Sipri researcher Diego Lopes da Silva told AFP.