Here’s what you need to know about the Russian invasion of Ukraine today:
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez in Havana this Thursday at the final stop of the a tour of Latin America in which he seeks to bolster support for his closest allies in the region.
Russia, hit by Western sanctions after conflict in Ukraine, offers political and economic links to other countries against the so-called hegemony of the United States. “We cannot agree that the world should live by these ‘rules’ of the United States forever,” Lavrov told a televised conference.
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The Russian military launched a video campaign to recruit more professional soldiers to fight in Ukraine and asked them to prove they are “real men” and trade a mundane civilian life for the adrenaline rush of the battlefield.
According to Ansa, the proposal involves signing a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense a salary from 204 thousand rubles ($2495) per monthand first shows a man in a supermarket in military uniform holding a heavy machine gun. “Is that the kind of defender you dreamed of?”questions.
Later in the clip, a man walks through the fog on a battlefield with other soldiers. “You are a man”, closes the display. In the past few weeks, posters have appeared in the Russian capital seeking professional soldiers and declaring that “their job is to defend the fatherland.”
The International Federation of Modern Pentathlon (UIPM) announced this Thursday that its Executive Committee voted in favor of it the day before the lifting of the ban on racing for Russians and Belarusians, in force since the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022according to the recommendations of the IOC.
“UIPM supports the way of returning independent neutral athletes with Russian and Belarusian passports To enable athletes of all nationalities to compete together in our sports, in accordance with the Olympic Charter and in particular the principle of non-discrimination,” the federation said in a statement.
THE UIPM released a statement announcing the lifting of the non-competition clause for Russians and BelarusiansTwitter/
Swiss authorities quoted Russian Ambassador to the country Sergei Garmonin this Thursday to protest against a publication of the diplomatic delegation about a Swiss journalist.
The country’s foreign ministry said the government was doing so to express its disapproval of the embassy’s condemnation about an article by correspondent Ivo Mijnssenby the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, according to Europa Press.
According to the embassy, the correspondent published an article addressing the alleged activities of “Ukrainian terrorists” in the city of Melitopol, which they took as a “sympathetic tone” towards the Ukrainian side in the full-scale invasion of the territory.
Switzerland condemned the comments made by the Russian diplomatic delegation following the publication of an article by a Swiss journalist
This Thursday, the Russian judiciary sentenced Wikipedia to pay a fine of 1.5 million rubles (about $17,500) against the encyclopedic portal for spreading “false information” about the war in Ukraine.
As Europa Press reports, This is the fifth fine against Wikipedia in just four months for not erasing information about the war. In total, the figure is 5.6 million rubles (about $68,500).
Russia ordered Wikipedia to pay more than $17,000 for “spreading false information” about the war in Ukraine
From Bratislava, Sergio Mattarella reiterated his commitment to support Ukraine during the war with Russia, according to Ansa. “We will support as long as it is necessary and requested from all points of view because At stake is not only independence, but also the future of peace in Europe.”said the President of Italy.
According to a diplomatic source, negotiations between the 27 members of the European Union on the second pillar of the ammunition plan are proceeding apace.
Italian President Sergio Mattarella
The Kyiv city council approved this Thursday with 73 yes votes to revoke the leases for the land on which the Russian embassy is locatedas reported by the mayor of the capital Vitali Klitschko.
At the same time, he appealed to the central government to do everything possible The seat of the embassy, still in the hands of the “Russian barbarians,” is to be returned to the Ukrainian state, according to the City Hall Telegram channel.
This Thursday, as part of the visit of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, the Ukrainian President will called on NATO to invite Ukraine to join the military alliance and provide it with long-range weapons and fighter jets to fight Russian forces, according to AFP. Kiev has been demanding this accession for years, and even more so since the Russian invasion in February 2022, arguing that it is its only real guarantee of security vis-à-vis Russia.
Favorable for the integration of Ukraine, NATO is cautious about accession dates. For Moscow, the possible entry of the former Soviet republic into the alliance is a red line and could trigger an escalation of the war.
Flags of NATO members decorate the exterior of NATO headquarters before the signing of a joint statement between the military alliance and the European Union in Brussels, Tuesday January 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
The first feature-length film shot in orbit opened in Russian theaters on Thursday, making Moscow proud of a competing US project. in full diplomatic crisis due to the conflict in Ukraineaccording to AFP.
roll The challengewhich tells the story of a surgeon sent to the International Space Station (ISS) to operate on an injured cosmonaut, Russia sent an actress and a director into orbit for 12 days in October 2021. The project, rushed through to get ahead of a US initiative led by Tom Cruise, has become a source of pride for Moscow amid a Cold War-era space rivalry with Washington.
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The trailer of The Challenge, the first film shot in space
That’s what NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in Kiev on Thursday The priority is the military victory of the Ukrainians over Russia and that the issue of Ukraine’s accession to the Alliance will be discussed at the July summit in Lithuania.
“Ukraine’s future lies in the Euro-Atlantic family, Ukraine’s future lies in NATO. At the same time, the main goal of the alliance, the allies, is to ensure that Ukraine wins,” Stoltenberg said along with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Addressing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy this Thursday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg reiterated allies’ support for Ukraine in dealing with Russian aggression on his first visit to Kiev since the war began, stressing that Kiev “has a place in the alliance”
AP photographer Evgeny Maloletkawon the World Press Photo Award for Best Picture of the Year on Thursday for his shocking snap of a pregnant woman being carried on a stretcher through the grounds of a maternity hospital in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol in the chaotic moments after a Russian attack. . .
The picture was taken by the Ukrainian photographer on March 9, 2022. It features the mortally wounded woman with her left hand on her bloodied abdomen, a portrait of the horror of the Kremlin troops’ brutal raid on the eastern port city early in the war.
The woman, Iryna Kalinina, 32, died of her injuries half an hour after giving birth to the lifeless body of a baby named Miron.
World Press Photo winner, AP photographer Evgeniy Maloletka, poses in front of the winning picture of a pregnant woman being carried on a stretcher among the remains of a destroyed maternity hospital after an attack by the Russian army in Mariupol, Ukraine, before the press conference to give the names the winner announced on April 20, 2023 in Amsterdam, Netherlands (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
This Thursday the Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, was visiting Ukraine for the first time since Russia invaded the country last yearsaid an Alliance representative, during a highly symbolic trip that underscored the organization’s commitment to helping Kiev defend itself.
For his part The Kremlin warned that Ukraine should not be allowed to join NATO. Russia has offered various and changing justifications for the war, often as the military alliance has expanded towards its borders in recent years, including fears that Kiev could join the group.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg visits Ukraine for first time since war beganTwitter/@KyivIndependent
This Thursday, Switzerland has included Russian mercenary group Wagner and news agency RIA FAN in its list of people and entities sanctioned for their links to the invasion of Ukraine. The first of them “Serves as a tool in Russia’s hybrid warfare”announced the Federal Ministry of Economics.
Likewise, Swiss authorities have added Russian news agency RIA FAN, part of Patriot Media Group, whose board of directors is headed by Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, to their sanctions list, according to a statement by that department.
A mural depicting mercenaries from the Russian Wagner Group reads ‘Wagner Group – Russian Knights’ with paint destroyed on a wall in Belgrade, Serbia on January 13, 2023Darko Vojinovic – APLA NATIONMeet The Trust Project