Cover photo: Handshake between Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un, September 13, 2023 in the Vostochny Cosmodrome in southeast Siberia. VLADIMIR SMIRNOV / AP
- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin held two-hour talks at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Siberia on Wednesday. The Russian president said he sees “prospects” for military cooperation with North Korea despite the international sanctions the country is subject to over its nuclear and ballistics programs.
- EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen welcomed “great progress” on Wednesday. what Ukraine has achieved on the way to joining the European Union. In addition, the European Commission will propose an additional €50 billion for investments and reforms over four years.
- A shipyard in the Crimean city of Sevastopol was hit by a Ukrainian missile on Wednesday, injuring 24 people. said Russian-backed governor Mikhail Razvojaev. The attack caused a fire, he said, specifying after visiting the scene that the health of four people remained in a “stable condition”.
- The Russian Defense Ministry said three Ukrainian drones were destroyed in the Black Sea. Wednesday on Telegram, without specifying what they were aiming for.
- According to the Ukrainian Air Force, 32 Shahed drones were destroyed by air defense. Ukrainian air defense destroyed 32 of the 44 Iranian-made Shahed drones fired by Russian forces on Tuesday night, the Ukrainian Air Force said on Telegram.
- Russian drones targeted the southern Odessa Oblast on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, damaging port infrastructure in the district of the port city of Ismail and injuring six peoplethree of them were in serious condition, reported the head of the local military administration, Oleh Kiper.
- Watch our live broadcast from Tuesday September 12th by clicking this link.
Read all our articles, analyzes and reports on the war in Ukraine
Decryption. Ukraine faces the dilemma of holding elections in the middle of a war
Chronic. Sylvie Kauffmann: “After nineteen months, stop talking about a clean war or the war of the future with the “heroes of Ukraine” returning from the front.”
Decryption. The countdown to the Ukrainian counteroffensive has begun
Critical. “Monument in the Face of Russian Oppression,” monograph by Vladimir Putin’s “ideological enemy.”
Facts. At Forges de Tarbes, the employees’ worries are not easing
Facts. Poland announces extension of ban on imports of Ukrainian grain
Decryption. With the meeting between Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un, Pyongyang wants to show that its ability to act extends beyond Northeast Asia
Interview. Antoine Bondaz, researcher at the Foundation for Strategic Research: “Staging the rapprochement between Moscow and Pyongyang is, above all, a very effective means of putting pressure on Seoul.”
Decryption. The Europeans are increasing the military training of the Ukrainians
Decryption. Elon Musk, an unpredictable partner for the defense sector
Cards. The maps of the war in Ukraine since the Russian invasion began in February 2022