It is the 108th day of the war in Ukraine and the bombs continue to fall. According to what Colonel Roman Kostenko, head of the special forces of Kiev, testifies, Moscow is heavily hitting strategic targets: railways, factories, but also civil buildings in the center. In the Mykolaiv region and in the Kherson region, the Russians are using all kinds of weapons. Kremlin troops now insistently aim west.
Meanwhile, declarations continue against the decision of the supreme court of the self-styled Donetsk People’s Republic which sentenced to death the British “mercenaries” Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner and the Moroccan Saaudun Brahim, guilty of fighting for Ukraine. After the London accusation that defined the trial “a farce”, the UN also takes sides: “They are prisoners of war”. For Zelensky, the condemnation of the fighters must be “a warning to those who maintain relations with Moscow”.
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00.10 – Obama: democracy must be defended, support for Kiev is strong
Democracy must be defended from “autocrats who oppress” and from populist appeals based on “fear, intolerance and resentment”. Barack Obama invites us to be inspired by the example of the Ukrainians in their battle against Russia in a war that is “far from over” and whose “costs will increase”. «They are united not only in defense of their sovereignty but also of their democratic identity»: «our support must remain strong until the conflict is resolved», Obama notes, noting how the courage of the Ukrainians is the reason why Vladimir Putin is « failing to achieve its goals in Ukraine and beyond ”. So the former American president from Copenhagen.
00.01 – Zelensky: condemnation of the fighters and a warning for those who maintain relations with Moscow
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the death sentence of British fighters in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) is a signal to all political leaders who do not want to destroy relations with Moscow. “What has been done to the citizens of the United Kingdom is customary for the Russians. They do it to everyone. And there can be no justification for such actions, ”Zelensky said during a video link with UK university students and teachers, according to Ukrainian media reports. For the countries that do not interrupt relations with Moscow «this is a very powerful and dangerous signal that Russia is acting in this way towards any citizen of any country. It is not only valid for Ukrainian citizens but for everyone. European countries should unite and condemn Moscow with actions, not words, ”the head of state underlined.
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