21.10.2022
Ukraine war in live ticker
Selenskyj thanks Scholz for +++ 05:29 Iris-T +++
In his video speech at the EU summit in Brussels, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked President Olaf Scholz for providing the Iris-de-Van defense system. “This German system does not only protect Ukrainian airspace. It protects European stability by curbing Russian terrorism, which affects our country and your countries in the future,” Zelenskyy said before the leaders and governments of the 27 EU countries. The first Iris-T system was handed over to Ukraine a week ago. Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov spoke about the “new era of air defense”. Germany initially wants to make four of the 140 million euro systems available to Kyiv.
+++ 04:14 UNHCR creates sleeping places in Ukraine +++
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) wants to help displaced people and people living in houses severely damaged by the war in Ukraine to stay in good health during the cold winter months. “We have transformed 390 public buildings in Ukraine, providing 109,000 sleeping places,” said Kelly Clements, UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees. These are often schools or gyms. Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Moldova also needed additional support in caring for Ukrainian refugees. “Our biggest concern at the moment is the cold,” says Clements.
+++ 03:04 Biden worries about Ukraine’s aid in Republican election victory +++
US President Joe Biden fears military support for Ukraine will continue if Republicans win a majority in November’s general election. Biden said he was concerned that Republicans had said they would cut aid to Ukraine. They don’t understand how important and serious this will be, not only for Ukraine, but also for Eastern Europe and NATO, Biden complains.
+++ 02:15 Foreign Minister Kuleba talks with Israel about security systems +++
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba discussed Kiev’s request for air and missile defense systems with Israeli Prime Minister Jair Lapid. “I told him about the untold suffering, loss of life and destruction caused by Russian missiles and Iranian drones,” Kuleba tweeted. According to the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office, Lapid reiterated Israel’s support for Ukraine and expressed his “deep concern” about military contact between Iran and Russia. Eager to work with Russia in neighboring Syria, Israel has so far limited its support to humanitarian aid. However, the country recently helped Ukraine develop air-raid warning systems for civilians.
+++ 01:21 Hungary won’t accept EU gas price cap +++
Hungary will not support any EU gas price cap, according to a top adviser to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. If other EU countries agree to such a move, his country should have an exception for gas, just like oil, Balas Orban told the Reuters news agency. Russia has made it clear that Hungary will no longer receive natural gas in the event of EU price controls.
+++ 00:32 Ukraine: Russians cut the dam +++
According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Russian troops have cut a dam in the southern Ukrainian region of Cherson. “According to our information, the units of the Khakovka hydropower plant and the dam were cut by Russian terrorists,” Zelensky says in his daily video message. The Ukrainian head of state warns that if the dam is destroyed, “the Northern Crimean Canal will simply disappear.” It would be “massively catastrophic.” The dam of the Khakovka hydroelectric power station is located on the Dnipro River in the Kherson region, which is currently controlled by Russian troops.
+++ 23:42 Arrest warrant against Russian journalist Ovsjannikova +++
A Russian court has ordered the arrest of journalist Marina Ovsyannikova, who rose to prominence through protests on Russian television. This was reported by the Interfax agency, citing representatives of the authorities. According to his lawyer, the former employee of state television, who is actually under house arrest because of “fake news”, has already fled abroad. Ovzyaninikova drew global attention in March when she entered the studio with a poster during a live TV show. It read “Stop the war” and “They are lying to you”. The 44-year-old was sentenced to two months of house arrest in August after standing on a riverbank opposite the Kremlin in July carrying a sign. He later called President Vladimir Putin a murderer and his soldiers fascists.
+++ 23:05 Selenskyj: Russia wants to trigger a new wave of refugees by attacking energy networks +++
In a speech to the European Council, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of turning his country’s energy infrastructure into a “battlefield”. Selenskyj warns that the consequences will be “very dangerous” for everyone in Europe. With this, Russia is fueling a new wave of refugees from Ukraine to EU countries. Zelensky told EU countries that Moscow’s aim is to bring electricity and heating problems to Ukraine in autumn and winter and to “send as many Ukrainians as possible to your countries”.
+++ 22:15 USA: resettlement in Kherson is “clumsy tactics” +++
The US government has criticized resettlement in the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson by the Russian occupation force. “We are not surprised that the Russians are using such clumsy tactics to control people who clearly reject Putin and his war,” a White House spokesman told a reporter when asked. Resettlement is another example of cruelty and brutality of the occupiers. According to Russian occupation forces in the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson, they have already brought several thousand civilians into the area safely controlled by Russia. Ukraine is talking about deportation.
+++ 21:42 Kharkiv child describes everyday life without electricity and water +++
War-ravaged infrastructure has massively altered daily life in some parts of Kargi. With no electricity, water or gas, residents rely on open fires. While the government wants to repair the tracks again, winter threatens to worsen the situation.
+++ 21:26 Kiev sees the danger of an attack from Belarus +++
Ukraine sees a “growing danger” of a new Russian offensive to the north from neighboring Belarus, which was already a retreat for Russian forces when they invaded in February. “The aggressive rhetoric of the military-political leadership of Russia and Belarus is intensifying,” said Oleksiy Khromov, a senior Ukrainian military representative. The risk of an attack by Russian forces on the northern front is increasing, Gromov said. This time in western Belarus “to cut off the main supply routes for foreign weapons and military equipment entering Ukraine through the west, especially Poland.”
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