The Ukrainian military reported the discovery of a new torture chamber used by the Russians in the Kherson region, occupied by Kremlin soldiers until just over a week ago.
“The Russian occupation forces have set up a torture chamber on the grounds of a recreation center in the village of Strilkove, Henichesk district of Kherson region,” the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said.
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Ukraine has found another torture chamber of Russian troops in Kherson
The Ukrainian military claims to have found a new torture chamber used by the Russians in the region of Chersonoccupied by Kremlin soldiers until just over a week ago, local Ukrainian agencies reported on Tuesday.
The new torture center allegedly used by the Russians was located in Strilkove, a town in the Kherson region in the south of the country, partially liberated by Ukrainian soldiers.
“The Russian occupation forces have set up a torture chamber on the grounds of a recreation center in the village of Strilkove, Henichesk district of Kherson region,” the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in its Facebook account.
In that center “Ukrainian citizens were detained and tortured, in violation of the norms of international humanitarian law and of the laws and customs of war”, specified the military command.
The Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office already reported on Monday the discovery of torture chambers in four buildings in the recently liberated city of Kherson, the regional capital.
Zelenski paid homage to chef José Andrés
Volodimir Zelenski awarded the chef José Andrés. Photo: EFE
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dedicated a plaque to the Spanish chef José Andrés in the so-called “Walk of Valor” in Kiev, to thank the help he has provided to the country with his NGO World Central Kitchen since the beginning of the Russian invasion.
“A plaque dedicated to the founder of the World Central Kitchen charity has appeared on the ‘Walk of Courage’. José Andrés has been with Ukraine since the early days of the large-scale invasion. And he continues to help Ukrainians,” Zelenski announced on Monday in a video on his Telegram account.
The plaque fixed to the pavement of the avenue bears the name and signature of the well-known Spanish chef and the date on which it was placed on this promenade, where personalities who have helped Ukraine are recognised.
The impact of war on the global economy
The growth of the world economy will go from 3.1% this year to 2.2% in 2023, before rebounding to 2.7% in 2024, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) indicated on Tuesday in its latest forecast. Against a backdrop of war in Ukraine, “growth is at half mast, high inflation is persistent, confidence has deteriorated and uncertainty is high,” notes the Paris-based organization.
Cuba has condemned the sanctions against Russia
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel participates in the delivery of a floral offering at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow today. Photo: EFE
Cuba’s President Miguel Díaz-Canel thanked Russia on Tuesday for its solidarity and support in the face of the US blockade in a speech at the plenary session of the State Duma, Russia’s lower house.
The Cuban president stressed that his country appreciates the resolution that the Duma has approved every year for more than 25 years calling for an end to the US blockade. In his speech, Díaz-Canel insisted that Cuba strongly condemns the “unilateral and unjust” sanctions imposed by the West on Russia in response to Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine.
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Ukraine has reported Russian casualties since the start of the war
Russia calls on Turkey for containment in Syria
A Russian official said on Tuesday his country hoped Turkey would show restraint and avoid “excessive use of force” in Syria, where Ankara is threatening a ground offensive after shelling Kurdish positions.
“We hope to convince our Turkish colleagues to refrain from excessive use of force on Syrian territory” to “avoid an escalation of tensions,” Alexander Lavrentiev, President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy for Syria, told reporters.
The Turkish Air Force launched Operation Claw-Sword on Sunday with a series of bombing raids on positions of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and People’s Protection Units (YPG) in northern Iraq and Syria.
According to a report by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH), 37 people have died as a result of these attacks.
The IAEA rules out a threat to nuclear safety at the Zaporizhia plant
The Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Monday that “there are no immediate problems for nuclear safety” at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine despite heavy shelling over the weekend.
The United Nations nuclear agency said in a statement that its plant experts assessed the damage at the site the same day and concluded its “key equipment remains intact”.
“The state of the six reactive units is stable and the integrity of the used fuel, fresh fuel and low, medium and high activity radioactive waste in their respective warehouses has been confirmed”, specifies the text.
They placed a Russian missile next to the iconic Wall Street bull
They placed a Russian missile next to the iconic Wall Street bull.
Activists from the UAnimals organization have placed a sculpture of a Russian missile next to the iconic bull statue on Wall Street in New York.
The organization’s founder, Oleksandr Todorchuk, said in a Facebook post that the pop-up art installation was meant to draw attention to the ecocide Russia is committing during its war against Ukraine.
According to Todorchuk, 182,880 square meters of land in Ukraine was contaminated with harmful substances during the Russian invasion, and eight nature reserves and 12 national parks are currently under Russian occupation.
Boris Johnson: ‘The only option is to continue supporting Ukraine’
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that “the only option is to continue supporting Ukraine” to end the war started by Russia.
The former British prime minister was convinced that Ukraine will be able to expel the Russians from the territory it has invaded and ruled out Putin using its nuclear weapons because “he would lose all his support”, including that of “his Chinese friends” .
Ukraine evacuates entire villages due to the destruction of their infrastructure
Ukrainian authorities have started evacuating civilians from the newly liberated Kherson region and neighboring Mykolaiv province, fearing that the damage to infrastructure will be too severe in the winter cold, it was reported on Monday.
Residents of the two southern regions, who have fallen victim to intense Russian shelling in recent months, have been instructed to relocate to safer areas in the west and center of the country, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said. Read more.
Ukrainian authorities have started evacuating civilians from Kherson and Mykolaiv regions. AP Photo
The Russia-Ukraine war will make Poland a new military power in Europe
Poland is determined to become a major European military power. Russian aggression against Ukraine is shifting the cornerstones of geopolitics.
Military strength is once again an essential part of the equation and some European countries are determined to equip themselves with an armed deterrence capability rather than relying solely on the protection provided by the NATO umbrella. Read more
Russia has lost more than 90% of its market in Northern Europe
According to official sources, shipments of Russian oil to northern Europe have dropped below 100,000 barrels per day.
This is a significant drop from the 1.2 million b/d shipped to the region’s ports in early February.
Macron reiterates his commitment to the security of Zaporizhia to Zelensky
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