Putin seeks to use ‘winter as a weapon of war’

Russian President Vladimir Putin wants “use winter as a weapon of war” in his campaign in Ukraine, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said in Bucharest on Tuesday ahead of a meeting of NATO foreign ministers.

“We need to be prepared for more refugees to pass into the rest of Europe” following Russia’s “deliberate attacks” on “critical utilities, heating, electricity, water and gas” in Ukraine, Stoltenberg said.

The IAEA has inspected the Chernobyl nuclear power plant

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has conducted an inspection at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and the Central Enterprise for Radioactive Waste Management (CWRM).

Representatives of the IAEA studied the current state of the companies’ facilities with the aim of providing the necessary assistance, i.e. updating the technical equipment of the inspected companies.

A Ukrainian soldier’s message to his mother: ‘Don’t worry’

“Hello mom. I’ve already eaten, dressed well and put on my helmet. Now I’m going for a walk. There’s no need to worry, my friends are with me. We’ll be fine”, begins the message recorded by a Ukrainian soldier for the his family. .

And he continues: «In fact, this message is not only for my mother, but for all the mothers who love us, wait for us and are worried about us. I know they didn’t raise us for war, but they didn’t raise us to be real men. And when trouble comes to our country, we will protect the most precious things we have.”

“Wait for us, we will all definitely be back and you can challenge us again at home, tell us what we’re doing wrong and cook us something delicious,” he concludes.

The European Union is committed to helping Ukraine deal with its energy problems this winter

The foreign ministers of Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden issued a joint statement pledging to help Ukraine prepare for winter and restore energy infrastructure.

They said they were committed to supporting the country in the face of Russian aggression, including the provision of increased humanitarian aid and continued measures to liberalize trade.

At least 6,655 Ukrainian civilians died during the war

The United Nations has reported that at least 6,655 Ukrainian civilians have been killed and another 10,368 injured since the Russian invasion began on 24 February.

The UN human rights agency noted that the actual figures are likely to be significantly higher, as reports from some locations are lagging behind and many reports of civilian casualties have yet to be confirmed.

Ukraine prepares for Russian attacks waiting for help

Ukraine is bracing for more Russian attacks on its energy and other infrastructure, warning that there is scope to order an evacuation in the capital.

Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu and his counterparts from six Baltic and Nordic nations have visited Ukraine and promised to send power generators, warm clothes and food.

The aim is to help Ukrainians face the colder months and maintain their resolve.

US seeks to resume talks with Russia on nuclear disarmament ‘as soon as possible’

The United States wants to resume talks with Russia on nuclear disarmament “as soon as possible” and is still trying to figure out why the Russian government decided to postpone talks on the START or START III Treaty which were due to start on Tuesday.

“We would like to get back to the agreed schedule as soon as possible. It’s important, not just for our nations. It’s important for the rest of the world,” John Kirby, a White House spokesman, said at a press conference on Monday.

According to the spokesman, the United States has not yet obtained “a solid response” from the Russian government.

The UK will ask NATO to increase its support for Ukraine

The UK will ask its allies to step up the military support they provide to Ukraine in its war against Russia and strengthen common defense against threats, at the NATO meeting this Tuesday and Wednesday in Bucharest.

British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly will take the opportunity to urge the Alliance to “consolidate its support” for countries most destabilized by Russia, according to a statement from his department released on Monday.

Russia bombed Kherson 258 times in 7 days

In the last week, the Russian army has launched bombs and missiles “258 times against 30 settlements in the Kherson region of Ukraine”.

This was denounced by the President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelensky, during his speech tonight.

“Every day, the occupiers shelled Kherson and various communities across the region. In just one week, the enemy fired 258 shots at 30 settlements in the Kherson region,” he said.

A message for diversity and peace in Ukraine in the middle of Portugal-Uruguay

A man entered the field in the middle of the match as Portugal beat Uruguay. In his hand he had a flag representing the LGBT+ collective. On the front of his shirt he wore the Superman symbol and the writing “Let’s Save Ukraine”, in reference to the invasion suffered by Putin’s troops. And on the back “Respect for Iranian Women”. Keep reading

The United States equates sex crimes in warfare with human rights violations

President Joe Biden signed an order a combating sexual violence in war zoneselevating the problem – increasingly documented in Ukraine and other conflicts – to the level of the possible serious violation of human rights punished with fines and other punitive measures against the perpetrators.

The US president signed the memorandum to combat the use of rape as a weapon of war, both by individuals and by foreign governments.

The document establishes, for the first time, that the Departments of State and the Treasury and other U.S. agencies must give equal consideration to acts of sexual violence and other human rights violations when sanctioning or taking other punitive measures against of foreign actors.

Current US policy allows sanctions for sexual violence in conflict zones, but is generally not enforced.

kyiv: houses will only have light for two or three hours a day

Emergency blackouts will continue due to the damage that Russian bombing has caused to Ukrainian infrastructure kyivthe capital of Ukraine, where the houses will have light only two or three hours a dayDTEK energy group announced today, on another day by very low temperatures.

The information contrasts with another released yesterday by the authorities of the military administration of kyiv, according to which electricity and heating services have been re-established in a large part of the city.

Kiev residents can use electricity for two to three hours a day, as expected, DTEK reported.

Ukrainian Nobel Peace Prize winner calls for arms to defend her country

The head of one of the past Nobel Peace Prize winners on Monday called on the international community to supply Ukraine with weapons to help it defend itself and end the atrocities.

“When someone asks me how to stop these protracted crimes in the occupied territories, I can only answer: supply Ukraine with weapons to liberate those territories,” the Ukrainian human rights lawyer and chairman of the Center for Freedoms said in an interview. civilians Oleksandra Matviitchouk. with AFP in Stockholm.

“We need to prevent further damage to civilian infrastructure. And we need anti-aircraft defense systems. We need other types of military equipment that can help us defend our skies,” the lawyer said.

“It is a strange situation for me and a clear sign that something is wrong in the whole international system when a human rights lawyer asks for air defense systems,” he added.

Tomorrow Turkey will discuss its entry into NATO with Finland and Sweden

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will meet in Bucharest on Tuesday with his counterparts from Sweden and Finland to discuss those countries’ requests to join the alliance, which requires the approval of all members.

“Tomorrow we will meet the foreign ministers of Sweden and Finland in Bucharest in a trilateral format,” Cavusoglu told reporters in Ankara on Monday.

Sweden and Finland abandoned their traditional policy of neutrality and applied to join the alliance in May, just months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Turkey is the only country, together with Hungary, which has not yet ratified the entry of new candidates, and firmly opposes doing so as long as the two Nordic countries continue with what Ankara considers a lukewarm position towards the group armed Workers’ Party of Kurdistan (PKK), whom the Turkish authorities consider a terrorist.

NATO assures Putin “trying to use winter as a weapon of war”

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin “is trying to use winter as a weapon of war” against Ukraine after attacks on energy infrastructure in recent weeks.

“What we see is that President Putin is trying to destroy the electricity system, gas infrastructure and basic services for the people of Ukraine and by doing so as we enter winter, it shows that President Putin is now trying to use the winter as a weapon of war against Ukraine and that’s awful,” said the politician.