Particularly deadly strikes have increased in recent weeks on both sides of the border and military equipment is running out. On Tuesday, the United States and around 50 other countries condemned North Korean arms shipments to Russia, demanding they be stopped immediately.
Information to remember
⇒ The West condemns the delivery of North Korean weapons to Russia
⇒ The Kremlin said Tuesday it would do “everything” to stop Ukrainian strikes on the Russian city of Belgorod
⇒ A private pro-Russian exhibition in Italy at the request of kyiv
US, EU and other countries condemn North Korean arms delivery to Russia
The United States, the European Union (EU) and nearly 50 countries accused North Korea on Tuesday of delivering missiles to Russia, demanding an immediate end to this cooperation. “The transfer of these weapons increases the suffering of the Ukrainian people, supports Russia’s war of aggression and undermines the global non-proliferation system,” several ministers said in a joint statement. According to them, the delivery of missiles constitutes a “flagrant” violation of sanctions imposed on North Korea by the UN Security Council, of which Russia is a permanent member.
“We are closely monitoring what Russia provides to North Korea in exchange for these weapons,” added the signatories of the press release, calling on the two countries to respect the UN resolutions and to “immediately cease all activities that violate them” .
The Kremlin wants to stop Ukrainian strikes on the city of Belgorod
The Kremlin said on Tuesday that it would do “everything” to stop Ukrainian strikes on the Russian town of Belgorod, targeted by kyiv since Russia once again carried out large-scale bombings in Ukraine.
“Our army will continue to do everything in its power to first minimize the danger and then completely eliminate it,” President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said of the attacks. on Russian soil. He accused kyiv of deliberately targeting “civilians” on Russian soil using military equipment supplied by the West.
A private pro-Russian exhibition in Italy at the request of kyiv
The town hall of the Italian city of Modena announced on Tuesday that it had canceled the hosting of an exhibition and a conference dedicated to the “renaissance” of Mariupol under Russian occupation on the grounds that it amounted to support for the Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. This exhibition is not “in accordance with the commitment […] to respect the values enshrined in the Constitution of the Italian Republic and, in particular, to observe the prohibitions on professing and/or practicing fascist and racist ideologies and behaviors,” explained the municipality in a press release.
The municipality does not specify that it acted at the request of kyiv, but the spokesperson for the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oleg Nikolenko, claimed on Facebook to have made the request.