Russia claimed to have destroyed, this Thursday, August 31, a Ukrainian drone in the Moscow region, the attack of which caused no casualties according to the mayor of the capital. Thursday morning, a drone “was destroyed by (…) the air defense over the territory of the Voskresensky district in the Moscow region”, located southeast of the capital, said the Russian Ministry of the Defense on Telegram, which accused Kyiv of carrying out the attack.
According to the mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin, the machine “flew in the direction of Moscow”, he indicated on the same social network. “There were no victims or damage, according to initial information,” added the city councilor, indicating that the emergency services were on the scene.
The head of Turkish diplomacy in Moscow on Thursday, according to Russian diplomacy
Hakan Fidan, the Turkish foreign minister, will be received in Moscow on Thursday by his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, announced Wednesday Maria Zakharova, the spokeswoman for Russian diplomacy, while a meeting between Presidents Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin is expected soon.
Hakan Fidan traveled to kyiv on Friday August 25 to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and discuss in particular the grain agreement in the Black Sea. Turkey intends to remain the privileged intermediary between Russians and Ukrainians.
Ukraine: Tech giants not performing against Russian disinformation
According to a study published by the European Union on Wednesday August 30, major online platforms, such as TikTok and Twitter, failed to effectively combat Russian disinformation during the first year of the war in Ukraine. The publication of this independent study, carried out on behalf of the EU, comes after stricter rules for very large platforms came into force this month under new digital services legislation (” Digital Services Act”, DSA).
The report examines the compliance of the actions carried out by six players (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter -renamed X-, YouTube, TikTok and Telegram) with these new rules. The six, with the exception of Telegram, have been subject since August 25 to reinforced obligations in terms of content control and the fight against disinformation and online hatred. He believes that “risk mitigation standards have not been met in the case of Kremlin disinformation.” The European Commission, however, stressed that “limited access to data imposes certain reservations on the assessment” that the efforts of technology companies have proven “insufficient”.
Russia and North Korea “actively making progress” on future arms deliveries
Negotiations on future arms deliveries from North Korea to Russia are “actively progressing”, assured a White House adviser on Wednesday, who called on the North Korean regime to “cease” these talks. “These potential deals would see Russia receive significant quantities of ‘armaments’ of several types, in particular artillery ammunition, as well as raw materials for the Russian defense industry, said John Kirby, door -speak of the National Security Council.
“Russia is negotiating potential deals with North Korea for significant quantities and various types of ammunition for use against Ukraine,” US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield added in New York. a statement read on behalf of the United States, Japan, South Korea and the United Kingdom. “Such an arms deal would be a serious violation of Security Council resolutions” on North Korea, she insisted, calling on Pyongyang to “cease” its negotiations with Moscow. In mid-August, Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea had advocated increased cooperation, particularly in the field of defence, a new illustration of the rapprochement between these two enemies of the United States since the start of the Kremlin offensive in Ukraine.