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The fact of the day
Civilians are still not spared in Ukraine. At least nine civilians were killed Tuesday in Russian strikes across the country: six in Kupiansk (east), two in Kherson (south) and one in Lviv (west). In Kupiansk, “the number of deaths increased to six people”, four men and two women, Governor Oleg Synegubov said on Telegram. Earlier in the day, he reported three deaths in this attack using a “guided aerial bomb”. Rescuers “continue” the search on the site, added the governor, suggesting that the toll could still rise.
In Kherson, a Russian bombing hit a trolleybus in the morning, causing the death of a police officer who was nearby and injuring two passengers, announced Roman Mrochko, the head of the military administration of this large city. from South. One of the injured, aged 57, succumbed to his injuries, the official added a few hours later. In the western part of Ukraine, the governor of the Lviv region, a city nearly 1,000 kilometers from the front line, reported on Tuesday morning one dead in a nighttime attack by Russian drones.
The number of the day
3,000. The number of tonnes of wheat that left the port of Chornomorsk on Tuesday. Despite Russia’s repeated threats to destroy these ships, kyiv continues to export its grain. In July, Moscow slammed the door on an agreement allowing the export through the Black Sea of Ukrainian agricultural products, essential for the country’s economy and global food security.
In response, Ukraine is seeking to establish maritime corridors, running along the coasts of allied countries to the Bosphorus. According to Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov, the boat is one of two vessels that entered the port of Chornomorsk last week. The second ship is still in the port, being loaded with wheat for Egypt, the official said.
Sentence of the day
No solution will be lasting if it is not based on dialogue. »
Brazilian President Lula called for “dialogue” to bring a lasting end to the war in Ukraine during his speech to the UN General Assembly. “The war in Ukraine exposes our collective inability to enforce the objectives and principles of the United Nations Charter,” said Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Since the start of the war in Ukraine, Brazil has refused to supply weapons to kyiv or impose sanctions against Vladimir Putin’s Russia. The Brazilian president sparked controversy by repeatedly asserting that responsibility for the conflict was shared, even as he condemned the Russian invasion. “Work must be done to create a space for negotiations” between the parties, Lula reaffirmed, deploring that “a lot has been invested in weapons and very little in development”.
Today’s trend
The legal battle between kyiv and Moscow continues at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Ukraine has asked to force Russia to pay it “reparations”, accusing Moscow of waging an “imperialist war”, of “wanting [l’] erase from the map” and “contempt” international law.
Ukraine was responding to Russia’s arguments before the ICJ in The Hague. “Russia is not above the law. She must be held accountable,” Anton Korynevych, a Ukrainian diplomat, said in court. “You have the power to declare that Russia’s actions are wrongful, that these persistent abuses must stop, that your order must be implemented and that Russia must repair the harm caused,” he told the judges.