DIRECT. War in Ukraine: around a hundred Russian children evacuated from Belgorod after Ukrainian strikes

Iran set to deliver new ‘explosive drone’ to Russia

According to Sky News , Iran has developed an explosive new attack drone to fuel Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine. The British media, citing a security source, claims that the Shahed-107, an “explosive and reconnaissance” drone, could have been offered to Russia as part of a market offering a few units of this new machine, estimated at more than 2 million dollars (around 1.8 million euros).

Still according to Sky News, Iran would also be close to delivering ballistic missiles that are more deadly and difficult to shoot down than drones. These would be missiles with a range greater than 300 km. An official in Washington was quoted in US media earlier this month also saying that Iran was preparing to begin supplying short-range ballistic missiles to Russia.

A hundred Russian children evacuated from Belgorod

Nearly a hundred children were evacuated from the Russian town of Belgorod, bordering Ukraine, announced the leader of this region regularly targeted by Ukrainian forces. “The first group of children was sent from Belgorod to the Voronezh region,” said on Telegram the governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, specifying that “93 children were going to rest there”. He specified that over the next three weeks, these 93 children accompanied by 20 teachers would participate in several educational and leisure activities.

This decision comes a few days after the evacuation of 300 people following the increase in Ukrainian attacks and the announcement of the postponement of the start of the school year to January 19 . The day after an intensive bombardment of Ukraine on December 29 which caused the death of dozens of people, Belgorod was the target of a strike which left 25 dead. This Ukrainian attack is the deadliest against civilians on Russian soil since the start of the Russian offensive in Ukraine.

In retaliation, Vladimir Putin said he wanted to “intensify” the strikes, his army continuing its massive raids on kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, like on January 2 and 8. In recent days, other Russian regions bordering Ukraine, such as Kursk and Oriol, have been hit by Ukrainian bombings.

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According to Volodymyr Zelensky, Putin will continue the war until Ukraine and its allies are done with him

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stressed on Wednesday that Vladimir Putin will not stop his war in Ukraine until kyiv and the West have finished with the Russian president. “He is not going to end this (editor’s note, the war) until we, together, have finished with him,” he said from Vilnius.

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Volodymyr Zelensky says Russian defense industry suffers from ‘slowdowns’

While traveling in the Baltic countries, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says that the Russian defense industry is suffering from “slowdowns”. The head of state also calls for new sanctions against Russia: “For the results of the sanctions to reach 100%, the loopholes in the sanctions must also be blocked 100%,” said the president, quoted by Reuters.

Russia wants to stop Ukrainian strikes on 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.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky traveling to the Baltic countries

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky began a tour in Lithuania on Wednesday of the Baltic countries, kyiv’s loyal supporters in the face of the Russian invasion, at a time when other allies are hesitant to provide new aid. “Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are our reliable friends and principled partners. Today I arrived in Vilnius before going to Tallinn and Riga,” the Ukrainian president said on X (ex- Twitter), announcing meetings with senior officials from these countries.

The city of Kharkiv targeted by bombings during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday

According to Ukrainian authorities, two Russian missiles were fired from the territory of Belgorod around 11 p.m. this Tuesday. This attack hit a children’s medical center, but caused no casualties. The “medical building and the restaurant were destroyed,” says Oleh Synehoubov, head of the military administration of the region. I emphasize that this is an entirely civilian building; therefore our enemy still has a once confirmed that he was a pure terrorist.”

Several countries point the finger at arms transfers between Russia and North Korea

The United States, South Korea and Japan accuse Pyongyang of violating international sanctions by sending missiles to Russia, at war with Ukraine. In total, around fifty countries have strongly criticized 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,” these countries explain in a joint statement. We are closely monitoring what Russia supplies to North Korea in exchange for these weapons.

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