DIRECT. War in Ukraine: “no prospect of a summit between Russia and the United States”, according to Moscow

For Mikhaïlo Podolyak, adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky, a compromise on Ukrainian territories “would not bring peace but would increase the number of victims”. Any concession on the subject “would be a victory for Putin”, he argues, in the exact same line as the Ukrainian president.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban calls EU sanctions against Russia a “step towards war”, intensifying his criticism of a Brussels strategy deemed “dangerous”. He even claims to be ready to “fight” a possible new package of sanctions.

“Anyone who intervenes economically in a military conflict takes a stand”, still judges the nationalist leader in an interview.

In the same statement, Dmitri Peskov also said that there is “no prospect of a summit between Russia and the United States”. However, “if the United States shows that they are ready and interested, we will not refuse” a meeting, assures Sergei Ryabkov, Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.

“It is important to find who is behind” the attack on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines, says Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, according to the Russian news agency Tass, a few minutes later. the announcement of the first Swedish conclusionswhich confirms the “sabotage” thesis.

While many Ukrainians are without electricity after Russian strikes, the mayor of Lviv affirms on Telegram that the current has returned to almost the entire city.

“Fortification works are being carried out under my control on the territory of Crimea in order to guarantee the safety of Crimeans”, declares Sergueï Aksionov, the governor installed by Moscow.

The Swedish prosecutor, who is leading the investigation after the leaks from Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea, confirms this Friday morning that it is an act of sabotage. “The analyzes show traces of explosives on several of the foreign objects discovered”, he explains. in a press release, stating that the investigation is continuing. For the time being, the prosecutor does not point, however, to any responsibility.

“I hope that the prospect (of an exchange of prisoners) is not only topical, but is growing stronger, and that the time will come when we will get a concrete agreement,” said the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Sergei Ryabkov, quoted by Russian news agencies. These statements come the day after the announcement of the transfer to a Russian penal colony of American basketball player Brittney Griner, arrested in Moscow and convicted of drug trafficking.

Supporters of the basketball player denounce a political affair, accusing the Russian authorities of holding her hostage in the context of tensions between Moscow and Washington around Ukraine.

On Telegram, the adviser to the Ukrainian presidency, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, reports that two dead were found this Friday the day after shootings in the Zaporijjia region. This would bring the death toll to nine after Thursday’s shelling of the city of Vilnyansk.

“We will not run out of gas this year,” assures Thierry Breton. “We are already going through this winter (…) and the future, we will manage it”, continues the European commissioner. “We are already preparing for winter 2023,” he explains on France info.

“It’s still because of Vladimir Putin,” reacts Thierry Breton after the fall of a missile in Poland on Tuesday, which killed two people. “We will see the attribution, but the origin is still this war”, insists the European commissioner, still on France info.

“Everyone sees who Putin is and what he does. (…) He is determined to continue, so we will continue to increase the sanctions”, assures Thierry Breton, European commissioner for the internal market, on France info.

In an interview with the Italian daily La StampaPope Francis assures once again that the Vatican is “ready to do anything” to mediate and put an end to the conflict.

According to the new daily update from the British Ministry of Defense, the Russians are currently in the process of reconstituting their troops and reorganizing. They would have, moreover, started to dig trenches near the Crimean border but also between the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk “which suggests that they are preparing in the event of a new Ukrainian breakthrough”, details the ministry.

They will participate in the investigation to determine where the missile that killed two people in Poland was fired from. “Our experts are already in Poland,” said Dmytro Kouleba, the head of Ukrainian diplomacy, on Twitter. “We hope they will quickly gain access to the site” of the incident, “in cooperation with Polish law enforcement,” he adds.

Russian strikes on civilian infrastructure (including electricity) “are acts constituting war crimes”, judge Anne-Claire Legendre, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on France info. “These are serious violations of international humanitarian law,” she insists.

“This raises particular concern on our part,” said on France news Anne-Claire Legendre, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, about these accusations of torture in Kherson. “We have teams in the Ukraine to help the investigators” in this city if they request it, she continues.

“I have not yet seen” torture “on such a scale”, “after having visited all the torture rooms in various regions of Ukraine”, declared Dmytro Loubynets, in charge of the Parliament for human rights , on national television.

At the Apec summit, Emmanuel Macron calls on the countries of Asia-Pacific to join the “growing consensus” against the war in Ukraine, stressing that this war is also “their problem”. “Help us send this message to Russia: stop the war, respect the international order, come back to the (negotiation) table “, he insists.

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