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news of the day
An international conference to help rebuild Ukraine. In Berlin, in the presence of Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, President Volodymyr Zelensky, in a video speech, called on Tuesday to fill the budget deficit of his country in 2023 (38 billion of dollars). The reconstruction of Ukraine “must start now”, supported Olaf Scholz, who wants to “create a new Marshall Plan for the 21st century” in support of Ukraine.
Ursula von der Leyen called the scale of the destruction “staggering”. “The World Bank estimates the cost of the damage at 350 billion euros. This is certainly more than a country or a union can provide alone. We need everyone on deck,” said the President of the Commission.
The number of the day
9. Like the number of years in prison that Brittney Griner must serve in Russia, after the rejection of the appeal procedure on Tuesday. The American professional basketball player was arrested in February in Moscow in possession of a vaporizer containing cannabis-based liquid.
The 32-year-old double Olympic champion pleaded with the court to adjust its verdict. But the athlete’s pleas did not move Russian justice. Washington denounces “a bogus procedure” and demands the release of its national.
sentence of the day
We see no beginning, no basis and we have no hope for any positive changes in the near future”
Dmitri Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, is pessimistic. Russia has “no hope” of improved relations with the UK following the appointment of Rishi Sunak as Britain’s new prime minister, which is due to be formalized by King Charles III on Tuesday, the Kremlin said.
The trend
The Security Council of the UN evokes this Tuesday the accusations of Russia which assures that Ukraine is manufacturing a “dirty bomb”, allegations swept away by kyiv and the West, we learned from diplomatic sources. Discussions are held behind closed doors.
These exchanges will be held at the initiative of Russia, whose UN ambassador Vassili Nebenzia sent a letter to the Security Council and to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres repeating the accusations of “provocation” by the Ukraine.
Moscow raised the charges for the first time on Sunday in telephone conversations between Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and his American, French, British and Turkish counterparts, referring to “possible provocations by Ukraine with recourse to a “dirty bomb”.