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A NOBEL PEACE CALL FOR ARMS
As the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony approaches, the head of one of the winning organizations called on the international community on Monday to deliver arms to Ukraine to help it defend itself and put an end to the atrocities.
“When someone asks me how to stop these protracted crimes in the occupied territories, I can only answer: provide Ukraine with weapons to liberate these territories”, said the human rights lawyer and president of the Center for Civil Liberties, Ukrainian Oleksandra Matviitchuk, in an interview with AFP in Stockholm.
“We need to prevent further damage to civilian infrastructure. And we need air defense systems. We need other types of military equipment that could help us defend our skies,” the statement said. lawyer.
SEXUAL VIOLENCE
Ukraine’s First Lady Olena Zelenska told a conference in London on Monday that ‘violence and sexual crimes’ were part of Russia’s ‘arsenal’ to ‘humiliate Ukrainians’, calling for a ‘comprehensive response’ from leaders in the world.
Since the Russian invasion on February 24, “the occupiers’ opportunities have expanded to humiliate Ukrainians and unfortunately sexual violence and sex crimes are part of their arsenal,” Zelenska said.
Russia uses sexual violence “systematically and openly”, she said. “It is for this reason that it is extremely important that it be recognized as a war crime in order to prosecute all the aggressors,” she said, urging a “comprehensive response” at a conference organized in London Against Sexual Violence in Conflict.
SPYING
The Norwegian ambassador to Moscow was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry on Monday in protest after the arrest of several Russians in Norway, accused of flying drones.
Robert Kvile was told that the arrests were “unacceptable”, which Moscow denounced as “politically motivated” and having “nothing to do with the principles of fair and impartial justice”, the Russian ministry said. in a press release.
Moscow called on the Norwegian authorities to “stop these Russophobic actions and the persecution of Russian citizens on the basis of their nationality”. Nearly a dozen Russians have been arrested in Norway in recent weeks for flying drones or photographing sensitive sites.
DIPLOMACY
The planned meeting between Russians and Americans to discuss the possible resumption of their inspections under the New Start treaty, a key nuclear disarmament agreement, has been postponed indefinitely, Russian diplomacy announced on Monday.
“The session of the bilateral consultative commission on the Russian-American Start treaty, initially scheduled in Cairo from November 29 to December 6, will not take place on the dates indicated”, indicated the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, quoted by the TASS agency.
RUSSIAN DRONES IN NORWAY
The Norwegian ambassador to Moscow has been summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry in protest after the arrest of several Russians in Norway, accused of flying drones.
Robert Kvile was told that the arrests were “unacceptable”, which Moscow denounced as “politically motivated” and having “nothing to do with the principles of fair and impartial justice”, the Russian ministry said. in a press release.
Nearly a dozen Russians have been arrested in Norway in recent weeks for flying drones or photographing sensitive sites. One of them, a Russian citizen who had left Russia to escape mobilization in the army, was sentenced on Wednesday to 90 days in prison.
A RUSSIAN SHIP IN THE BLACK SEA
Ukrainian officials have said they expect a new wave of Russian bombing this week, with previous rounds targeting critical infrastructure and causing massive water and power cuts, including in the capital kyiv.
“It is very likely that the beginning of the week will be marked by such an attack,” spokeswoman for the Ukrainian army’s Southern Command, Natalia Goumenyuk, said on Monday, noting that a Russian missile vessel had appeared in black Sea.
“It is a surface missile carrier that carries eight Kalibr-type missiles. This indicates that preparations are underway,” she added to Ukrainian television.
POSTED AGREEMENT BETWEEN RUSSIA AND KAZAKHSTAN
Vladimir Putin and his Kazakh counterpart Kassym-Jomart Tokayev displayed their unity by praising their historical ties after disagreements over the conflict in Ukraine. “For Kazakhstan, Russia has always been and remains the main strategic partner,” Jomart Tokayev said during a meeting with the Russian president in the Kremlin.
CHEMICAL WEAPONS RISK
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has increased the threat of the use of weapons of mass destruction, including chemical munitions, said Fernando Arias, the head of the global toxic weapons watchdog. This organization, which follows the situation in Ukraine closely, has provided the country, at its request, with training for first responders for chemical attacks and for the detection of chemical leaks.
VISIT OF EMMANUEL MACRON TO THE UNITED STATES
From tomorrow and until December 2, Emmanuel Macron will be visiting Washington to meet US President Joe Biden. The opportunity for the French Head of State to push his position concerning the war in Ukraine, the latter pushing since the beginning of the conflict towards a diplomacy of “at the same time”, combining total support for kyiv with a dialogue with Moscow.
But Emmanuel Macron also wants a “resynchronization” of the economic response, on both sides of the Atlantic, to the crisis caused by the conflict. The French leader thus plans to raise his voice against the American protectionism put in place by Joe Biden, to the detriment of the Europeans.
THE RUSSIANS WILL REMAIN IN ZAPORIJIA
The administration installed by Russia in the occupied city of Enerhodar, where the Zaporijia nuclear power plant is located, refuted the statements made by Petro Kotin, director of Energoatom. The latter, during an interview on Ukrainian television on Sunday evening, explained that the Russians would be on the point of withdrawing from the plant.
“The media are actively spreading false information that Russia intends to withdraw from Enerhodar and leave the [centrale nucléaire]. This information is not true”, it was declared by the Russian administration on Telegram, this Monday morning.
THE FACTS OF THE LAST 24 HOURS
On this 278th day of conflict, find the highlights of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the past 24 hours.
KHERSON
Electricity has been partially restored in the liberated city of Kherson, according to the region’s governor, Yaroslav Yanushevych, quoted by The Kyiv Independent. 17% of households are now connected to the network again.
TOWARDS A WITHDRAWAL FROM ZAPORIJJIA?
According to Petro Kotin, director of Energoatom, Ukraine’s National Nuclear Power Company, the Russians are about to withdraw from the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, which has been occupied since the start of the invasion.
“For several weeks we have received reports of signs that would indicate that they are preparing to leave the plant,” he told Ukrainian television.
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