LIVE – Ukraine: Zelensky urges G20 to end Russia’s ‘destructive war’

This Tuesday, the intelligence service of the British Ministry of Defense published its daily update on the conflict in Ukraine.

According to London, after the Russian withdrawal from Kherson last week in the face of the Ukrainian advance, Moscow has designated the port of Henichesk as the new capital of the occupied region.

“With the abandonment of the city of Kherson, Russia has designated Henichesk as the “temporary capital” of the occupied region. Moscow will certainly redeploy military command units in the region”, assures London.

The choice of Henichesk is explained because the city “is well located to coordinate actions both against potential Ukrainian threats coming from Kherson, in the West, or from Melitopol in the North-East, but also to receive reinforcements from Crimea. Moreover, it is currently out of reach of the Ukrainian artillery, which has inflicted a lot of damage against the Russian command”, assure the British.

On Twitter, Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs, posted a photo taken in Kherson, a city recaptured from the Russians last week and where Volodymyr Zelensky went on Monday.

In this image, there are about ten mobile phones placed on the ground, being recharged.

“Instead of a thousand words. Kherson. Six days without electricity. People are charging their phones in the main square from an electric generator brought by a volunteer,” he said.

During a meeting with his Chinese counterpart this Tuesday on the sidelines of the G20, French President Emmanuel Macron asked Xi Jinping to mediate with Vladimir Putin.

The Élysée indicates that Emmanuel Macron “asked Xi Jinping to call on Putin to return to the negotiating table.”

The French presidency claims that Xi Jinping “firmly opposed the use of atomic weapons and supported de-escalation and ceasefire.”

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pleaded before the G20 on Tuesday for an “infinite” extension of the agreement allowing the export of Ukrainian cereals, which expires on Friday.

“Our initiative for grain exports deserves to be extended indefinitely, no matter when the war ends,” he said by videoconference behind closed doors before the Bali summit.

He also proposed that the agreement negotiated in July under the aegis of Turkey, which made it possible to deliver some 10 million tons of cereals, be extended to two other Ukrainian ports.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that “it is time” to end Russia’s “destructive” war, in a speech by video link to G20 heads of state and government gathered in Bali

“I am convinced that now is the time, that Russia’s destructive war must and can be stopped,” he said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday denounced Russia’s “mad threats to use nuclear weapons” before the G20, saying there could be “no excuse for nuclear blackmail”.

“The same goes for the crazy threats to use nuclear weapons expressed by Russian officials. There can be no excuse for nuclear blackmail,” he said, according to an English translation of his speech. at the Bali summit consulted by AFP where he addresses the “G19”, apparently excluding Moscow.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo called on the G20 on Tuesday to “end the war”, warning of the risk of a “new Cold War” by opening the summit of major world economies, dominated by the Russian invasion of the Ukraine.

“Being responsible also means that we must end the war,” he said at the opening ceremony of the meeting on the Indonesian island of Bali.

“We must not divide the world into several camps. We must not let the world slide into a new Cold War,” he added.

Welcome to this direct dedicated to monitoring the news of the war in Ukraine this Tuesday, November 15.