Have you missed the latest events on the war in Ukraine? Do not panic, 20 minutes takes stock for you every evening, at 7:30 p.m. (and exceptionally this weekend at 6:30 p.m., because you have to break the routine). Who did what ? Who said what? Where are we ? The answer below.
The fact of the day
Why not start 2024 with the fear of a nuclear catastrophe? The Ukrainian power station of Zaporizhia, mega-star of the year 2022 and incidentally the largest in Europe, is once again in the news. According to a press release from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) late Friday evening, “mines have been replaced along the perimeter.”
The plant is now under Russian control, and the mines were removed in November, but were reinstalled, which is “incompatible with the safety requirements” of the IAEA. “There is nothing new,” Ukrainian intelligence responded soberly regarding the mines, estimating that as long as Moscow had control of the plant, security would not be guaranteed.
Today’s statement
Anyone who tries to destroy Russia and betray it must receive the punishment they deserve and compensate for the damage caused to the country with their property.
These sweet words come from Vyacheslav Volodin, speaker of the lower house of the Russian parliament. The latter will examine next week a bill aimed at confiscating the money, property and valuables of anyone found guilty of having disseminated “false information” about its army. Moscow made criticism of the military illegal shortly after launching its assault on Ukraine in February 2022. Thousands of opponents of the conflict have since been imprisoned.
The number of the day
Nine regions and 110 localities. This is the number of targets, in just 24 hours, of Russian bombings in Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry. A continuous bombardment which is exhausting Ukrainian soldiers and civilians.
Today’s trend
Russians still poorly prepared. 696th day of the conflict and you are surely wondering how an army superior in manpower, in number of equipment and in artillery still manages to skate against Ukraine? The British Ministry of Defense has an explanation for you. In its note of the day, based on the conflicts in the Dnieper area, the ministry details that “it is very likely that the lack of training and coordination of Russian forces limits their ability to attack”, while ‘They should have had the advantage for a long time. Nothing new in the cold of the East then.