Did you miss the latest events on the war in Ukraine? Do not panic, 20 minutes takes stock for you every evening at 7:30 p.m. Who did what ? Who said what? Where are we ? The answers below.
news of the day
The meeting of the Security Council around Vladimir Putin was expected this Wednesday. The Russian president took advantage of this framework to announce the establishment of martial law in the four Ukrainian territories annexed by Moscow in September (Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporozhye). A response to the “terrorist methods” of “groups of saboteurs on our territory”, he justified.
The measure will come into force this Thursday, at midnight. It could take the form of a curfew, a ban on public gatherings, a ban on leaving the territories concerned or military censorship in telecommunications. According to the published decree, the Russian government has three days to specify the measures to be applied.
sentence of the day
I reconnected with President Putin a little, a lot”
Silvio Berlusconi has been showered with criticism in Italy since the revelation of a recording in which he discusses his links with Vladimir Putin. The former Prime Minister obviously does not seem too bothered by the war led by the Russian President.
“For my birthday, Putin sent me 20 bottles of vodka and a very nice letter. I responded by sending him bottles of Lambrusco and a very nice letter. He told me that I was the first of his five real friends,” added the Forza Italia leader. Damn embarrassing for Giorgia Meloni’s new coalition…
The number of the day
223, like the number of Iranian drones shot down since September 13. The Ukrainian Air Force published the report on Wednesday, while Iran still denies having supplied such equipment to Russia. The EU has yet gathered “enough evidence” according to Nabila Massrali, spokesperson for the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell.
A list of sanctions against Tehran has been submitted to member states and a decision should be taken “during the week”, according to a diplomatic source. The subject of Iranian drones is also the subject of a meeting of the UN Security Council this Wednesday, behind closed doors.
The trend of the day
In Kherson, the calm before the storm? Russia has begun evacuating civilians from the southern Ukrainian town, which is part of the annexed territories. Between 50,000 and 60,000 people will be moved “to the left bank of the Dnieper”, specified the head of the local occupation administration, Vladimir Saldo. The operation is expected to take six days. “All the power structures that are in the city, the civil and military administration, all the ministries” will also be evacuated.
A movement that perhaps augurs a Russian coup to come. Saldo has also promised that the army will fight “until the death” to keep the city. Russian General Sergey Surovikin, recently appointed head of operations in Ukraine, did not rule out “a very difficult decision-making”. What the chief of staff of the Ukrainian presidency, Andriï Yermak, interpreted as an attempt “to scare the inhabitants of Kherson, with false information about the bombardment of the city”.