Did you miss the latest events on the war in Ukraine? 20 minutes takes stock for you every evening at 7:30 p.m. Between the strong declarations, the advances on the front and the dramatic results of the fighting, here is the gist of the day.
The fact of the day
Russian bombings injured eight people on Tuesday in the Ukrainian regions of Kherson (south) and Kharkiv (northeast). Four people, including a 12-year-old child, were injured during a bombardment with “incendiary munitions” in the village of Bilozerka, east of the city of Kherson, the Ukrainian Minister of Defense said on Telegram. ‘Interior, Igor Klymenko. In the Kharkiv region, four people were also injured and hospitalized during a strike on the village of Borova, according to the minister. Finally, the Air Force indicated that it had shot down six Shahed-type explosive drones launched from Crimea, a Ukrainian peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014, during the night.
For its part, the Russian Ministry of Defense indicated in a press release that it had neutralized three Ukrainian naval drones in the Black Sea, which appear to have targeted the bay of Sevastopol, in annexed Crimea. On Tuesday, “around 4 a.m. local time, three unmanned Ukrainian army boats were detected in the northern part of the Black Sea,” he said.
The number of the day
Seven. This is the number of years of imprisonment that Mikhail Kriger was confirmed on appeal this Tuesday. Arrested in November 2022, this Russian opponent of the war was sentenced in May to seven years in prison for “apology of terrorism”, “public incitement to extremism”, in particular for having wanted to see Putin hanged, in messages published on Facebook before the February 2022 offensive. Moreover, according to the NGO Memorial, Mikhail Kriger proclaimed shortly before the sentence that Russian President Vladimir Putin was the “No. 1 terrorist in the world” and launched in the room “ Slava Ukraïni! ”, or “Glory to Ukraine”.
Sentence of the day
We support Ukraine economically, financially, with humanitarian aid but also with weapons. This support will in no way be affected by the fact that, since the horrific morning hours of October 7, we have turned toward Israel and the Middle East with the greatest compassion and concern.”
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz wanted to reassure kyiv this Tuesday. Vladimir “Putin invaded Ukraine because, in his imperialist blindness, he expected a quick and easy victory. He was wrong. And he is wrong again if he thinks he can hold out longer than us,” the German leader also said. enough to ease Volodomyr Zelensky’s concerns, especially since Germany is the second largest country providing financial and military aid to Ukraine.
Today’s trend
Moldova wants to counter Russian influence. In a decree published on the Internet this Tuesday, the Moldovan intelligence services announced that they had ordered “the immediate blocking” of 22 sites conveying false information, according to them, including those of Russia Today (RT) and the state media VGTRK. These media “are used in the information war against the Republic of Moldova, led by the aggressor,” they said.
The Moldovan authorities had already banned the broadcast of Russian news programs on radio and television in June 2022. Only Russian films, series, music programs and entertainment shows are now allowed. Since the start of the Russian offensive, pro-European President Maia Sandu has regularly criticized interference and attempts at overthrow orchestrated according to her by Russia.