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The fact of the day
The tour in the United States continues for Volodymyr Zelensky. After the General Assembly and the UN Security Council in New York, the Ukrainian president is in Washington this Thursday. In the federal capital, the head of state wants to warn Republican elected officials, who are skeptical of the idea of granting new financial aid to Kiev: if Ukraine does not continue to be supported, it will lose the war.
The sense of urgency faded and the Republican opposition took control of one of the chambers of Parliament. This time Volodymyr Zelensky was not received with great fanfare at the Capitol, the seat of Congress. But his speech to elected Senate officials was greeted with two standing ovations, Democratic Senator Chris Murphy said on X. After a tour of the Pentagon, President Zelensky will be received with his wife Olena by the presidential couple.
The number of the day
2. Like the number of deaths in Kherson after a new Russian bombing during the night from Wednesday to Thursday. Several other cities were targeted, including kyiv, with seven people injured after falling debris.
These attacks took place a few hours after Moscow claimed to have shot down 22 Ukrainian drones in annexed Crimea, above the Black Sea as well as in the Belgorod and Orel regions.
The upcoming arrival of the cold season makes Ukrainian authorities fear that Moscow will relaunch a campaign of strikes to plunge the civilian population into darkness and cold, as in winter 2022.
Sentence of the day
Together, we are unwavering in our determination that Ukraine will triumph and our cherished freedoms will prevail.”
These are the words of King Charles III, visiting France. The monarch reaffirmed his powerful support for Ukraine this Thursday before the Senate while denouncing the “unjustified aggression” of the Russians. Since the start of the conflict, the United Kingdom has been one of Ukraine’s closest allies. Wednesday evening, during a speech in Versailles, the sovereign had already mentioned kyiv by calling for strengthening “cooperation to respond to today’s challenges such as the defense of Ukraine. »
Today’s trend
Slovakia and Ukraine agree on a future mechanism for grain exports. “Until this system is launched and its full functionality is tested, the ban on importing four products from Ukraine (…) remains valid until the end of 2023,” he said. recalled the spokesperson for the Slovak Ministry of Agriculture, referring to a mechanism based on licenses.
Slovakia, along with Poland and Hungary, has extended its embargo on Ukrainian grain despite Brussels’ decision to lift these restrictions. In response, kyiv assured that it had filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO), accentuating diplomatic tensions. On Thursday, the Ukrainian Ministry of Agriculture indicated that negotiations with Warsaw on this subject would take place “in the coming days”.
Furthermore, the first wheat ship to leave a Ukrainian port since the end of the international agreement in the Black Sea arrived in Istanbul on Thursday, according to real-time readings from the specialized site Marine Traffic.