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news of the day
The Russian journalist has been talked about around the world. Live on television, Marina Ovsiannikova interrupted a Russian state newspaper by brandishing a poster against the offensive in Ukraine. Having become one of the last opposition figures still present in Russia, she was placed under house arrest until October 9. A Moscow court accuses her of having disseminated information considered false about the army when, in mid-July, she brandished a sign near the Kremlin criticizing the offensive in Ukraine. In this case, she faces up to ten years in prison.
sentence of the day
“The whole world must react immediately to drive out the occupants of the Zaporozhye power plant”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky makes a general appeal in his daily video address. The largest in Europe located in southern Ukraine, the Zaporozhye power plant, has been occupied by Russian troops since March 4. In the past two weeks, it has been the target of several bombardments, of which kyiv and Moscow accuse each other. “It is the continued control of the plant by Russia that puts the region in danger,” said the group of the most industrialized countries of the G7 on Wednesday. The UN Secretary General warned on Thursday of the risk of “catastrophe”.
The number of the day
458. This is the number of civilians who died during the occupation of the city of Boutcha by Russia last March. Located near kyiv, the Ukrainian city suffered atrocities committed by Russian military forces last March. Fifty bodies have still not been identified. More than four months after the Russian abuses were committed, local authorities are burying bodies that have not been claimed.
The trend of the day
“The total ban on Russian visas by all EU member states could be another very effective sanction against Russia,” argues Jan Lipavsky, the head of Czech diplomacy Jan Lipavsky. Claimed by the Ukrainian authorities, the measure divides the Twenty-Seven. It will be discussed by the European Union (EU) at the end of August. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has already opposed it, saying the punitive measures should target decision-makers in Moscow rather than all Russians. For it to be adopted, the sanction must be unanimously accepted by the member countries of the EU.
