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Opening abstract
Whats up and welcome to the Guardian’s dwell protection of the conflict in Ukraine.
In different key developments:
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France’s newly appointed overseas minister, Stéphane Séjourné, met Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv on Saturday on his first official go to overseas, vowing that Paris would preserve its assist. “Regardless of the multiplying crises, Ukraine is and can stay France’s precedence,” Séjourné informed Ukraine’s overseas minister, Dmytro Kuleba, at a joint information convention earlier Saturday.
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Russia’s justice ministry designated one of many nation’s hottest fiction writers a overseas agent due to his opposition to Moscow’s conflict in Ukraine. The historic detective tales of Boris Akunin, the pen identify of Georgian-born Grigori Chkhartishvili, was bestsellers in Russia earlier than the authorities turned on him for what they mentioned have been his unacceptable anti-Russian views.
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A outstanding liberal priest faces expulsion from the Russian Orthodox church for refusing to learn out a prayer asking God to information Russia to victory over Ukraine. In a verdict revealed on Saturday, a church court docket mentioned Aleksiy Uminsky ought to be “expelled from holy orders” for violating his priestly oath.
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Ukraine suffered a massed Russian missile assault within the early hours of Saturday, its air drive mentioned, including that Moscow had fired a few of its most fearsome hypersonic missiles. Air defences shot down Russian missiles in not less than 5 areas throughout Ukraine, in response to native officers from these provinces. Nonetheless, no particulars got on whether or not any targets have been hit, and much much less details about the assault than regular was offered by officers. Ukraine’s air drive warned through the assault that Russia had fired Kinzhal missiles – maybe the toughest standard Russian missile to shoot down, shifting at a number of instances the pace of sound.
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Russia, in the meantime, mentioned it had destroyed all targets in a barrage of strikes on services producing ammunition and drones in Ukraine. “This morning the armed forces of the Russian Federation carried out a bunch strike … in opposition to services of the Ukrainian military-industrial complicated,” the defence ministry mentioned in a each day briefing. It mentioned it was concentrating on locations producing shells, gunpowder and unmanned aerial automobiles.
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Zelenskiy will communicate in individual on the World Financial Discussion board within the Swiss city of Davos on Tuesday, in response to the WEF’s occasion programme. Discussion board president Børge Brende final week informed reporters Zelenskiy would give an tackle through the occasion, whereas greater than 70 nationwide safety advisers from around the globe would on Sunday talk about methods ahead on the Ukrainian president’s peace plan.
Key occasions
U.S. President Joe Biden mentioned throughout a press briefing on Saturday that Republicans may have “an terrible lot to pay for” in the event that they don’t assist go army support for Ukraine.
Republicans within the U.S. Senate blocked a supplemental funding invoice that included $61 billion in support for Ukraine in a procedural vote held on Dec. 6. Republicans in each chambers of Congress had demanded stricter border laws in change for his or her assist, they usually mentioned the invoice failed to fulfill their necessities. Forward of the December 6 vote, Biden had delivered an tackle to induce Congress to go the invoice, warning {that a} failure to behave would solely profit Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president.
A former mayor of the Russian metropolis of Vladivostok has enlisted to combat in Ukraine and departed for the entrance after he was sentenced to 12 years in jail for corruption, the Kommersant newspaper reported on Sunday, citing his lawyer.
Oleg Gumenyuk, a former Vladivostok mayor, was final yr sentenced to 12 years in jail for taking bribes of 38 million roubles ($432,000). He served as mayor from 2018 to 2021, resigning amid a flurry of criticism of his document from native and federal officers, Reuters stories.
“In response to an order issued to Gumenyuk, he was alleged to report back to his army unit on December 22,” Kommersant cited Gumenyuk’s lawyer Andrei Kitaev as saying. Kitaev couldn’t be reached for speedy remark.
Tens of hundreds of Russian prisoners volunteered for service in Ukraine making the most of a proposal of clemency for many who survive their stints on the entrance.
President Zelenskiy mentioned he and Séjourné had mentioned Ukraine’s defence wants together with joint manufacturing of drones and artillery.
He posted on X :“We mentioned Ukraine’s protection wants, together with joint manufacturing of drones, artillery, and additional strengthening of air protection. I up to date Minister Séjourné on the Peace System’s progress. I thank France for its lively function on this world effort.”
At this time, I hosted France’s new Overseas Minister Stéphane Séjourné @steph_sejourne.
We mentioned Ukraine’s protection wants, together with joint manufacturing of drones, artillery, and additional strengthening of air protection. I up to date Minister Séjourné on the Peace System’s progress. I thank… pic.twitter.com/SX4je0iFbT
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) January 13, 2024
Opening abstract
Whats up and welcome to the Guardian’s dwell protection of the conflict in Ukraine.
In different key developments:
-
France’s newly appointed overseas minister, Stéphane Séjourné, met Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv on Saturday on his first official go to overseas, vowing that Paris would preserve its assist. “Regardless of the multiplying crises, Ukraine is and can stay France’s precedence,” Séjourné informed Ukraine’s overseas minister, Dmytro Kuleba, at a joint information convention earlier Saturday.
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Russia’s justice ministry designated one of many nation’s hottest fiction writers a overseas agent due to his opposition to Moscow’s conflict in Ukraine. The historic detective tales of Boris Akunin, the pen identify of Georgian-born Grigori Chkhartishvili, was bestsellers in Russia earlier than the authorities turned on him for what they mentioned have been his unacceptable anti-Russian views.
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A outstanding liberal priest faces expulsion from the Russian Orthodox church for refusing to learn out a prayer asking God to information Russia to victory over Ukraine. In a verdict revealed on Saturday, a church court docket mentioned Aleksiy Uminsky ought to be “expelled from holy orders” for violating his priestly oath.
-
Ukraine suffered a massed Russian missile assault within the early hours of Saturday, its air drive mentioned, including that Moscow had fired a few of its most fearsome hypersonic missiles. Air defences shot down Russian missiles in not less than 5 areas throughout Ukraine, in response to native officers from these provinces. Nonetheless, no particulars got on whether or not any targets have been hit, and much much less details about the assault than regular was offered by officers. Ukraine’s air drive warned through the assault that Russia had fired Kinzhal missiles – maybe the toughest standard Russian missile to shoot down, shifting at a number of instances the pace of sound.
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Russia, in the meantime, mentioned it had destroyed all targets in a barrage of strikes on services producing ammunition and drones in Ukraine. “This morning the armed forces of the Russian Federation carried out a bunch strike … in opposition to services of the Ukrainian military-industrial complicated,” the defence ministry mentioned in a each day briefing. It mentioned it was concentrating on locations producing shells, gunpowder and unmanned aerial automobiles.
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Zelenskiy will communicate in individual on the World Financial Discussion board within the Swiss city of Davos on Tuesday, in response to the WEF’s occasion programme. Discussion board president Børge Brende final week informed reporters Zelenskiy would give an tackle through the occasion, whereas greater than 70 nationwide safety advisers from around the globe would on Sunday talk about methods ahead on the Ukrainian president’s peace plan.
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