The Russian Parliament ratifies the law on the annexation of four Ukrainian regions, a woman killed in a Ukrainian bombardment of a border region, the general manager of the Zaporijjia power plant freed...
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General manager of Zaporizhia power plant released
The director general of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant in Zaporijjia, arrested on Friday by Russia, which controls the site, has been released, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which has experts on site, announced on Monday.
"I welcome the release of Igor Murachov
," tweeted the head of the UN body, Rafael Grossi.
"I have received confirmation that he has returned home safe and sound."
He had been arrested by a
"Russian patrol"
as he was traveling from the plant to the town of Ernogodar, controlled by the Russians, according to the Ukrainian operator Energoadom.
The vehicle transporting the director of the plant had been stopped and the latter extracted from the car then
"drove, blindfolded, to an unknown destination"
, according to the same source.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kouleba on Saturday condemned this
"illegal detention"
for an unknown reason.
"This crime is a new act of state terrorism on the part of Russia and represents a serious violation of international law
," he said.
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France wants to “make the cost of war unbearable for Russia”, says Borne
France intends
to "make the cost of the war unbearable for Russia"
, which invaded Ukraine in February, French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said on Monday as she opened a debate on the war in Ukraine in the French National Assembly.
"Our objective has been the same from the start: to make the cost of the war unbearable for Russia, to hit its economy hard, to prevent it from financing its offensive
," said the head of government.
“It was Russia that started this war.
It is she who pushes us to act
, ”she recalled.
“Sanctions will continue as long as Putin continues in the spiral of conflict and confrontation. To abandon the sanctions would be to abandon Ukraine. That would be giving up our values. That would be subjecting us to Russia. France, patriotism, is not abandonment. It is not renunciation. It's not submission
, ”added Elisabeth Borne, indirectly addressing the far-right deputies of the National Rally, accused of proximity to Moscow and opposed to economic sanctions against Russia.
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Woman killed in Ukrainian bombing of border region
A woman was killed Monday in the shelling by Ukrainian forces of a village near the border between Russia and Ukraine, announced the governor of the Russian region of Belgorod.
“Ukrainian armed forces shelled our village of Golovchino in the municipal district of Grayvoron.
The shells hit the center of the village, there is destruction
,” said Vyacheslav Gladkov.
According to him, a 48-year-old woman was killed.
The region of Belgorod, bordering Ukraine, has been repeatedly targeted by gunfire since the start of the Russian offensive in Ukraine on February 24.
On September 12, a strike on a Russian border crossing left one dead and four injured, and also damaged residential homes and power lines.
In July, the Russian military accused kyiv of firing three missiles at the regional capital city of Belgorod.
In April, it was an oil depot that was attacked by helicopters, about forty kilometers from the border, according to Viatcheslav Gladkov.
Read alsoRussia: a woman killed in a Ukrainian bombardment of a border region
Gas has stopped leaking from Nord Stream 1, but not Nord Stream 2, Sweden says
Boiling caused by leaking gas has ceased over the damaged Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline, but not Nord Stream 2, the Swedish Coast Guard said on Monday after a flyby of the two pipes that were victims of suspected sabotage in the Baltic Sea .
The operator of the undersea gas pipelines linking Russia to Germany, Nord Stream AG, announced on Saturday the end of the leaks on Nord Stream 2. A total of four large leaks releasing tens of thousands of tons of methane have affected since the beginning of last week the two pipelines off the Danish island of Bornholm.
They are located in international waters but two of them are in the Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), and the other two are in the Danish EEZ.
According to the Danish authorities, the leaks, in sharp decline, should stop around this weekend.
On the Swedish side, the main leak affected Nord Stream 1, while a smaller one concerned Nord Stream 2. This is the one that is still active on Monday, the coast guards said in a press release.
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Russian parliament ratifies law on annexation of four Ukrainian regions
Russian MPs on Monday unanimously approved the law on the annexation of four Ukrainian regions, a move that had already been endorsed by President Vladimir Putin and sparked international condemnation.
The deputies of the Duma, the lower house of Parliament, all voted in favor of the annexation of the regions of Donetsk and Lugansk (eastern Ukraine), as well as those of Kherson and Zaporizhya (south), according to the live broadcast of the voting ceremony on Russian television.
Neither abstention nor vote against were registered.
President Vladimir Putin signed the annexation of four Ukrainian territories last Friday during a ceremony in the Kremlin, alongside the pro-Russian leaders of these four regions, partly or almost entirely occupied by Moscow.
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The Kremlin wants to "consult" to fix the borders of the annexed regions in southern Ukraine
Russia will
“consult”
the population to establish the borders of the annexed regions of Kherson and Zaporizhia, in southern Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday.
"We will continue to consult the population of these regions,"
said Dmitry Peskov, when asked whether Russia was annexing all of these regions or only the parts it occupies.
Russian President Vladimir Putin formalized the annexation of Kherson and Zaporizhia, as well as two other Ukrainian regions - Donetsk and Lugansk - during a ceremony Friday at the Kremlin.
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France plans new arms deliveries to Ukraine, including Caesar guns
France is considering new deliveries of military equipment to Ukraine, in particular 6 to 12 Caesar guns taken from an order intended for Denmark, AFP learned on Monday from a source familiar with the matter, confirming information from
Le Monde
.
The operation, in discussions between the three governments, is not finalized at this stage, according to this source.
Paris has already delivered 18 examples of this 155 mm gun mounted on a truck, amputating nearly a quarter of the French Army fleet.
These additional guns produced by Nexter would be taken from an order for 19 Caesars placed in 2017 by Denmark, according to
Le Monde
.
The Caesars intended for Denmark are equipped with an armored cabin and eight wheels, while the models equipping the French army, which are lighter because they are not armoured, have only six wheels.
They also carry more shells (30 versus 18), which can be fired at 40 kilometers.
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Russia: a soldier suspended after thousands of mobilizations by mistake
The head of military recruitment in a Russian region in the Far East has been suspended from his job, a local official said on Monday, after thousands of people were mistakenly called up to fight in Ukraine.
“The military commissar of Khabarovsk krai (region), Yuri Laiko, is suspended from his duties.
This will have no influence on the goal set for us by the president
,” Governor Mikhail Degtiariov said in a video on Telegram.
He did not give the exact reason for this suspension, but implied that it was linked to numerous errors.
“In ten days, several thousand of our compatriots received summonses and went to military police stations.
We sent home about half of them because they did not meet the selection criteria to join the army
,” the governor said.
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Chechen Kadyrov says sending three teenage sons to frontline in Ukraine
The leader of the Russian region of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, announced on Monday that he would send three of his sons, teenagers, to fight in Ukraine, where he asked for the use of nuclear weapons.
Ramzan Kadyrov and his militias, the "kadyrovtsy", have been accused of numerous abuses in Chechnya.
His men were also deployed alongside the Russian army in Ukraine.
In a message on Telegram, he indicated that his children Akhmat, Eli and Adam, aged 16, 15 and 14 respectively, had
been “for a long time”
undergoing military training to learn how to use
“different weapons”.
“The time has come (for them) to shine in a real battle, I can only salute their determination.
Soon they will go to the front line and find themselves in the most difficult areas of the contact line
,” continued Ramzan Kadyrov.
The Chechen leader has 14 children, according to his official website, but Russian media say he may have more.
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EU summons Russian ambassadors after Ukraine annexations
The EU summoned Russia's top diplomat in Brussels on Monday as part of a coordinated action with member states to condemn and reject
the "illegal annexation"
of part of Ukrainian territory.
"This is an EU-wide and EU-coordinated move,"
Peter Stano, the bloc's foreign affairs spokesman, told AFP.
EU countries began summoning Russian diplomats on Friday after Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the annexation of four regions of Ukraine occupied by his troops since the February invasion.
Belgium had summoned the Russian ambassador on Friday.
Italy and Austria did the same on Monday.
The leaders of the
this
"illegal annexation"
led by Moscow, and the 27 are finalizing new sanctions.
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Paris will host an economic conference on Ukraine
Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne announced Monday to the National Assembly the organization
"in the coming months"
in Paris of an economic conference on Ukraine, in order to
"mobilize French companies"
in the reconstruction of the country.
"I am announcing that we will organize in the coming months, in Paris, an economic conference with the Ukrainian authorities to mobilize French companies
," said the head of government, opening a debate on the war in Ukraine.
The needs of the country for its reconstruction are now estimated at 350 billion euros, she said.
This conference will take place in the wake of the conference on the reconstruction of Ukraine scheduled for October 25 in Germany and that of Lugano which was held this summer.
The Prime Minister also announced Monday before the National Assembly the establishment of financial aid
"from the end of November"
for French households who
"welcome displaced Ukrainians in their homes".
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Russia: dissident journalist Ovsiannikova placed on wanted list
Journalist Marina Ovsiannikova has been placed on the wanted list in Russia, according to a notice seen on Monday by AFP concerning this voice critical of the conflict in Ukraine, known for having brandished a pacifist sign on television.
The website of the Russian Interior Ministry indicates that Marina Ovsiannikova, 44, is wanted in connection with a criminal case, without further details.
Indicted in August for
“spreading false information”
on the Russian army - a crime punishable by 10 years in prison - she had been placed under house arrest by a Moscow court and was prohibited from using any means of communication.
His house arrest ran until October 9 before a probable extension, pending his trial.
Contacted by AFP, her lawyer, Dmitri Zakhvatov, confirmed that she was wanted because
"she is not where she was supposed to be until October 9"
.
However, he did not give more information on his current location, in Russia or abroad.