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Zelenskyy in September in Izyum
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That says Kyiv
In a brief ceremony, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj celebrated the return of some of the country's soldiers from Russian captivity.
"It was a special day in a special week," he said in his daily video address on Friday evening.
At the same time, Selenskyj announced that he would bring back
more soldiers from Russian prison camps
.
“We will not leave a single Ukrainian in Russian prisons, camps and 'isolations' (detention centers).
We think of everyone.«
Zelenskyi presented
medals to a number of former prisoners
of war in Kiev in the afternoon .
In the past few days, Russia and Ukraine have exchanged prisoners of war several times.
According to Zelenskyy, a total of 1,331 Ukrainian soldiers have been released from Russian captivity in this way since the beginning of the war in February.
Meanwhile,
the Ukrainian leadership's efforts to form a
special tribunal to prosecute Russian war crimes
, with Western support, continue
.
Zelenskyy said work is continuing to gain a “critical mass” of supporters.
According to Kyiv, the requested special tribunal is to be modeled on the Nuremberg trials against leading representatives of the National Socialist regime after the Second World War.
The political and military leadership of Russia should be held accountable for the war of aggression against Ukraine.
"London, Paris, Berlin, Warsaw and other capitals - we are strengthening our position everywhere and gathering the support of our partners," said Zelenskyy on Friday evening.
"I'm sure there will be a tribunal, there will be justice."
International Reactions
Ukraine has received a
first shipment of Hawk anti-aircraft systems from Spain
.
More are to follow.
Ukrainian soldiers are already being trained in Spain.
The medium-range anti-aircraft system, which originated in the USA, was put into service in the early 1960s and has been modernized again and again.
Hawk has already been phased out in most NATO countries.
In addition, two and a half weeks after the start of an
EU training mission for the Ukrainian army ,
1100 soldiers are being trained
so far
.
This was announced by EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell when visiting a training camp in Brzeg, Poland.
A total
of up to 15,000 soldiers
are to be trained in 20 member countries, including Germany.
In
Latvia
, meanwhile, the
independent Russian television channel Dozhd has come under scrutiny by
the authorities
for its coverage of the Ukraine war
.
The National Council for Electronic Mass Media (NEPLP) fined the TV channel €10,000 for showing a map showing Ukraine's annexed Crimea peninsula as part of Russia.
The Russian armed forces were referred to as "our army", the NEPLP said on Twitter.
Latvia granted Dozhd a broadcasting license in June after the TV channel stopped broadcasting in Russia in early March due to harsh crackdown by the Russian authorities.
The media regulator has now initiated proceedings against Dozhd for broadcasting appeals in support of the Russian army.
Editor-in-chief Tikhon Dzyadko insisted that the opposition channel did not provide any help to the Russian army.
He apologized on Twitter for the moderator's "misinterpreted" call, which the broadcaster says has since been fired.
economic consequences
The seven leading democratic economic
powers (G7) and Australia want to implement a
price cap for oil from Russia
in consultation with the European Union
.
The states want to force Russia to sell oil below the market price to buyers in other states.
The agreement provides for an initial upper price limit of 60 US dollars per barrel.
If possible, the price should apply from Monday.
Also, according to data from the Ministry of Agriculture, Ukraine
has exported 29.6 percent less grain
in the 22/23 season than in the previous season.
Overall, Ukraine exported 18.1 million tons of wheat, corn and barley.
In the previous season it was 25.8 million tons.
Because of the Russian invasion, three Ukrainian Black Sea ports were blocked for almost six months.
According to the government, Ukraine could harvest about 51 million tons of grain this year.
In 2021, the harvest had reached a record 86 million tons.
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