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The world is heading "with wide-open eyes" towards a "broader war" in the face of the growing "risks of escalation" in Ukraine, the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, warned on Monday at the United Nations General Assembly. .
“I fear the world is sleepwalking towards a broader war and I fear it is doing so with wide eyes,” he said.
The head of Defense of Ukraine, Oleksii Reznikov, has denied on Monday the rumors according to which he will become the head of the Ministry of Strategic Industries and has clarified that "neither the president nor the prime minister of the country" have offered it to him.
On Sunday night, David Arakhamia, head of the Servant of the People parliamentary group, the party of President Volodimir Zelensky,
announced that Reznikov would be dismissed as Defense Minister for several cases of corruption in public Army contracts discovered in the last two weeks.
Meanwhile, Russia has announced that the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, will travel to Moscow this week to discuss again the creation of a security zone around the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant.
Rosatom, the state nuclear energy institution, has clarified that no meeting between Grossi and President Vladimir Putin has been scheduled.
He will travel to Moscow this week to again address the creation of a security zone around the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant.
Rosatom, the state nuclear energy institution, has clarified that no meeting between Grossi and President Vladimir Putin has been scheduled.
He will travel to Moscow this week to again address the creation of a security zone around the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant.
Rosatom, the state nuclear energy institution, has clarified that no meeting between Grossi and President Vladimir Putin has been scheduled.
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Brussels prepares to receive Zelenski on Thursday
By
Manuel V. Gómez
, from Brussels.
Brussels is ready to receive the Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelensky, next Thursday.
What would be his first visit to the community capital since the war began is yet to be confirmed.
The safety and high risk of the trip make it impossible to take it for granted so far.
Zelensky has an almost permanently open invitation to meetings of European leaders.
Since February 24 of last year, he has intervened in several European Councils by videoconference, also before the European Parliament.
If he finally makes the trip, it will be the second time the Ukrainian president has left the country for an official visit.
He already made it to the United States.
And the preparations point to an intervention before the European Parliament and then the appointment with the leaders of the EU in the Council.
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Guterres says he fears the world is heading toward war "like a wide-eyed sleepwalker"
The world is heading "with wide-open eyes" towards a "broader war" in the face of the growing "risks of escalation" in Ukraine, the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, warned on Monday at the United Nations General Assembly. , who observed a minute of silence after the earthquake in Turkey and Syria.
"The prospects for peace continue to diminish. The opportunities for a new escalation in the conflict and more bloodshed continue to grow," Guterres told the General Assembly, in a particularly somber speech to present his goals for 2023. "I fear that the The world is sleepwalking towards a broader war and I fear it is doing so with wide eyes," he predicted.
(Reuters / Efe)
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Ukraine claims to have detained an officer in its armed forces who was passing information to the Russians
The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) announced on Monday the arrest of an officer of the armed forces who "transferred information on the combat plans of the Defense Forces in a strategically important part of the front to the enemy."
According to kyiv, the officer, recruited after the invasion, collected and sent information about Ukrainian military plans and troop movements.
Ukraine claims that the alleged spy's actions had no consequences at the front.
"The command of the Ukrainian forces managed to adjust its decisions for the successful execution of combat missions," the SBU statement said, quoted by the Ukrinform agency.
The statement also reports that the officer has admitted his guilt and is in custody.
Under the Criminal Code of Ukraine, he can be sentenced to between 12 and 15 years in prison.
(Agencies)
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The EU expects Zelenski's visit to Brussels this week
The European Union awaits a visit to Brussels by the President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelensky, this week, coinciding with the summit to be held by the heads of state and government on Thursday and Friday.
The trip is not fully guaranteed for security reasons, but if confirmed, the Ukrainian leader is also scheduled to participate in a session before the European Parliament.
For months the European institutions have invited Zelensky to visit Brussels and asked about it last week, during the summit that the EU held with Ukraine in kyiv, the Ukrainian president said that he "really" wanted to travel to the community capital , although at the same time he affirmed that there are "great risks" due to "Russia's desire for revenge".
If it occurs, it would be Zelensky's second trip abroad since the invasion began, following his visit to the United States in late December, where he met with President Joe Biden and delivered a speech in Congress, and the that he returned to kyiv with the promise of more military aid from Washington.
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Russia claims control of Mikolaivka town in Donetsk province
The Russian Ministry of Defense has affirmed this Monday that its troops have taken control of the small town of Mikolaivka, in the province of Donetsk, in eastern Ukraine, according to official media.
(Reuters)
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Several Ukrainian deputies rule out that the replacement in the Ministry of Defense will take place this week
Several Ukrainian deputies have ruled out the possibility that the expected change in the Ministry of Defense, which in principle will mean the departure of its current head, Oleksi Reznikov, will take place this week, after several days of speculation in this regard.
Legislator David Arajamia, parliamentary head of Servant of the People, the party of President Volodímir Zelenski, explained on Monday in his Telegram account that it is the evolution of the conflict with Russia that sets the pace in terms of political appointments.
Arajamia explained that the current evolution of the offensive anticipates that "this week there will be no changes in positions in the field of Defense".
The legislator confirmed Reznikov's departure on Sunday.
Mariana Bezugla, also a deputy, a member of the National Security commission, has ruled out changes on Facebook in the coming days.
Like Arajamia, she considers that the situation on the battlefield and the fear of a new offensive by the Russian forces advises postponing the renewal, reports UNIAN.
Zelenski, meanwhile, has not ruled on this issue.
(EP)
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What has happened in the last hours
On the 348th day of the war started by Russia against Ukraine, these are the key data at 12:00 this Monday, February 6:
The Ukrainian Defense Minister denies that Zelensky offered him to head the Ministry of Strategic Industries.
The head of Defense of Ukraine, Oleksii Reznikov, has denied on Monday the rumors according to which he will become the head of the Ministry of Strategic Industries and has clarified that "neither the president nor the prime minister of the country" have offered it to him.
On Sunday night, David Arakhamia, head of the parliamentary group of Servant of the People, the party of the president, Volodimir Zelensky, announced that Reznikov would be dismissed in the coming days as Defense Minister for several cases of corruption in public contracts of the Army discovered in the last two weeks.
Russia announces that the head of the UN nuclear agency will travel to Moscow this week.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Riabkov has announced that the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, will travel to Moscow this week to discuss the creation of a security zone around the nuclear power plant. from Zaporizhia.
More than 16,000 Ukrainian minors have been deported to Russia, according to kyiv.
A total of 16,220 Ukrainian children have been deported from the country since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, which will be one year old on the 24th, the Ukrainian Ombudsman said on Monday.
Russian blogger Veronika Belotserkovskaya sentenced to nine years in prison.
A Russian court has sentenced blogger Veronika Belotserkovskaya
in absentia
after being found guilty of spreading false information about the actions of the Russian Armed Forces in the context of the invasion of Ukraine.
In this photo, by
Yasuyoshi Chiba
for AFP, two people walk past the All Saints Church in Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine, on Sunday.
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Russian blogger Veronika Belotserkovskaya sentenced to nine years in prison for criticizing the invasion of Ukraine
A Russian court sentenced blogger Veronika Belotserkovskaya
in absentia
on Monday after being found guilty of spreading false information about the actions of the Russian Armed Forces in the context of the invasion of Ukraine.
A judge at the Basmani Court in Moscow has indicated that "a sentence has been issued against Belotserkovskaya of nine years in prison" against the food blogger in relation to new legislation criminalizing criticism of the war on Ukrainian soil.
In addition, the court has prohibited him from managing
online
resources for a period of five years, according to reports from the TASS news agency.
Although Belotserkovskaya can still appeal the sentence, she could be detained.
(EP)
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More than 16,000 Ukrainian minors have been deported to Russia, according to kyiv
A total of 16,220 Ukrainian children have been deported from the country since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, which will be one year old on the 24th, the Ukrainian Ombudsman said on Monday.
The institution reports on its Facebook profile the total number of minors who have been deported up to February 6 and which is collected by the Ukrainian state portal Children of the War.
They also ensure that during this period another 350 children have been reported missing and a total of 9,510 minors have been located and have been untraceable since the conflict began.
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Russia announces that the head of the UN nuclear agency will travel to Moscow this week
Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister, Sergei Riabkov, announced Monday that the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, will travel to Moscow this week to discuss the creation of a security zone around the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant.
The Zaporizhia plant, in southern Ukraine, is located in one of the four territories annexed by Moscow in September after referendums considered fraudulent by the international community.
The plant, the largest in Europe, is the target of constant attacks of which Moscow and kyiv accuse each other and which raise fears of a nuclear incident.
The IAEA announced the creation of a security zone around the plant by the end of last year, but finally admitted that the negotiations were complicated.
(Reuters/EL PAÍS)
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Ukraine's defense minister denies that Zelensky offered to head the Ministry of Strategic Industries
The head of Defense of Ukraine, Oleksiy Reznikov, who according to local media may be dismissed in the next few hours by the Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelenski, said on Monday that "neither the president nor the prime minister of the country" have offered him to be the Head of the Ministry of Strategic Industries.
Ukrainian lawmaker David Arakhamia, head of the ruling Servant of the People party and Ukraine's top negotiator with Russia, said on Sunday that Reznikov, after his removal, would remain in government as Minister of Strategic Industries, overseeing Ukraine's defense sector. .
These statements came after rumors spread about the imminent dismissal of Reznikov, who assured yesterday that he will resign if the country's president so decides.
“I can comment that this is a first for me.
I have not had any conversations about the Ministry of Strategic Industry with the President of Ukraine,” Reznikov said in an interview with a local Ukrainian media outlet broadcast today by
The Kyiv Independent
.
Reznikov has also said that if he had been offered the position, he would have turned it down.
He has also claimed that he "does not have the experience that would enable him to be the Minister of Strategic Industries."
At the end of January, the Ministry of Defense was beset by a high-profile corruption scandal that led to the dismissal of several senior officials, recalls the Ukrainian outlet.
The local newspaper
ZN.UA
reported on January 21 that the Defense Ministry purchased large quantities of food products for the army at inflated prices.
Since then, Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Office has opened an investigation into the alleged scheme.
The scandal has caused rumors to spread about the dismissal of the head of Defense who, according to Arakhamia himself, could be replaced by the country's intelligence chief, Kirilo Budanov.
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Russia says it discussed New START treaty with US ambassador
The Russian Deputy Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sergei Riabkov, reported on Monday that Moscow has discussed the New START nuclear control treaty with the US ambassador Lynne Tracy, according to the Interfax agency.
Riabkov has stated that there is no date for new talks.
Russia and the US were scheduled to meet last November to discuss the treaty, but the meeting was canceled at the last minute.
Washington accused Russia at the end of January of breaching the treaty, signed after the Cold War and the last one still in force between the two great nuclear powers for the control of their atomic weapons.
Moscow does not allow planned inspection within its territory, the State Department alleged in a communication to Congress.
The agreement entered into force in 2011, during the US presidency of Barack Obama.
That pact between Washington and Moscow, which between them accumulates 90% of nuclear weapons worldwide, was extended in 2021 for five more years.
The New Start limits to 1,500 the number of strategic nuclear warheads that the United States and Russia can have deployed, as well as the launchers -submarines or land vehicles- and missiles to fire them.
The agreement has as its main axis a system of mutual inspections of the respective arsenals.
But the Kremlin has already pointed out that it will let it expire in 2026. (Reuters/EL PAÍS)
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Riga, capital of Russian journalism in exile
Una decena de periodistas rusos se reúnen cada sábado, al amanecer, en un bosque a 20 kilómetros de Riga. Con la primera luz del día, emprenden un paseo a través de unos senderos resbaladizos por las placas de hielo. Mientras caminan en silencio estiran los brazos con un bastón de gimnasia. Al llegar a la playa, donde un manto blanco cubre la arena, cargan sus pulmones con la brisa marina y meditan. De vuelta al aparcamiento, toman unos dulces y un té mientras comparten anécdotas de su día a día en la capital de Letonia. Todos abandonaron Rusia hace menos de un año, poco después de que comenzara la invasión de Ucrania. Como otros cientos de periodistas rusos exiliados en Riga, viven sin ingresos estables ni un panorama claro de futuro. Con una dificultad añadida: por primera vez sienten que el país que les dio la bienvenida hace meses los mira con recelo por considerarlos demasiado tibios frente a la guerra de Moscú o incluso por sospechar que puedan ejercer de espías.
La actividad a orillas del mar Báltico la organiza Riga Media Hub, una fundación que ha ayudado a continuar con su labor informativa a más de 300 profesionales rusos exiliados en Riga y cuyas voces aún llegan a parte de la ciudadanía rusa, pese a todas las restricciones. Uno de ellos es Lev Kadik, periodista e historiador de 45 años que trabajó, hasta su despido en otoño de 2021, como jefe de la sección de Política en Kommersant, el periódico económico de mayor tirada en Rusia. “Me dijeron que no estaba siguiendo la línea del partido [gobernante, Rusia Unida]. Siempre la línea del partido, siempre”, recuerda con sorna. “Los contenidos de Kommersant hoy siguen fielmente la narrativa oficialista, con un ligerísimo aliño de crítica liberal, aunque lo que le llega al lector es pura propaganda”, resume Kadik en una de las de las salas de reuniones del moderno espacio de trabajo que Riga Media Hub pone gratuitamente a disposición de periodistas rusos, bielorrusos y ucranios en una ubicación secreta —por motivos de seguridad—.
Por Carlos Torralba (Enviado especial)
En la imagen, de C. T., un grupo de periodistas rusos camina por un bosque cercano a Riga, el 21 de enero.
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El partido de Zelenski anuncia que el ministro de Defensa será relevado por los casos de corrupción en contratos del Ejército
Oleksii Reznikov será cesado en los próximos días domo ministro de Defensa de Ucrania por varios casos de corrupción en contratos públicos del ejército descubiertos en las últimas dos semanas. Así lo anunció la noche del domingo David Arakhamia, jefe del grupo parlamentario de Servidor del Pueblo, el partido del presidente, Volodímir Zelenski. Reznikov dio horas antes una conferencia de prensa en Kiev que ya sonaba a despedida y en la que admitía que Zelenski decidiría su futuro en los próximos días. Reznikov, que ha hecho balance de su año en el cargo, ha finalizado la larga comparecencia ante los medios asegurando que dejaría tranquilo la cartera de Defensa y que el nivel de estrés que ha vivido durante la invasión rusa de Ucrania “es difícil de describir”.
La comparecencia de Reznikov ha sido un interrogatorio por parte de los medios ucranios sobre los tres altos cargos de su ministerio que fueron cesados al estar implicados en varios presuntos casos de corrupción. Se trata de Viacheslav Shapovalov, ahora ex viceministro; Volodímir Tereschenko, exsubdirector de contrataciones internacionales; y Bogdan Kmelnitski, exsubdirector de provisiones. Los dos contratos que han hecho caer a Reznikov, hasta ahora uno de los nombres más relevantes del Gobierno, son una licitación para adquirir equipos de protección para las tropas y una adjudicación de un contrato valorado en 360 millones de euros en alimentos para los soldados con precios muy por encima de los de mercado. La Fiscalía anticorrupción los investiga por presunta malversación de fondos públicos.
By
Cristian Segura
(Special envoy)
In the image, by
Viacheslav Ratynskyi
(Reuters), Oleksii Reznikov, until now Ukraine's Defense Minister, at a press conference this Sunday in Kiev.
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