No " peaceful
" way
envisaged by the Kremlin, two dead and three injured in a Russian drone strike, Russia targeted by the UN council...
Le Figaro
takes stock of the Russian conflict in Ukraine on Monday 27 FEBRUARY.
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"For now", the Kremlin does not see the conditions for a "peaceful" end to the conflict in Ukraine
The Kremlin ruled on Monday that the plan proposed last week by China to settle the conflict in Ukraine “
deserved attention
”, but that the conditions necessary for a “
peaceful
” solution were not met “
for the moment.
".
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“
We consider the plan of our Chinese friends with great attention (...) It is a long process.
For now, we do not see the premises for this case to take a peaceful path
,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
“
The special military operation (in Ukraine) continues
,” he added.
Russian strike with a drone: two dead, three injured in western Ukraine
Two people were killed and three injured in Khmelnytsky in western Ukraine, after a Russian attack involving more than a dozen Iranian-made combat drones overnight from Sunday to Monday, authorities said.
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One of the deceased was a rescue worker killed during his service, said the mayor of Khmelnytsky, Oleksandre Symtchychyne, on Telegram, reporting "
damaged buildings
" by these strikes.
Shortly after, the governor of the Khmelnytsky region, Serguï Gamaliï, announced to him on Telegram the death of a second rescuer who succumbed to his injuries in hospital.
Russia in the crosshairs of the UN Human Rights Council
Human rights are attacked from all sides, deplored the UN chief, calling for them to be given a "
new breath
" in a world that is "
going backwards
".
At his side for the opening of the 52nd session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk also denounced the return of the "old
authoritarianism
and "
destructive wars of aggression, from a bygone era and of global consequence, as we have seen again in Europe with Russia's senseless invasion of Ukraine
."
Volker Turk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, attends the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, February 27, 2023. DENIS BALIBOUSE / REUTERS
"
Russia's invasion of Ukraine triggered the most massive violation of human rights we know today
," insisted Antonio Guterres.
The session started with a minute of silence in memory of the victims of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.