North Korea’s leader leaves Russia

• Ukraine announced on Saturday that two cargo ships were sailing to its ports, a first since the end of the grain agreement in July which until then allowed Ukrainian goods to be exported despite the Russian invasion. The Resilient Africa and Aroyat cargo ships “confirmed that they were ready to take the route to the port of Chornomorsk to load almost 20,000 tonnes of wheat destined for Africa and Asia”announced Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov on Facebook.
• Moscow claims to have shot down several Ukrainian drones near Moscow and in Crimea. Russian air defenses were able to hit a Ukrainian drone in the Moscow region and six others heading towards the annexed Crimean peninsula, the Russian Defense Ministry announced on Sunday.
• “If President Zelensky and the Ukrainians stop fighting, their country will no longer exist,” according to the NATO Secretary General. In an interview given on Sunday to the German media group Funke, Jens Stoltenberg warns that we must prepare “to a long war in Ukraine” and ensures that“there is no doubt that sooner or later Ukraine will be in NATO”.
• A new Russian militia created to enlist members of the Wagner Group, according to the National Center of Resistance of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry. A new private military company under the direct control of the Russian Defense Ministry has been created to recruit Wagner Group mercenaries, the National Center of Resistance of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry reported on Saturday.
• Three large Russian landing ships were transferred from the Black Sea to the Sea of ​​Azov after attacks this week damaged several buildings in Sevastopol, announced the spokesperson for the Ukrainian navy, Dmytro Pletentchouk. According to him, the Minsk, another landing ship which is one of the affected boats, cannot be repaired.
• North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu pledged to strengthen their cooperation, according to the state news agency TASS. The North Korean leader, visiting Russia, inspected Russian nuclear-capable strategic bombers, hypersonic missiles and warships on Saturday.
• The Russian army said on Saturday that it had not been “dislodged” from the village of Andriïvka in Ukraine, south of the devastated town of Bakhmut on the eastern front, contradicting an announcement made the day before by the Ukrainian general staff.

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