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- The United States will deliver ammunition containing depleted uranium to Ukraine, the Pentagon announced on Wednesday, September 6. These weapons, effective against tanks and other armored vehicles, are controversial because of the toxic risks for the military and populations. The Russian Embassy in the United States castigated the announcement on Thursday, seeing it as a “clear sign of inhumanity”.
- Visiting kyiv on Wednesday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced new help of one billion dollars to Ukraine (932 million euros).
- At least seventeen people died in the attack on a market in Kostiantynivka, in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, announced Ihor Klymenko, the Ukrainian Interior Minister. The attack injured at least thirty-two. According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, the market was affected by “a Russian ballistic missile”an S-300.
- Ukrainian drones were shot down near the Russian capital and in the south of the country on Thursday morning, Russian news agency RIA reported, citing the Department of Defense. A drone was shot down near Moscow and two others near Rostov-on-Don, RIA said.
- Pieces of drone found in Romania. A Ukrainian spokesman claimed a few days ago that a Russian drone fell on the Romanian bank of the Danube on the night of September 3-4. Angel Tilvar, the Romanian Defense Minister, confirmed that “pieces that may belong to a drone have been found”. “If it is confirmed that these elements come from a Russian drone, such a situation would be totally inadmissible and would constitute a serious violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Romania, a NATO ally state”reacted Klaus Iohannis, the Romanian president.
- Roustem Oumerov, new defense minister, promises to liberate “every centimeter” of Ukraine. Mr. Oumerov replaces Oleksii Reznikov: the Ukrainian Parliament, the Rada, has validated his appointment. Never had a Crimean Tatar risen to such a high position in the history of independent Ukraine. Whoever will be responsible for ensuring a continuous flow of Western weapons to the Ukrainian army against the Russian army has no military experience.
- Russia acknowledges that its troops have withdrawn from Robotyne. The recapture of this village located in the Zaporijia region had been claimed by Ukraine at the end of August, as part of the counter-offensive it has been leading since June. “The Russian army retreated to the hills”conceded on Wednesday the head of the temporary (pro-Russian) administration of Zaporizhia, Ievhen Balytsky.
- “Obviously, there cannot be the Russian flag at the Paris Games,” said Emmanuel Macron in a daily interview The Team published Wednesday evening. Russia has no “out of place at a time when she is committing war crimes”, he continued. Asked about the possible presence of individual Russian athletes, the Head of State replied: “I want this to be a decision in the conscience of the Olympic world (…) it is not the host State that should decide. » He calls on the Olympic Committee to involve the Ukrainians in the reflection.
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