Update on the situation this Tuesday, October 24, at 9 p.m.
- Institute for the Study of War confirms Russian advances near Avdiïvka
“Russian forces carried out offensive operations and confirmed their advance northeast of Avdiivka”confirms the Institute for the Study of War. The American think tank relied on geolocated images published on October 23.
- Support for Israel will not affect aid to Ukraine, assures Olaf Scholz
“We support Ukraine economically, financially, with humanitarian aid but also with weapons. This support will in no way be affected by the fact that, since the horrific morning hours of October 7, we have turned toward Israel and the Middle East with the greatest compassion and concern.”the German chancellor said at a German-Ukrainian economic forum in Berlin.
- Volodymyr Zelensky makes Ukraine’s accession to the European Union a top priority
The Ukrainian president attended the weekly meeting of the European Commission by videoconference on Tuesday. On this occasion, he reaffirmed that the preparation of Ukraine’s accession negotiations to the EU was a “absolute priority” for his country.
The European Union paid 1.5 billion euros to Ukrainee
The European Commission announced that it had paid additional aid of 1.5 billion euros to Ukraine. “Our support for Ukraine to date amounts to nearly 83 billion euros”she wrote in a message published on X (formerly Twitter).
- Baltic Sea gas pipeline damaged by ship’s anchor, Finland says
Investigators from Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) say they have found a lost anchor on the seabed, where the gas pipeline and two telecommunications cables were broken, and are now seeking to determine whether the anchor actually belongs to a carrier -Chinese containers, Newnew-Polar-Bear flying the flag of Hong Kong.
- Death of Vladimir Nekrasov, chairman of the board of directors of Lukoil
The oil group Lukoil announced the death of Vladimir Nekrassov, the chairman of its board of directors. He was 66 years old. According to preliminary conclusions of doctors, he died of acute heart failure. Chain Telegram Baza reports that he died at his home in Moscow.
- Ukraine launches joint venture with German arms maker Rheinmetall
It will be responsible for maintaining and repairing Western weapons sent to Ukraine. Announced by Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Chmyhal during the German-Ukrainian Economic Forum in Berlin, the company must contribute to the local production of certain equipment manufactured by Rheinmetall.