Kara-Murza’s wife Yevgenia Kara-Murza, who is also a British citizen, said she was “dismayed” by the British government’s “modest” response. “The introduction of sanctions against its perpetrators would be a practical step that I would very much like to see,” she said.
Synthesis of the last 24 hours of the war
- Britain condemned the sentence of Russian oppositionist Volodymyr Kara-Murza, who was sentenced to 25 years in prison for opposing the war in Ukraine. British Foreign Minister James Cleverley summoned the Russian ambassador Andrii Kelin for an explanation. Kara-Murza has dual Russian-British citizenship.
- UN human rights chief Volker Turk called on Russia to release Kara-Murza, and Latvia imposed sanctions on 10 Russian officials and lawyers involved in the case.
- US Ambassador to Russia Lynn Tracy said she visited Wall Street reporter Evan Hershkovich, who was arrested in Russia two weeks ago on espionage charges. “It’s good and lasts. We are again calling for Evan’s immediate release,” Tracy said.
- Two Russian fighter jets and a reconnaissance plane flying near NATO airspace were intercepted by the British and German air forces.
- The US has criticized Brazil’s approach to the war in Ukraine and accused it of supporting Russian and Chinese propaganda after President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said the US “must stop encouraging war and start talking about peace”.
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov thanked “our Brazilian friends for understanding the situation (in Ukraine)” after meeting with his Brazilian counterpart Mauro Vieira in Brasilia at the start of a tour of Latin America.
- Russia says it has repelled an “illegal” attempt by Ukraine to enter Russian territory on its southern border, 11 days after it claimed another similar incident
- The Kremlin said that the prospects for restoring the agreement, according to which Russia allows Ukraine to export agricultural products from its Black Sea ports through Turkey, are “not so rosy.”
- Slovakia will temporarily stop importing grain and other selected products from Ukraine to protect its farmers, joining Poland and Hungary in the move, a government spokesman said on Monday. Meanwhile, Ukraine and Poland began negotiations to reach an agreement on imports.
- Slovakia handed over all 13 promised MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine
- Almost 500 children were killed in Ukraine after the Russian invasion, according to a report by the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine. As of Monday, 470 children were killed, 948 were injured
Basic information about the war in Ukraine, day 419:
06:31 A senior Ukrainian official has said that Ukraine will launch a counteroffensive against Russian forces when it is fully ready, adding that it is only a matter of time before the country reaches that level of military readiness. Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, told the Associated Press that Ukraine’s allies are helping the government achieve the level of technical equipment needed to launch an attack by supplying heavy armored vehicles and ammunition.
06:00To convince pro-Russian Crimeans to join the army, officials allowed them to use pistols and grenades, and taught them to assemble weapons, Al-Jazeera writes
10:35 in the eveningRussian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday during a visit to Brazil that Moscow wants the conflict in Ukraine to end as soon as possible.
21:56President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi said during his speech on Monday that preparations are underway for a new meeting in the Ramstein format and that “fundamental decisions” are expected to be made.
21:32The Republic of Moldova did not admit the Russian delegation on Monday and warned politicians from Moscow not to interfere in its internal affairs ahead of regional elections.
The British army has prepared a new impressive weapon for Ukraine
21:15NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Joane said on Monday that the situation with measurements on the Bastro Canal and the export of grain from Ukraine, which is causing discontent among Romanian farmers, is a “sensitive” topic and should be resolved through bilateral dialogue.
Monday’s events related to Russian aggression were broadcast LIVE on HotNews.ro
Source: Hot News
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