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Today’s news, October 13, about the war between Russia and Ukraine, arrived on the 232nd. Moscow: “In favor of a quick diplomatic solution, but not at the expense of our security.” Zelensky: “With more help, peace is near.” Gazprom: “There are no guarantees that the EU will survive the winter.” Biden responds to Lavrov in an interview with CNN: “The meeting with Putin? Depends on what he wants to talk about, he has to talk to Ukraine about Ukrainian issues.” And he adds: “I don’t think Putin will use nuclear weapons.”
The UN General Assembly yesterday condemned Russia’s “illegal annexation” of 4 Ukrainian provinces. Moscow “can’t wipe a sovereign state off the map,” says Biden. Erdogan is due to make Putin a proposal for mediation on the conflict today, at his meeting in Kazakhstan.
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11:31
Zelensky asks Italy for new weapons: “We hope for more help”
Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelensky returned to ask Western allies for help with missile defense. As he said speaking in a video link to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, “we have 10% of the defense forces against air attacks that we need: Germany has already provided us with a first anti-missile defense system, the US confirmed their support, naturally we hope that France and Italy will also help us”.
11:07
Zelensly: “Russia rejects dialogue, it is a terrorist state”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, speaking on video to the Council of Europe, said that “Russia” rejects dialogue “with Kiev and” wants to speak only through terror. “Zelensky called for Russia to be defined as a terrorist state, and that Russian assets are frozen in Europe to be used to compensate his country for the damage suffered.
10:33
Lavrov: “Yes to dialogue, but nobody offers healthy initiatives”
Russia does not and has never refused any serious proposal for contacts or negotiations on Ukraine: the problem is that “nobody offers healthy initiatives”. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Serghei Lavrov in a televised interview with Pavel Zarubin, filmed by Ria Novosti.
10:04
Zelensky asked for $60 billion in aid for Ukraine’s reconstruction and deficit
Thirty-eight billion dollars to cover Ukraine’s budget deficit next year. Plus 17 for rebuilding costs and 5 for energy and heating costs. These are the requests made by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the IMF.
