Did you miss the latest events on the war in Ukraine? 20 Minutes takes stock for you every evening. Between the strong declarations, the advances on the front and the results of the fighting, here is the essential part of this Sunday, the 1,005th day of war.
News of the day
The Ukrainian secret service (SBU) showed fragments of a new Russian ballistic missile to a small group of journalists, including AFP, on Sunday. They were identified Thursday by Russian President Vladimir Putin as “Oreshnik”, a previously unknown weapon which he said struck an arms factory in Dnipro. A few hours after this shot presented by the Kremlin as a “signal” to the West and to kyiv, Vladimir Putin boasted of the success of the Russian strike with this new hypersonic missile called “Orechnik”.
The meeting with the SBU took place in a secret location for security reasons. On this occasion, the Ukrainian SBU did not wish to publicly confirm that it was debris from “Orechnik” but assured that it was “the first time” that the Ukrainian forces had seen such a projectile since the beginning of the Russian invasion in February 2022.
Sentence of the day
« “President Erdogan said he aims to increase cooperation between Turkey and Russia in many areas, including expanding the volume of trade exchanges” »
During a telephone conversation on Sunday with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he wanted to “expand” the volume of trade between Turkey and Russia. While quickly condemning the Russian offensive in Ukraine, Turkey has opted from the start for neutrality between the two countries and has not joined Western sanctions against Moscow.
The Turkish president then justified this policy by Turkey’s strong dependence on Russian oil and gas. Five Turkish companies were targeted with US sanctions in September 2023 for providing products and services to Russian defense companies.
The number of the day
10 million rubles. This is the amount that Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine could forgive debts they have to pay, according to a law signed on Saturday by Vladimir Putin. The new legislation will allow everyone who signs a one-year contract to go to fight in Ukraine after December 1 to free themselves from debts, for which a collection order was issued before this date. It will also apply to their spouses.
The total amount of debts covered will be 10 million rubles, or around 92,000 euros at the current rate. This measure, approved Tuesday by the Russian Parliament, is considered by experts to be a strong incentive, as Russia seeks volunteers for a conflict that has now lasted more than a thousand days.
Today’s trend
Donald Trump’s team will begin working with outgoing President Joe Biden’s administration to reach an “arrangement” between Ukraine and Russia, expressing concern about the current “escalation”, Mike Waltz said on Sunday , the future White House security advisor. Since the election of Donald Trump on November 5, Europeans have feared a disengagement of the United States from this conflict or even American pressure for an agreement to the detriment of kyiv.
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“President Trump has been very clear about the need to end this conflict. What we need to discuss is who will be at the table, whether it is an agreement, an armistice, how to bring both sides to the table and what the framework will be. an arrangement,” declared on Fox News Mike Waltz, appointed to the ultra-strategic position of national security adviser at the White House. “This is what we will work on with this administration until January and we will continue after,” he assured on the conservatives’ favorite channel.