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A dead labantine and #hospitals in quarantine: in #Siberia, suspicions of a case of #pulmonary pest are worrying, while #Moscow formally denies the return of this contagious and deadly disease. WHO reported that it was checking the situation even if the risk of contamination was low.
On Tuesday, the Russian authorities reported that Moscow was the target of an attack of 650 drones during the night, killing two people and wounding nine people in the outskirts of the capital. Most of the aircraft "were destroyed by air defence" reported the mayor of the capital.
After an exchange with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Emmanuel Macron reiterated "the full support of France" in Kiev while Russia warned on Sunday that it would "intensify" its strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure.
The Russian authorities assured on Sunday that the health situation was "stable" in the Irkutsk region. Two days earlier, the death of a laboratory from the Anti-pest Research Institute had triggered rumours about a return of this deadly disease. Several hospitals have been quarantined while the authorities simply refer to "unknown pneumonia".
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz visited Kiev on Sunday to provide support and a new promise of financial assistance to Ukraine. This visit takes place at a time when the Ukrainian capital is facing a resurgence of Russian attacks, which targeted a bridge for the fourth day in a row.
Donald Trump's vision of the North Atlantic, China's claim to Taiwan, Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine: are there any resurgence of imperialism, which was thought to be over with the decolonization and fall of the USSR? This is the observation of the recent book "World history of imperialisms from the 19th to the 21st centuries" (PUF editions) co-directed by Nicolas Beaupré and historian Florian Louis, guest of Au Cœur de l'Info
Nicolas Werth, a specialist in the history of the USSR, gives himself in a personal book entitled "Goodbye my Russia". The president of the association Mémorial France confronts his path, that of a historian who was hit by the Russian invasion in Ukraine, and that of his father, also a historian, who committed suicide the day after the crash in the spring of Prague.
The Russian leader insists that Moscow "threats no one" and merely responds to the statements of Western leaders.
The statements of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the transfer of two North Korean soldiers captured in Russia to South Korea resulted in a major diplomatic incident with Seoul. South Korea blames Ukraine for not being able to remain silent on this matter, which Kiev contests. But for Seoul, this is a very sensitive issue in more than one way.
Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the Ukrainian arms industry has undergone a dramatic transformation. In four and a half years of conflict, the country has become one of the most advanced actors in drones alongside Russia. To the point that some manufacturers would now be able to export their production. However, Ukrainian legislation still hinders these ambitions.
According to a report published on Monday by NewsGuard, a US disinformation company, the number of false content usurping the identity of reliable media has exploded by 850% in one year. Of the 15 media most emulated in Russian misinformation operations, eight are French, including Libération, BFM TV or France 24. An epidemic of fake news attributed to Russia by specialists, designed to undermine the confidence of the general public and to deceive AI's tools.
Russia's head of diplomacy, Sergey Lavrov, accused Europe of systematically opposing peace projects in Ukraine, according to him, from the position of the United States.
At least 16 people were killed on Saturday in strikes in Russia and Ukraine, according to local authorities, in a context of intensified attacks between the two countries. Civilians are among the victims, including, on the Ukrainian side, in Zaporijia, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk and Kiev.
The CIA reportedly warned several countries that Russia would prepare to launch hybrid operations from the Mediterranean Sea. Is the risk real or is it an informational war operation?
For the moment, Russia does not seem ready to end the war in Ukraine. News hits on Wednesday, 23 September against service stations in Kiev killing two people. While the capital faces daily attacks, the school continues for children who live at the rate of bombs.
Press coverage on Wednesday: Chinese President's visit to Washington from today, a visit that worries Taiwan about Beijing's repression of minorities; fears of a new mobilisation in Russia; a polemic in France about a novel in the run for the Goncourt, whose author is accused of using the AI; and the debate on the intelligence of unicellular organisms.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after visiting Russia. A diplomatic role that is not usually attributed to the powerful boss of American spies. Yet, this is not the first time the CIA has been acting as intermediaries. John Ratcliffe has the means that other diplomats don't necessarily have... which is not without risk.
Referring to "a productive meeting with Donald Trump" on the margins of the UN General Assembly in New York, the Ukrainian President said that their two countries wanted the war with Russia to end "before the winter". They discussed "potential stages of de-escalation that could pave the way for diplomacy," but also "an energy moratorium," says Zelensky.
While NATO is worried about a Russian threat, Kremlin's voicemen accuse the Atlantic Alliance on social networks of promoting a war against Russia with a video clip.
Nothing new after the Russian parliamentary elections that ended on Sunday? The largely anticipated success of Russia united, Vladimir Putin's party, is not the only teaching of this election. It is also an increasingly warlike Duma that is emerging, while the spectre of a reinforced military mobilization is hovering.
