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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the rostrum of the UN General Assembly on Wednesday to call for the end of the war in Ukraine. Describing the murderous "foliation" of Russian President Vladimir Putin, he called on his allies to maintain sanctions against Moscow.
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.
On the night of Monday, 21 September, Russian strikes killed at least four people in Dnipro, a major city in eastern central Ukraine. One night bombardment while President Volodymyr Zelensky is in New York to try to relaunch the peace negotiations at the UN General Assembly.
The online voting system in Moscow was the target of "powerful" cyber attacks during the night of Friday to Saturday, in the midst of parliamentary elections in Russia, said the President of the Central Electoral Commission, according to state media. This is the first large-scale election in Russia since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Follow our direct.
