It is day 412 of the war in Ukraine. Follow the latest news about the war and all its aftermath in this live blog.
United States: Russia does not grant consular access to WSJ journalist
04:30 | Russia has still not allowed US consular employees access to Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested late last month, the US State Department reports. According to Americans, Russia is violating international law.
This weekend, Moscow formally notified Washington of the arrest of Gershkovich, who has been detained since March 29 on espionage charges. “Currently, refusing entry is a violation of Russia’s obligations under our consular convention,” a ministry spokesman said.
The United States also officially ruled on Monday that Russia had “wrongly” arrested Gershkovich. The United States is therefore pressing for his immediate release. Journalism is not a crime. We condemn the Kremlin’s continued suppression of independent voices in Russia,” the Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
US President Joe Biden called for Gershkovich’s release on Friday after reporters asked him about the case. The 31-year-old Wall Street Journal reporter was arrested in Yekaterinburg, about 1,400 kilometers east of Moscow, where he is currently being held. He can be sentenced to a maximum of twenty years’ imprisonment.
At the time of his arrest, according to various media, Gershkovich was trying to write an article about the attitude of the Russian population to attempts to recruit the mercenary army of the Wagner group. Who fights for Russia in Ukraine.
Situation on Monday 10 April
Colonel Oleksandr Syrskyi, commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, accused Russian troops of this scorched earth tactic to be used in Bachmut.
According to a leaked US military document circulating online, a Russian fighter aircraft nearly shot down a British reconnaissance plane last year. The near miss occurred Sept. 29 off the coast of Crimea, the Washington Post reported.
Ukraine has been forced to alter some of its military plans for an expected counter-offensive following the leak of highly classified Pentagon documents, a report said.
The United States Department of Defense He said several agencies are jointly assessing the implications of the leaked intelligence documents, many of them related to the war in Ukraine, on the national security of the United States and its allies and partners. Officials say the range of topics covered in the documents – covering war in Ukraine, China, the Middle East and Africa – suggest they may have been leaked by an American rather than an ally.
THE South Korea’s main opposition party he urged the government to check the Pentagon documents. He claims, among other things, that the United States tried to wiretap senior officials in Seoul in connection with arms sales.
Russian plans the air defenses on its northwestern border in response to Finland joining NATO.
Source: BNR
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