LIVE – A meeting was held Tuesday in Turkey between Ukrainian and Russian human rights officers

HUMAN RIGHTS

A meeting was held in Turkey on Tuesday between Ukrainian and Russian human rights officers Dmytro Loubinets and Tatiana Moskalkova.

The two representatives “discussed a wide range of humanitarian issues and cases related to the provision of human rights assistance to citizens of both countries,” Ukrainian Loubinets said on his social media on Wednesday. “Humanitarian aid to Ukrainian and Russian citizens” was well mentioned, underlines, for her part, the Russian representative.

This type of official meeting between the two countries has become a rarity for several months.

UKRAINE

Soledar “is and will always be Ukrainian,” the Ukrainian army said on Friday. Earlier in the day, the Wagner militia had claimed to have conquered the city. According to her, it is “not true” that the leader of the paramilitary group Wagner, Yevgeny Prigojine, can be inside the salt mines of Soledar, as relayed by a photograph of the public agency Russian news RIA Novosti.

KHERSON MISSILE

Emine Dzheppar, Ukrainian deputy foreign minister, released photos of damage caused by a missile strike on Kherson on Tuesday.

“One person was reportedly killed and another injured in the attack,” reports The Guardian.

UPDATE ON THE SITUATION

Increasing the battering in the Bakhmout region, Russia seems to be gaining ground in Soledar, a neighboring town. At the same time, the massive bombardments on the areas still controlled by kyiv continue. Here are the highlights of the past 24 hours.

GOLDEN GLOBES

The Ukrainian head of state spoke at the 80th Golden Globes ceremony on Tuesday evening. A committed speech during which he predicted the victory of his country against Russia.

PATRIOT

The United States will train Ukrainian forces at a military base in the southern state of Oklahoma in the operation and maintenance of the Patriot air defense system that Washington will supply to kyiv, announced the Pentagon on Tuesday.

“This training will prepare between 90 and 100 Ukrainian soldiers to operate, maintain and maintain the defense system through training that is expected to last several months,” Pentagon spokesman General Pat Ryder told reporters.

SOLEDAR

The leader of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said Wednesday morning that his fighters had taken control of the Ukrainian town of Soledar after heavy fighting this week, adding that “urban battles” are continuing.

“Wagner’s units have taken control of the entire territory of Soledar,” he said through the voice of his press service on social networks. The leader said fighting was taking place in the center of the city, making the extent of the Russian group’s control over it uncertain.

AFP was unable to verify his statements.

FRANCE

Kremlin propagandists take a dim view of Western aid to Ukraine, starting with France. Paris has indeed announced to deliver tanks to kyiv. In response, a Russian military expert calls, on Russian state television, for a “preventive strike” on France

HELLO

Hello and welcome to TF1info to follow the news of the war in Ukraine this Wednesday, January 11, 2023.