Seven people were killed and more than a hundred wounded in a Russian bombardment of Chernihiv in the north of the country

• Vladimir Putin at the UN in September. The Russian president, who issued the International Criminal Court arrest warrant, signed a decree on the organization of the Russian delegation, which will be headed by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
• US approves Denmark and Netherlands to send US F-16 fighter jets to UkraineOnce Ukrainian pilots were trained to fly them. “Good news from our friends in America! »Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov was welcomed on X (formerly Twitter).
• Grigory Melkhoniands, co-chairman of the voter rights NGO Golos, was detained by a Russian court on Friday.Accused of involvement in the activities of A “Unwanted System”. The decision comes just weeks before regional elections in September and less than a year before Russia’s 2024 presidential election.
• Ukraine and Romania have reached an agreement to speed up the delivery of goodsIt has become more difficult since Russia pulled out of a deal in July that allowed it to export Ukrainian grain.
• The Moscow City Court on Friday ordered the dissolution of the Sakharov Center Association, one of the last pillars of human rights protection in Russia. The center, which opened in the 1990s, was forced to close its doors earlier this year.
• Russia announced on Friday that it would grant access to International Criminal Court lawyer Karim Khan., who issued arrest warrants against Vladimir Putin and British ministers and journalists in mid-March. The Russian Foreign Ministry justified these new sanctions “Unwavering military support from London” In Kiev and “Aggressive Activation (…) A hostile anti-Russian policy”.

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