North Korea and Russia to collaborate on ‘military cooperation strategy,’ state media reports
North Korean state media website Yunhap reported that Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reached an arrangement with Kim Jong Un on a “large-scale military cooperation plan” throughout his time in North Korea last month, according to a Google translation of the report.
“It is judged that Minister Shoigu met with Chairman Kim Jong-un alone and agreed on a plan for military cooperation in a broad framework,” North Korea’s National Intelligence Service stated, according to the report.
Russia apparently proposed sales of weapons shells and rockets, and joint training, while North Korea asked for loans of Western weapons and technical assistance, the report stated.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu gone to North Korea in late July for the 70 th anniversary of completion of the Korean War, commemorated in North Korea as “Victory Day.”
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Shoigu gone to North Korea in late July for the 70 th anniversary of completion of the Korean War, commemorated in North Korea as “Victory Day.”
He accompanied Kim Jong Un to a defense exhibit including the North’s prohibited ballistic rockets as the next-door neighbors promised to increase ties, North Korean state media reported at the time.
CNBC was not able to individually validate the claims made in this report.
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Putin does not appreciate worldwide food security, U.S. federal government representative states
The U.S. when again condemned Russia’s attacks on grain facilities in Ukraine in a press instruction by federal government representative Vedant Patel Wednesday.
Patel made the talk about reports of Russian drone attacks having actually harmed storage facilities and granaries in a Ukrainian port near the Danube River, in addition to port facilities in Odesa, Reni and Izmail.
Wheat grain in a storage center in the town in Kyiv area, Ukraine.
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“This escalation demonstrates Moscow continues to prevent grain and foodstuffs from reaching those who need it most throughout the world,” Patel stated.
“It is unacceptable. Putin simply does not care about global food security,” he included.
Danube ports have actually ended up being the main export path for Ukrainian grain because Russia took out of the Black Sea Grain Initiative in July.
— Hannah Ward-Glenton
Ukraine states it has no hope of utilizing F-16 fighter jets this year
Ukraine will not have the ability to utilize U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets in 2023, flying force representative Yuriy Ihnat informed Ukrainian tv Wednesday night, according to Reuters.
“It’s already obvious we won’t be able to defend Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets during this autumn and winter,” Ihnat apparently stated in a joint telethon broadcast by Ukrainian channels.
Ukraine has actually consistently asked Western allies to supply F-16 fighter jets, which the nation views as a crucial element in beating Russian forces.
A media bus beside the Main Media Center in Vilnius, Lithuania.
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U.S. President Joe Biden backed training Ukrainian pilots to utilize F-16 s in May, however has actually not offered a timeline for when airplanes would be provided.
“We had big hopes for this plane, that it will become part of air defence, able to protect us from Russia’s missiles and drones terrorism,” Ihnat stated, as reported by Reuters.
— Hannah Ward-Glenton
Zelenskyy consultant knocks concept of quiting area for NATO subscription
Mykhailo Podolyak, consultant to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, throughout an interview with AFP in Kyiv, on July 19, 2023.
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Mykhailo Podolyak, consultant to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, explained any recommendation Ukraine might deliver area in exchange for NATO subscription as “ridiculous.”
“That means deliberately choosing the defeat of democracy, encouraging a global criminal, preserving the Russian regime, destroying international law, and passing the war on to other generations,” Podolyak composed on X, previously called Twitter.
It follows a report in the Norwegian paper Verdens Gang that NATO chief of personnel Stian Jenssen stated in a Tuesday panel conversation: “I think that a solution could be for Ukraine to give up territory, and get NATO membership in return.”
CNBC did not go to the panel occasion and has actually connected to Jenssen for remark.
— Jenni Reid
Russia drone strikes damage grain storage in Danube port, guv states
Russian drone attacks on a Ukrainian port on the Danube river triggered a fire and harmed storage facilities and granaries, Odesa local guv Oleh Kiper stated in a Telegram post, according to a Google translation.
There were no deaths or injuries, Kiper stated, later on including anti-aircraft defense systems had actually damaged 11 attack drones.
Images published by Kiper reveal grain spilled onto the ground and structural damage. CNBC has actually not individually validated the report or images.
Danube ports have actually ended up being the main export path for Ukrainian grain because Russia took out of the Black Sea Grain Initiative in July.
— Jenni Reid
Ukraine states freight ship utilizing Black Sea passage in spite of ongoing stress
Grain ship on the Black Sea on July 17, 2023.
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Ukraine stated Wednesday a freight ship was utilizing a short-term passage for freight ships leaving and getting in Ukrainian ports on the Black Sea in the middle of ongoing unpredictability over Russia’s action to such vessels.
The ship was called as the Joseph Schulte, taking a trip under the Hong Kong flag.
“The first vessel is moving along the temporary corridor established for civilian vessels to/from the Black Sea seaports,” Ukrainian Minister of Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov stated on Telegram, according to a Google translation.
Ukraine’s navy revealed the passage onAug 10. Russia in July took out of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which had actually assisted in the export of Ukrainian farming items through the war, stimulating issues over worldwide food supply.
Cargo ships have actually been stuck in different ports because Russia’s major intrusion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Russia stated in July it would think about all Ukraine- bound ships as prospective providers of military devices. Tensions increased on Sunday when Moscow stated among its warships had actually fired cautioning chance ats a freight vessel in the Black Sea, a relocation Ukraine called “provocative.”
— Jenni Reid
