LIVE – War in Ukraine: Zelensky goes to Switzerland on Monday

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will visit Switzerland from Monday, his services were announced on Sunday, at a time when Ukraine is trying to secure reliable support from its allies as the second anniversary of the invasion approaches. Russian.

“President Zelensky will begin his visit to the Swiss Confederation on January 15,” the president said, adding that he would “meet the heads of both houses of parliament, party leaders as well as the Swiss president and participate in the Forum World. Economy in Davos.”

The new head of French diplomacy and his German counterpart on Sunday reaffirmed their countries’ willingness to support Ukraine “as long as necessary” to counter Russian aggression.

Stefan Sjörn told the press during a visit to Berlin that “we fully agree” to say that “we should support the Ukrainians as long as necessary.” German diplomatic chief Annalena Berbock echoed them by saying that we should stay “on Ukraine’s side as long as necessary”.

North Korea’s foreign minister will visit Russia next week, according to official North Korean media, after Washington and its allies condemned the alleged transfer of weapons from Pyongyang to Moscow for its war in Ukraine. Russia and North Korea, longtime allies, have signed an agreement since Kim Jong Un’s trip to the Russian Far East in September 2023 to meet Vladimir Putin.

Russian forces targeted 12 rural communities in Sumy Oblast yesterday, injuring a civilian in the town of Shostka, according to the local military administration. A civilian was injured in a missile attack on Saturday morning in the town of Shostka, located about 50 km west of the Russian-Ukrainian border. More than 300 apartments were damaged in the attack and artillery, mortars, mines and drones were used in 12 recorded attacks.

According to Stefan Sjörn, for the moment blocked by Hungary, Paris will put “all its weight” so that Kiev receives a European envelope of 50 billion euros. But how does aid sent to Ukraine work? Will the country one day have to repay the international support it receives? Find out all the details of these post-war mechanisms.

From Kyiv yesterday, the new foreign minister assured that Ukraine would remain a “priority for France”. “Russia hopes that Ukraine and its supporters will give up before they do. We will not be weakened,” Stefan Sejorn said at a press conference with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kouleba. The minister spoke with the Ukrainian president in particular “on European issues related to the extraordinary conference of February 1 and France’s leading role so that this summit once again signals united European support for Ukraine.” The latter will now travel to Germany and Poland on Monday to meet his counterparts and advance Ukrainian issues in European institutions, according to his representative at AFP.

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