Have you missed the latest events on the war in Ukraine? 20 Minutes Get the point for you every night. Here is the essentials of this Wednesday, July 30, 1,253rd day of the conflict.
The fact of the day
The town hall of Besançon, which had filed a complaint for the “theft” of a flag of Ukraine on the Esplanade des Rights of the Human rights, made a rear machine on Wednesday, explaining that the standard had been mistakenly removed by municipal agents following a “misunderstanding”.
The blue and yellow flag of Ukraine was removed from this esplanade by the municipal services in application of a directive which in fact concerned only the Town Hall, explained the municipality: the latter had to be flooded with the only French, European and Bourgogne-Franche Comté flags.
It was this “misunderstanding” which led to the withdrawal of the Ukrainian flag from the Esplanade des Rights of Human. Consequently, “we are of course withdrawing our complaint,” wrote the city in a second communication.
The quote of the day
« While bombing in Ukraine continues, we, representatives of Russian and global civil society opposed to war, dictatorship and repression, express our deep outrage in the face of the participation of the Russian delegation, represented by Valentina Matvienko, Piotr Tolstoy and Leonid Slutski, in the assembly of the Interparlment Union held in Geneva. »
Opponents of Vladimir Putin, including leading dissidents, denounce the arrival in Switzerland of a high -level Russian political delegation led by personalities under sanctions while the war in Ukraine continues. An open letter was signed by more than 200 people or organizations, including dissidents who had been imprisoned in Russia and were exchanged in 2024, such as Vladimir Kara-Mourza, Oleg Orlov, and Ilia Iachine.
Delegations of Russian and Ukrainian parliaments participated on Wednesday in the United Nations Interparliamentary Union (UIP) assembly in Geneva.
The trend of the day
China announced Wednesday that it would conduct joint military exercises with Russia in August, including naval and air exercises near Vladivostok (East) and joint naval patrols in the Pacific.
Moscow and Beijing have strengthened their cooperation in all fields in recent years, including military, faced with what they perceive as an increasing domination of the United States on the world order. These exercises, named “Joint SEA-2025”, are part of bilateral cooperation and “are not directed against third parties,” the spokesman for the Chinese Defense Ministry, Zhang Xiaogang said on Wednesday at a press conference.
After these exercises, the two armies will perform naval patrols in a certain Pacific area, added the spokesperson. The “Joint Sea-2024” exercises of last year had taken place along the southern coast of China. “Joint Sea-2025” will take place just before a visit to the Russian leader Vladimir Putin in China at the end of August.
