The horror. At least “450 graves” were discovered in Izium, the city recaptured from the Russians during last week’s counter-offensive, an adviser to the Ukrainian presidency announced on Friday (September 16th). Mykhailo Podoliak. “This is only one of the massive burial sites discovered near Izioumhe wrote on Twitter. For months, terror, violence, torture and mass murder reigned supreme in the occupied territories.”. Follow our live.
A “mass grave” in Izioum. The day before, Volodymyr Zelensky had denounced this mass grave. Friday, “Ukrainian and international journalists will come to Izium. We want the world to know what is really happening and what the Russian occupation has led to. Bucha, Mariupol, now, unfortunately, Izium…”he launched in his daily video address, without giving details of the number of people buried or the causes of their deaths.
New aid from the United States. The White House has validated a new component of up to $600 million in military assistance to Ukraine. This assistance consists of equipment and services, but also training, according to the American executive, which does not give more details, in particular on the armaments provided.
Putin and Xi Jinping appear together. The Chinese presidents on Thursday showed their willingness to support each other and strengthen their ties in the midst of a crisis with the West, during their first meeting since the start of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia.