The NGO Reporters Without Borders deplores in its annual report (PDF), published Wednesday, December 14, an increase in the number of journalists killed in 2022 (57, against 48 in 2021), in particular due to the war in Ukraine. Eight of them died covering the conflict. “Repression has also greatly increased in Russia”notes this report, pointing out that “18 journalists” are currently imprisoned in the country. “During the year, almost all independent media there were banned, blocked and/or declared ‘foreign agents'”, adds RSF. Journalists on site risk “up to 15 years in prison for spreading ‘false information’ about the Russian army”. Follow our live.
One billion euros for Ukraine. The international conference of support for Ukraine, organized Tuesday in Paris, made it possible to garner more than a billion euros in donations to help the population to spend the winter in a country with infrastructures ravaged by the Russian attacks.
The country demands more weapons. “Given the scale of the war (…), we will have to fight all winter”declared on Tuesday the head of Ukrainian diplomacy, Dmytro Kouleba, claiming “more air and missile defense systems and ammunition, armored vehicles, mainly tracked”. He also mentioned “a very important need” in “additional guns” 155mm caliber.
The Russian army and Iranian companies targeted by British sanctions. “The calculated attacks by Russian forces on cities and innocent civilians in Ukraine will not go unanswered”Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said in a statement on Tuesday.. Twelve commanders of the Russian armed forces and heads of Iranian companies involved in the manufacture of drones are affected by the sanctions.