The international conference on the reconstruction of Ukraine organized in London ended Thursday, an opportunity to take stock of the sums collected.
After two days of discussion, we do the accounts. Ukraine has received a total of 60 billion euros in new financial support to rebuild itself at the end of the conference organized in London, announced Thursday, June 22, British Foreign Minister James Cleverly. Here is what to remember from the news of the day related to the war in Ukraine.
Ukraine garners an additional 60 billion euros for its reconstruction
60 billion euros will be delivered to Ukraine as support to rebuild its economy at the end of the international conference on its reconstruction organized in London, welcomed the British Foreign Minister James Cleverly.
The bulk of the €60 billion in commitments comes from a €50 billion aid package that the European Union has planned to release until 2027, and announced on the eve of the conference. The United States also announced support of 1.3 billion dollars (about 1.2 billion euros) in aid, targeted in particular on the energy and infrastructure sectors.
The Council of Europe wants the exclusion of Russian and Belarusian athletes for the 2024 Olympics
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has come out in favor of the total exclusion of Russian and Belarusian athletes from the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris “as long as Russia’s war of aggression (on Ukraine) continues”.
In a resolution adopted at its summer plenary session, taking place this week in Strasbourg, the assembly urged “the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and its constituent sports bodies to maintain the position expressed in 2022 and ban participation” of these athletes at the next Olympic Games and “all other major sporting events“, she wrote in a press release.
Volodymyr Zelensky claims that Russia is planning an attack
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of preparing a “terrorist attack” involving a radioactive leak at the Zaporizhia power station occupied by Russian troops in southern Ukraine.
“Our intelligence has obtained information that Russia is considering the scenario of a terrorist attack at the Zaporizhia power plant, an attack with the release of radiation. They have prepared everything for this”he said on Telegram.
The counter-offensive “will take time”, warns the Ukrainian Prime Minister
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmygal has warned that the army’s counteroffensive against Russian forces “will take time”but said to himself “optimistic” on its success. “We will carry out intelligent offensive operations”, justified Denys Chmygal during a press conference in London where an international conference for the reconstruction of Ukraine was held.
Bridge between Crimea and Ukraine damaged
“During the night, a strike hit the bridge of Tchongar. There is no victim”, said the Russian governor of annexed Crimea, adding that the damage was being assessed. Crimea serves in particular as a logistics rear base for the Russian forces deployed in southern Ukraine.
UN adds Russia to children’s rights ‘list of shame’
Russian armed forces and ‘affiliated’ armed groups, which have killed dozens of children in Ukraine, are now on the UN’s ‘list of shame’ on the rights of children in conflict, according to a copy of a forthcoming report.
The annual report of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres lists the violations of children’s rights in some twenty conflict zones around the world and lists in the appendix those responsible for these violations, which include children killed and mutilated, recruitment, kidnapping or sexual violence.