990 days ago the Russian invasion of Ukraine began. Non-European countries, such as Iran or North Korea, are increasingly important for the fate of the war in Ukraine, but Europe's lack of decisive action against the Russian invasion shows its weakening position in the international arena, said the Foreign Affairs magazine. Here's what happened in and around Ukraine over the last 24 hours.
> Ukraine recovered the bodies of 563 fallen soldiers who died in the war with Russia in the east of the country, as well as those whose remains were in mortuaries in the territory of the Russian Federation – informed the Ukrainian Coordinating Staff for Prisoners of War.
> On Wednesday telephone conversation President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky with the future leader of the United States Donald Trump also participated Elon Musk – Axios reported on Friday, citing sources. According to the portal, this would indicate the important role that the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX may play in the future American administration.
> Non-European countries such as Iran Whether North Koreaare increasingly important for the fate of Russia's war against Ukraine, but Europe's lack of decisive action against the Russian invasion shows its weakening position in the international arena – said the Foreign Affairs magazine.
> NATO countries condemned the deepening military cooperation between Russia and North Korea. In a joint statement, they called it a “dangerous expansion” of the invasion against Ukraine.
The city of Zaporozhye, damage after the Russian attack on October 1, 2024PAP/UKRINFORM
> Drones from the Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) attacked the refinery of the state-owned company Rosneft in Saratov, causing a fire there, reported the Ukrainian media, citing sources in Ukraine's defense structures.
> Two Russian soldiers stayed sentenced to life imprisonment for shooting nine family members in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, the Kommersant daily reported on Friday. The sentence was passed in a military court in Rostov-on-Don. The murder of a family that lived in the city of Volnovakha occurred at the end of October last year.
> Head of EU diplomacy Josep Borrell declared ahead of the informal European Union summit in Budapest that the EU must continue to support Ukraine's independence and sovereignty. Ukraine should be at the table, not on the menu, he emphasized.
> The head of Estonian diplomacy, Margus Tsahkna, announced that during Thursday's attack on Kiev, Russian a drone hit a skyscraperwhere the ambassador lives Estonia in Ukraine, Anneli Kolk. “No one is safe in Ukraine until Russia stops its aggression,” Tsahkna stressed.
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