Suddenly flame in the diplomatic tensions between Italy and Russia after Moscow declared the envoy of the Rai Stefania Battistini and the operator Simone Trainiaccused of having entered the country illegally last month following Ukrainian troops who entered the Kursk region. The Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani he said he had summoned the Farnesina the Russian ambassador to Italy to express “surprise” for what he called a “singular decision”. Alexei Paramonov will be received tomorrow afternoon at the ministry.
Reactions from Italian and Russian authorities
The names of Battistini And Trains appear in the Interior Ministry’s wanted database on the basis of an unspecified “article of the penal code.” But the agency Tax Please note that illegal entry into Russia carries a penalty of up to five years in prison. Other foreign envoys are on the wanted list: Simon Connolly by Deutsche Welle, Nick Walsh CNN and Ukrainian female journalists Natalia Nagornoy, Diana Butsko And Olesya Borovitsa.
Rai’s reaction
There Rai reacted by speaking of “an act of violation of freedom of information” and stating that Battistini And Trains “have carried out their work as witnesses of the events in an exemplary and objective manner”. Rai, it is further underlined by Mazzini Avenue«continues to carry out its role of public service also thanks to the courageous activity of its journalists and correspondents and reserves the right to operate in every venue to denounce the decision of the Russian government in defense of free information and to protect its journalist and the operator».
Escalation of the conflict between the West and Russia
Meanwhile, the comparison between theWest and the Russia on the issue of long-range missiles supplied by the USA and from the Great Britain in Kiev that Ukraine is asking to be able to use to strike deep into Russian territory. If this authorization is granted, the president warned Vladimir Putin“this will mean that NATO countries are at war with Russia.” “In this case, taking into account the change in the very essence of this conflict, we will make appropriate decisions based on the threats that will be addressed to us,” the head of the Kremlin warned.
Attack on Red Cross in Donetsk
On the ground, three operators of the Red Cross were killed and two wounded in a shelling of an aid distribution center in the Ukrainian region of Donetskawarded by the president Volodymyr Zelensky to Russian forces. An attack condemned as “inconceivable” by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which did not name those responsible. The Red Cross said the bombs fell on a site in the village of Viroliubivkaabout ten kilometers from the front, where a distribution center for firewood and coal for heating in preparation for the winter was being prepared. The organization did not provide details on the identity of the killed workers, but the parliamentary commissioner for human rights in Kiev, Dmytro Lubinetshe said that these are Ukrainian citizens.
Zelensky’s accusations against Russia
«In this war everything is absolutely clear, the Russia sow evil and theUkraine defends life”, he wrote Zelensky commenting on the incident on his X profile, adding that “the world must respond firmly”. The head of state also accused the Russians of having launched last night in Black Sea a missile against a Ukrainian civilian ship carrying a cargo of grain to theEgypt. “Fortunately, there are no victims, according to preliminary information,” he said.
Situation on the battlefield
As for the fighting, Zelensky admitted that the Russians have launched a counteroffensive in the region of Kursk to try to push back the Ukrainian forces that launched an invasion starting on August 6. But then he declared that “everything is going according to Ukrainian plans”, without explaining this statement. For its part, the Ministry of Defense in Moscow confirmed that Russian forces have recaptured ten villages and have repelled, also with the support of air strikes and artillery, four attempts by Ukrainian forces to break through the border in a new area, in the direction of the settlements of New Put And MedvezhyeAccording to the Kiev command, during the offensive the Ukrainian forces managed to conquer more than a hundred settlements on an area of about 1,300 square kilometers.