It is ‘Global Village Today’ that delivers major news from various countries around the world.
Host) What news do you have today?
Reporter) Poland has dispatched troops to its eastern border after Belarusian military helicopters violated its airspace. The US government has said it will issue a resolution to the United Nations authorizing Kenyan police to assist with policing Haiti.
Host) Global Village Today, this is the first news. Poland dispatched troops to the border with Belarus?
Reporter) Yes. The Polish Ministry of Defense said on the 1st that it has dispatched additional troops and resources, including combat helicopters, to the eastern border. Poland has previously accused Belarusian military helicopters of infringing on its airspace. The Polish Ministry of Defense informed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) of the invasion of airspace and called in the Belarusian deputy ambassador to ask for an explanation.
Host) How did Belarus react to the announcement that Polish airspace had been violated?
Reporter) Yes. denied infringing on Polish airspace. The Belarusian Ministry of Defense said on Telegram that “Poland appears to have changed its language after consulting with foreign owners.” “Polish statements are not supported by information from Poland.” “We regard the Polish claim as an ‘old wives’ tale’ and point out that there is no fact that Mi-8 or Mi-24 helicopters have invaded our airspace,” it said.
Moderator) Has the Polish presentation regarding this case changed?
Reporter) Yes. The Polish military initially said there was no breach of airspace. But later, after receiving some advice, he reversed his initial statement and announced that Belarusian helicopters had invaded the airspace at an altitude too low to be detected by radar. In the midst of this, residents of the eastern Polish city of Bialowieza, close to the Belarusian border, shared a video on social media saying it was an airspace invasion before the Polish Ministry of Defense issued a statement.
Moderator) Belarus took issue with Poland’s reversal of its initial announcement, right?
Reporter) Yes. The Belarusian Ministry of Defense has accused Polish military and political leaders of making these claims to justify a military buildup near the Belarusian border.
Moderator) Belarus and Poland, bordering the border, are fighting a war of nerves lately, right?
Reporter) Yes. In particular, Poland has been on edge since the Wagner Group, a Russian mercenary organization, recently entered Belarus. Because Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said something troubling about the Wagner Group. During a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin last month, President Lukashenko jokingly said, “Some of the Wagner Group mercenaries are advancing into Poland and want to go to Warsaw and Rzeszow.” Rzeszow is a Polish city close to the Ukrainian border.
Host) Was it such a threat that Wagner’s mercenaries might invade Poland?
Reporter) That’s right. Also, according to the Belarusian state-run Belta news agency, President Lukashenko insisted on the 1st that “Poland should pray that we keep mercenaries.” “Otherwise the mercenaries will simply destroy Warsaw and Rzeszow without us,” he said. “So Poland should thank us, not blame us.”
Moderator) Now, let’s look at the situation in Ukraine this time. Russian forces again attacked some areas in Ukraine on the 2nd?
Reporter) Yes. Odessa, Kherson and Kherson were attacked. Cuiwu and Odessa were attacked by drones. The Kherson area was bombarded. In particular, the attack on the port on the banks of the Danube River in Odessa drew attention. Ukraine’s defense ministry said the Russian attack had damaged grain siloes in the port of Izmail. The Port of Izmail is an inland port on the Danube River, across from Romania.
Host) Were there any casualties in this attack?
Reporter) Yes. Two people are reported to have been injured in Kherson. There were no casualties on the Cuiw and Odessa sides. Meanwhile, a related industry source told Reuters that the damage was serious, confirming that the port of Izmail was the main target of the attack in the Odessa area.
Moderator) Ports on the Danube River are emerging as important facilities for Ukraine these days, right?
Reporter) Yes. This is because ports on the Danube began to play an important role in exporting grain from Ukraine. Ukraine has been exporting grain from alternative facilities, mainly Danube River ports, after Russia’s withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Agreement blocked the way to export grain to Black Sea ports. There are currently three ports operating in the Danube River basin.
Moderator) How much grain has been exported from these ports on the Danube before?
Reporter) Yes. Roughly a quarter of grain exports were taken from these ports before Russia left the grain agreement. So now it has become a more important facility. From here, grain is loaded onto barges and transported to Constanta Port, Romania on the Black Sea, where grain is loaded onto ships and taken out of the country.
Moderator) Considering this situation, the Russian military has recently been intensively attacking grain export-related facilities, right?
Reporter) Yes. Ukrainian officials said Russian forces attacked 26 port facilities, five civilian ships and 180,000 tonnes of grain in nine days of attacks after implementation of the Black Sea Grain Agreement was suspended. Meanwhile, Russia has described the attack as retaliation for the attack by Ukrainian forces on the Khrm Bridge, which connects the Crimean peninsula and Russia.
On the 25th of last month, police patrol in Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, in an operation to counter gangs. (data photo)
Host) Global village today, the next news. Any news that a UN resolution authorizing Kenya to send police to Haiti is being pursued?
Reporter) Yes. The US government said on Monday it would introduce a resolution to the UN Security Council allowing Kenya to lead a multinational police force to help fight gangs in Haiti. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said at a press conference that day, “We welcome Kenya’s decision to lead a multinational police force.”
Moderator) Kenya is the first country to send troops or police to Haiti, right?
Reporter) That’s right. Kenya on the 29th of last month offered to send 1,000 officers to help train and support Haiti’s national police to get Haiti back to normal and protect strategic facilities. Kenya’s Foreign Ministry said it would send a task force to Haiti in the coming weeks to determine the operational conditions required for police missions. Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Tony Blincoln praised Kenya for considering leading a multinational force and expressed support for approving it as a Security Council resolution.
Moderator) Hasn’t the Haiti government repeatedly asked the international community to send a multinational army or police to maintain public order?
Reporter) Yes. The country is not going back to normal because of the gangs, but it couldn’t solve this, so the Haitian government kept asking for outside help. In October of last year, Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henri made an urgent request to send a special force immediately and in sufficient numbers to stop the gangs.
Host) Gangs are known to have taken over most of Haiti’s capital, right?
Reporter) Yes. The country has become a mess since then-President Jovenel Moise was assassinated in July 2021. It is estimated that the gang now controls 80% of the capital, Port-au-Prince. In this situation, murder, rape, kidnapping, etc. have soared. Here, private vigilantes who responded violently appeared.
Moderator) When the situation became like this, didn’t the UN urge the international community to help?
Reporter) Yes. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has repeatedly asked for a country to step in and help restore order to the poorest country in Latin America. There were no results. The United Nations estimates that up to 2,000 more officers are needed to deal with the gangs.
Moderator) After Kenya declared that it would help Haiti this time, did some countries come out to join it?
Reporter) Yes. The Bahamas, a country in the same Caribbean Sea, announced on the 1st that it would dispatch 150 people to help restore order in Haiti. The Bahamas Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced in a statement on the 1st that it would send 150 people to help the multinational force approved by the UN Security Council. “The Bahamas looks forward to working with regional partners such as the United States and Canada,” the statement added.
Host) I will listen to the global village today.
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2023-08-02 13:30:08
