Ukraine Ticker: Russia plans to sue over Nord Stream sabotage

7:05 pm: Foreign Minister – Russia does not see a resumption of global cooperation

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has clearly rejected the resumption of international relations. “What kind of global cooperation can we really talk about when the West has stopped these incredible values ​​of globalization that it has been telling us from this speech for so many years, Lavrov told the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Recently, Russia withdrew from the United Nations Futures Agreement, which should have been unanimously approved by 193 UN members last Sunday.

6:21 pm: Military Administrator – Russian drone kills Supreme Court judge

A judge of the Supreme Court of Ukraine was killed in a drone strike in Russia. Leonid Lobojko, 61, died when a drone hit his private car in a suburb of Kharkiv city in eastern Ukraine, regional military administrator Oleh Synjehubov said on Telegram. Lobojko died instantly.

Three women in the car were seriously injured. Lobojko was traveling in the area to distribute humanitarian aid. The Supreme Court confirmed the death of its member on Facebook and expressed condolences to the family.

5:51 pm: The Vatican wants to comply with international law

The Holy See is very concerned about the increasing number of wars around the world and the severity of the violence, according to Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin. “It seems that, 75 years after the ratification of the Geneva Conventions, international humanitarian law is still being undermined,” he criticized in his speech to the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Russia’s war in Ukraine requires urgent action to prevent escalation and lead the way to a just and peaceful solution.

3:08 pm: Russia – Ready to sue for Nord Stream sabotage

Russia says it is ready to take Nord Stream pipeline sabotage to court. A spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday that “pre-trial claims” had been filed against Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland. These are based on international agreements to combat terrorism. “If the matter is not resolved at this stage, Russia intends to take the matter to court and apply to the International Court of Justice. The West will not “get away with sweeping the issue under the carpet.”

Three of the four Nord Stream pipelines through which Russian natural gas is delivered to Germany were destroyed by multiple explosions in September 2022. According to investigations, it was sabotage. It is not clear who ordered the crime.

The government in Moscow has repeatedly claimed that the attack was carried out by the US and Britain. She did not provide any evidence for this. Both states have denied this. In Germany, the Federal General Prosecutor has issued the first arrest warrant against a Ukrainian citizen.

3:01pm: Baltic states and Poland want EU help to secure their borders

NATO member states Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland want to ask the EU for financial assistance in building bunkers, barriers and military camps on the borders with Russia and Belarus. “The need for a (Baltic) defense line arises from the security situation,” said Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur. He also supports NATO’s new defense concept.

12.11 pm: The number of deaths in attacks on Sumy rose to nine

It has now emerged that at least nine people were killed in two Russian attacks on a medical facility in the city of Sumy in Ukraine. In the morning, the authorities assumed that six people were dead. The Minister of the Interior of Ukraine, Ihor Klymenko, said that one person was killed in the first attack on Saturday morning. Russia attacked again as patients and staff fled to safety. Eleven more people were injured, said the head of Sumy’s military administration, Olexij Drozdenko. Russia is said to have used Shahed drones against the facility.