World leaders have arrived in Egypt for the 27th conference of world leaders. More than 120 world leaders including Britain’s new prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the US president, Joe Biden, are expected to attend the conference being held at Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. In 2022, the world saw devastating environmental changes all across the globe which makes the ongoing conference more important than anything else.
The Biden administration has secretly encouraged Ukraine to signal it is open to negotiations with Russia, reports the Washington Post. Previously Ukraine has held a position whereby it would not negotiate with Russia as long as Putin remained in power.
A fire that was caused by a flare gun killed 15 people in the Russian city of Kostroma. According to the local authorities, a fire erupted after individuals in the cafe used a flare gun in a minor dispute. The city of Kostroma is home to 270,000 people.
Ukraine claims that the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, currently under control by Russian troops, has 15 days before it will run out of backup energy to power its generators.
Moscow has threatened Western countries that if they don’t stop supporting Ukraine, it’ll target its satellites. Moscow has been threatening with different means since its invasion of Ukraine, but this development is strange as Moscow may attempt to destroy Western satellites in space.
Democrats withdrew a letter to Biden, which sought to convince the president to negotiate directly with Russia in order to de-escalate the conflict.
A Russian court has decided to reject Brittney Griner’s appeal on her 9-year prison sentence on drug charges. Stating that the previous court’s decision was correct.
Russian Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu warned that the risk of escalation in the Ukraine War was on the rise and Kiev might plan to launch a so-called “dirty bomb”
Ukrainian capital, Kyiv was shaken by Russian drones with multiple bombing raids. At least 7 people were killed in the air raids that were carried out by suicide drones destroying sensitive infrastructure and cutting off electricity to the region. A number of civilians were injured by the attacks, but the numbers were not confirmed by the authorities.
At Least 11 soldiers have been killed in an attack on a Russian military camp near Ukraine. The attacker also wounded 15 soldiers in the lethal attack. Attack happened in the southwestern Belgorod region that borders Ukraine.
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said that Russian forces in Ukraine will be wiped out if it uses nuclear weapons in its war against Ukraine. While talking in Brussels that the west will respond with the same harshness to the Russian nukes. He stated this while talking to an audience in the European Diplomatic Academy.
On Wednesday, the United Nations General Assembly rejected Russia’s annexation of Ukrainian territory supported by an overwhelming majority. Russia officially occupied four key regions of Ukrainian territory in a referendum late September. The move to occupy more than 15% of the territory met with anger from the West and the United Nations.
