HUMAN RIGHTS In his speech before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on
\nTuesday, Romania’s Foreign Minister, Bogdan Aurescu, reiterated Romania’s firm
\nand unflinching support for the independence, sovereignty and territorial
\nintegrity of Ukraine. The Romanian official underlined the fact that ‘tireless
\nefforts must be made to hold the Russian Federation accountable for the war
\ncrimes in Ukraine and offer compensations to the large number of victims.’ Aurescu
\nalso spoke about the latest earthquakes that severely affected Turkey and Syria
\nand recalled that Romania was among the first countries to offer humanitarian
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DECORATIONS On the Civil Protection Day on Tuesday, Romanian president Klaus
\nIohannis awarded decorations to the servicemen, firefighters, paramedics and
\nvolunteers who participated in the international humanitarian mission in Turkey.
\nAccording to Iohannis, Civil Protection represents a major component of the
\nnational security and in the past decade the Romanian state has made
\nsignificant efforts to buy state-of-the-art equipment and provide professional
\ntraining to those who work in this field. The results obtained were also
\nsuperior and the professionalism of the Romanian rescuers was also acknowledged
\nand appreciated at international level whenever they got involved in rescue
\noperations abroad, president Iohannis went on to say. <\/p>\n
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WAR
\nUkraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has admitted that the situation in
\nBakhmut, a city besieged by Russian invasion forces, is getting more difficult
\nby the day. The enemy is systematically destroying anything that can be
\nused to reinforce our defenses, Zelensky said, who labeled Ukrainian
\nservicemen involved in this battle true heroes. As early as last
\nsummer, Moscow’s troops have been trying to take Bakhmut, a key strategic
\nsettlement that has become a symbol of the battle for the entire Donbas region.
\nIn a statement to the Russian television, the head of pro-Russian separatists
\nin Donetsk, Denis Pushilin, claims that all access routes to the Ukrainian
\nfortress in Bakhmut are in firing range. Previously, the owner of
\nthe Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, announced his mercenaries had captured the
\nvillage of Yahidne, just north of the city.<\/p>\n
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