War in Ukraine: Foreign Ministers from kyiv and Moscow in Malta, Korean Peninsula under tension… an update on the situation

Every day, Midi Libre takes stock of the situation in Ukraine. This Wednesday, December 4, 2024, discover the latest news around this conflict.

The head of Ukrainian diplomacy will go to the OSCE meeting in Malta, where Lavrov is expected

The head of Ukrainian diplomacy Andrii Sybiga will be in Malta on Thursday and Friday for an OSCE meeting, where his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, is also due to go for his first trip to the EU since the start of the invasion of Ukraine.

Mr. Sybiga will speak at the plenary secession and hold bilateral meetings with representatives of “partner countries”, kyiv's diplomacy said in a statement.

Moscow “hopes” that the crisis in South Korea will not destabilize the entire Korean peninsula

Russia said on Wednesday “hopes”that the political crisis in South Korea, triggered by the short-lived imposition of martial law in the country the day before, will not destabilize the entire Korean Peninsula.

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“We are following with concern the tragic events taking place in South Korea. We hope that they will not affect the socio-political situation on the Korean Peninsula as a whole,”, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at her weekly briefing. In the wake of its assault on Ukraine launched in 2022, Moscow has moved much closer to Pyongyang, an enemy of Seoul and its American ally.

Russia claims rebels in Syria have external support, kyiv denies

Russia said on Wednesday it strongly supports the Syrian leadership's steps to counter an offensive by rebel groups it says have received support, including drones and training, from outside the country.

“We strongly condemn this attack. There is no doubt that they would not have dared to commit such a bold act without the incitement and full support of external forces that seek to provoke a new round of armed confrontation in Syria, to unfold a spiral of violence,”, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters.

kyiv “categorically rejects Russia's unfounded accusations against Ukraine over its alleged involvement in the worsening security situation in Syria,” she added.

The rebels, some of whom are from former Soviet countries, have received drones from Ukraine and training on how to use them, Zakharova said, without providing evidence. Russia is a key ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and has been providing military support since 2015 in the country's civil war.

“We express our solidarity with the Syrian leadership,” Zakharova said. “We strongly support the efforts of the Syrian authorities to counter terrorist groups and restore constitutional order,”, she added.