The Washington Post-Ukraine live briefing Trudeau apologizes after Nazi veteran honored Kremlin critic sent to strictest jail
September 28, 2023 4 min 687 words
这则报道涵盖了一系列国际事件，突显了政治和地缘政治的错综复杂性。首先，加拿大总理特鲁多因国会在乌克兰总统泽连斯基访问期间表彰一名纳粹老兵而道歉，这一严重失误引发了舆论的广泛谴责。这种错误不仅严重尴尬了加拿大国会，还影响了两国关系。这个事件突显了历史教育和政治敏感性的重要性，以避免将过去的罪行与国家荣誉相混淆。 另一方面，克里姆林宫批评家阿列克谢·纳瓦尔尼被转移到俄罗斯监狱系统中的最严格狱中，这引发了国际关注。纳瓦尔尼的囚禁和判刑引发了言论自由和政治反对派遭受压制的担忧，这也是国际社会应该密切关注的问题之一。俄罗斯的惩罚行动引发了国际社会对其人权纪录的再次关切。 此外，报道还提到了乌克兰战争中的最新动态，包括对民用区域的炮击和私人住宅的损毁，以及前“瓦格纳集团”雇佣军的分散部署。乌克兰战争的延续和不确定性对乌克兰军队和国际支持者构成了严峻挑战，而美国政府的潜在关门风险可能会对乌克兰的援助造成不利影响。 最后，美国对伊朗自销毁无人机Shahed-136关键部件的制裁表明了国际力量在乌克兰战争中的角力。这些制裁试图削弱俄罗斯在乌克兰战场上的军事优势，同时也凸显了地缘政治和国际制裁的复杂性。 总的来说，这则报道突显了国际政治中的各种挑战和复杂性，需要国际社会持续关注和解决。
2023-09-28T01:59:49.021Z
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized Wednesday after Parliament honored a Nazi veteran during an event with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last week. “This was a mistake that has deeply embarrassed Parliament and Canada. All of us who were in this House on Friday regret deeply having stood and clapped even though we did so unaware of the context,” Trudeau told reporters.
Alexei Navalny, a jailed critic of the Kremlin, wrote Wednesday that he will be moved to a stricter prison for one year, according to his account on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. He faces a transfer to “the harshest grade in Russia’s penal system,” Reuters reported.
Here’s the latest on the war and its ripple effects across the globe.
Key developments
Canada apologized to Ukraine through diplomatic channels as well, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported, citing Trudeau. Yaroslav Hunka, the 98-year-old veteran of a Waffen-SS unit, was invited by House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota and praised as a Ukrainian and Canadian hero, prompting a standing ovation during Zelensky’s visit to Parliament. Rota resigned after Jewish groups pointed out Hunka’s Nazi affiliation.
Navalny described his prison transfer as the “strictest possible punishment,” his X account said. The move was announced after he lost his appeal against a 19-year prison sentence Tuesday. He has already spent several months in a tiny one-person “punishment cell” for purported disciplinary violations, the Associated Press reported.
Russia continued to publish more video of its Black Sea Fleet commander, Adm. Viktor Sokolov, whom Ukraine claimed to have killed in a strike in Russian-occupied Crimea last week. It was not clear when the video, of Sokolov speaking to reporters, was filmed. Earlier, Ukrainian Special Operations forces said it would clarify information of Sokolov.
Battleground updates
Russian forces shelled civilian areas in the Donetsk region Wednesday, including the towns of Kostiantynivka and Toretsk, killing one and injuring four, the regional prosecutor’s office said on Facebook. More than two dozen private homes and buildings were damaged in the attack, it added.
Some Wagner Group mercenaries, who had been in Belarus since a failed mutiny, have returned to the Ukrainian battlefield, Illia Yevlash, a spokesperson for the Eastern Group of Forces, told local media RBC Ukraine. Such piecemeal deployment of former Wagner fighters to the front line was unlikely to have a significant impact on the war, the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War wrote Wednesday.
Global impact
A U.S. government shutdown could endanger funding for Ukraine, despite $6 billion in aid announced Tuesday as part of a bipartisan Senate plan to fund government operations until mid-November. The uncertainty “underscores the political challenges Kyiv’s supporters have” in continuing to seek billions of dollars for Ukraine, which could result in on-the-ground difficulties for its military, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.
Washington has imposed new sanctions aimed at halting the delivery of parts used in making Iranian Shahed-136 attack drones deployed by Russia in Ukraine, the Treasury Department announced Wednesday. Five entities and two individuals based across Iran, mainland China, Hong Kong, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates have facilitated shipments and financial transactions involved in the procurement of critical components in the unmanned weapons, the department said. The Post reported in August on Russia’s effort to build 6,000 Iran-designed self-detonating Shahed-136s.
Analysis from our correspondents
How the war in Ukraine helped stoke an Armenian tragedy: In a matter of days, roughly half of the ethnic Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh, within Azerbaijan, have fled their homes to nearby Armenia after a surprise offensive by Azerbaijani forces. The latest turn in the long-drawn-out conflict has highlighted the shifting role of Russia and the trickle-down effect of the war in Ukraine, writes Ishaan Tharoor.
Though it has maintained solid ties with Azerbaijan, Moscow has long counted Armenia as an ally and security partner in its immediate neighborhood. But it appears to lack the capacity to enforce its role as peacekeeper and guarantor of stability not just in the South Caucasus, but also in Central Asia.