• 4:20 a.m .: Russian gas deliveries to Germany via Nord Stream set to resume on Thursday

Russian President Vladimir Putin hinted that the pipeline could restart Thursday morning but that if Russia did not receive a missing turbine, it would only operate at 20% capacity.

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“A pretext”, immediately reacted Germany.

The German operator Gascade has assured that deliveries of Russian gas through the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline will resume on Thursday at the level of “before maintenance”, i.e. 40% of capacity.

At the start of the evening, the president of the German Network Agency, Klaus Müller, estimated that the delivery could finally be Thursday only "about 30%" of the capacity of Nord Stream 1.

The pipeline, which accounts for more than a third of Russian natural gas exports to the European Union, had been undergoing annual maintenance since July 11.

  • 3:43 a.m .: Iran risks “dependency” on Russia, according to Washington

The United States warned Iran on Wednesday that it risked a form of "dependency" on an isolated Russia after Tehran hosted Vladimir Putin this week for a tripartite summit.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called for strengthening "long-term cooperation" with Russia.

"Iran has now united its destiny with a small number of countries that have adorned themselves with the veil of neutrality, to finally support President Putin in his war against Ukraine and the Ukrainian people," the spokesperson said. of the US State Department, Ned Price.

According to him, such a decision could lead the country into "a position of relative dependence on a country like Russia".

  • 1:03 am: CIA estimates 15,000 Russians dead in Ukraine

US intelligence estimates that Russian casualties in Ukraine amount to 15,000 dead and around 45,000 wounded, CIA Director William Burns said on Wednesday, referring to "a fairly large set of casualties".

He adds that "the Ukrainians also suffered, probably a little less than that".

  • 12:12 a.m .: European sanctions, “not sufficient” for Zelensky

The European Union has approved an embargo on gold exports from Russia and will freeze the assets of the Russian bank Sberbank.

For President Volodymyr Zelensky, "this is not enough".

"Russia must pay a higher price for the war that would force it to seek peace," he said in a video, calling for a new set of sanctions.

He calls on the European Union to deliver heavy weapons to Ukraine.

With Reuters and AFP

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