• 9:21 am: series of resignations in Ukraine after a corruption scandal 

Several senior Ukrainian officials have announced their resignations after media reports of alleged military supply purchases at inflated prices, authorities said.

Among the officials who resigned were Deputy Defense Minister Vyacheslav Shapovalov, who oversaw the logistical support of the armed forces, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Kyrylo Tymoshenko and Deputy Prosecutor General Oleksiy Simonenko.

  • 8:36 a.m .: the deputy chief of staff of the Ukrainian presidency resigns

Deputy chief of staff for the Ukrainian presidency, Kirilo Tymoshenko, said on Tuesday that he had asked President Volodymyr Zelensky the day before to relieve him of his duties.

"I thank the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky for the trust and the opportunity to do good deeds every day and every minute," Kirilo Tymoshenko wrote on the Telegram messaging app.

Kirilo Tymoshenko, who Ukrainian media reported could be part of changes in government teams announced by Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday, gave no reason for his departure.

  • 8:33 a.m .: Finland must consider the option of joining NATO without Sweden, according to its head of diplomacy

Finland must consider the option of joining NATO without Sweden, its foreign minister said for the first time after Turkish President Erdogan ruled out a green light from Ankara to the Swedish candidacy.

A joint membership of the two Nordic countries remains "the first option" but "we obviously have to assess the situation, if something has happened which means that in the long term Sweden can no longer move forward", affirmed the head of the diplomacy Pekka Haavisto on public television Yle, judging however that it is "too early to take a position".

  • 12:02 am: NATO Secretary General calls on Ankara not to block Sweden's membership

The secretary general of NATO lambasted Monday evening the attitude of the Turkish president, who threatens to block NATO membership of Sweden after an extremist burned a copy of the Koran on Saturday in Stockholm.

In an interview on German television Welt, transcribed by the channel in a press release in German, Norwegian Jens Stoltenberg condemned Recep Tayyip Erdogan's position on Sweden.

"Freedom of expression, freedom of opinion is a precious commodity, in Sweden and in all the other NATO countries. And that is why these inappropriate acts are not automatically illegal," he said. declared.

On Saturday afternoon, Swedish-Danish right-wing extremist Rasmus Paludan burned a copy of the Koran in a protest authorized by Swedish police near the Turkish embassy. Swedish with Ankara on NATO.

"The Swedish government has condemned (this demonstration) in very clear terms", recalled Jens Stoltenberg in his interview with Welt.

With AFP and Reuters

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