Nick Schifrin:
Amna, Ukraine fired those long-range missiles known as ATACMS, the Army Tactical Missile System, into the Russian region of Bryansk. That is right next to the Kursk region, which Ukrainian soldiers seized this summer.
North Korean troops have recently joined Russian troops there in massing to try and recapture Kursk from Ukraine. The target of today’s attack strike is reportedly an ammunition depot. In the coming days, expect strikes on similar targets, including logistics hubs and command-and-control sites, in order to protect those Ukrainian troops in Kursk and also make Russia pay a price for deploying North Korean troops.
Now, Ukraine is certainly a topic here, the G20 in Rio, but many of the leaders here are looking beyond President Biden, some to China, all to his successor.
In front of Rio’s Sugarloaf Mountain, the world’s most powerful leaders prepared for their family photo. Chinese President Xi Jinping was there. The collected staff was there, as were the Global South’s three core leaders, Brazil, India, South Africa, next to the man who calls himself their partner.
But that’s when the leaders began to notice something, someone was missing.
