Russia on Tuesday promised an “appropriate” response to the attack on its territory carried out by Ukraine with American ATACMS missiles.
She considered that the conflict was moving into “a new phase” and announced that the possibilities of using nuclear weapons were thus broadened.
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Russia promised a response on Tuesday “appropriate” to the attack on its territory led by Ukraine with American ATACMS missiles, believing that the conflict was tipping into “a new phase” and announcing that the possibilities of resorting to nuclear weapons were thus broadened.
This rhetoric on the use of atomic weapons was denounced by Washington, the European Union and the United Kingdom, who castigated an attitude “irresponsible” from Moscow. The Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs, for his part, called for “keep your head” cold in the face of this revision of Russian nuclear doctrine and “don’t give in to fear”.
“Their revised nuclear doctrine and rhetoric on the use of nuclear weapons are nothing more than blackmail”declared Andriï Sybiga before a committee of the American Congress.
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“IF THEY CUT THE AID, WE WILL LOSE”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky estimated on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday that Ukraine would lose against Russia if the United States stopped helping the country, while kyiv and its European allies fear American disengagement under the future presidency of Donald Trump.
“If they cut (the aid), I think we will lose. Of course, we will stay, we will fight (…) but I think it is not enough to survive,” declared the Ukrainian leader during an interview with Fox News, the conservatives' favorite American channel.
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An “esclatory” posture according to Macron
Emmanuel Macron denounced a posture “escalatory” of Russia which he called “to reason”. “She has responsibilities as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council”he told journalists after a G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro. He also indicated that he had called on Chinese President Xi Jinping to “use all its weight, its pressure, its negotiating capacity towards President Putin so that he stops the attacks”.
On the thousandth day of the invasion of Ukraine, around fifty countries reaffirmed their support for kyiv at the UN on Tuesday, demanding the immediate withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukrainian territory.
