Ukraine recognized on Friday November 22, 2024 that Russian troops were advancing rapidly in the east of the country.
Vladimir Putin placed the responsibility for this escalation on the West. He considered that the war in Ukraine had now taken on a “global character” and threatened to strike countries supplying weapons to kyiv. NATO and Ukraine are due to meet in Brussels on Tuesday to discuss the situation, with kyiv saying it is waiting for decisions “concrete” of his allies.
In this context, a high-ranking source within the Ukrainian general staff admitted on Friday that Russian troops are advancing “200-300 meters per day” near Kourakhové, one of the important localities which could soon fall.
The deserted Parliament
In kyiv, the Parliament, the Rada, has ” canceled “ his session due to “signals of an increased risk of attacks against the government district in the days to come”explained several deputies to AFP. This district, where the presidency, the seat of government and the Central Bank are also located, has so far been spared the bombings.
On Thursday, Russia struck Ukraine with a new type of intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile. A response, according to Vladimir Putin, to two Ukrainian attacks on Russian territory using Western missiles. The strike would have targeted a factory of the PivdenMach group, which notably produces components for missiles.
“The main message is that the reckless decisions and actions of Western countries that produce missiles, supply them to Ukraine and then participate in strikes on Russian territory cannot go without reaction from Russia”insisted Kremlin spokesperson Dmitri Peskov.
Western capitals, for their part, condemned the shooting as a dangerous « escalade » and condemned the rhetoric «irresponsible» of Moscow on the use of nuclear weapons. China called for “restraint”.
