DayFR Euro

On the thousandth day of Russian aggression, Ukraine says it will “never submit”

Ukraine vowed on Tuesday, the thousandth day of the Russian invasion, not to “ Never » submit to Russia, which has once again raised the specter of resorting to nuclear weapons and promised to win this war. However, kyiv may have to wait until after Putin to restore its integrity, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, admitting that his country will have to “ maybe » accept for a time the loss of occupied territories.

This symbolic thousandth day comes at a vital moment for kyiv: its army is retreating on the battlefield, uncertainty weighs on the sustainability of American support with the return of Donald Trump in power in the United States in January, while Moscow is in a position of strength. The outgoing American administration of Joe Biden gave the Ukrainians a boost by finally authorizing them, after a year of procrastination, to strike Russian soil with American long-range missiles, a red line for Moscow. President Vladimir Putin responded Tuesday, signing the decree formalizing his new nuclear doctrine which expands the possibility of using atomic weapons in the event of a “massive” air assault carried out by a non-nuclear country, but supported by a nuclear power. . Clear references to Ukraine and the United States.

Putin raises nuclear threat

Also readNorth Korean soldiers in Russia, the beginning of a globalization of the Ukrainian conflict

Read more on RFI

Canada

-

Related News :