Volodymyr Zelensky warned on Tuesday of the risk of defeat against Moscow in the event of an end to American aid.
He judges Ukraine’s “survival” at stake at a time when the firing of American ATACMS missiles on Russian territory and Moscow’s reaction raise fears of a new escalation.
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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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AMERICAN WEAPONS
The United States will provide Ukraine with “non-persistent antipersonnel mines” (equipped with a self-destruct or self-deactivation device) to strengthen its defenses against the Russian invasion, a foreign official told AFP. senior American official.
This decision comes on the same day as the publication of the Landmine Monitor’s annual report. According to the latter, Ukraine is the country with the fourth highest human toll due to these weapons in 2023.
MINES ANTI-PERSONNEL
According to the Landmine Monitor’s annual report released Wednesday, the number of victims of antipersonnel mines worldwide increased in 2023. These devices killed or injured at least 5,757 people last year, including 84% civilians, in 53 states and two other territories, 20% more than the previous year. Ukraine is in fourth place among the countries with the heaviest human toll, with 580 victims, behind Burma (1003), Syria (933) and Afghanistan (651).
UKRAINIAN DRONES
Russia announced on Wednesday that it had shot down 50 Ukrainian drones during the night and morning, particularly over the border regions with Ukraine. Russian air defense systems “destroyed or intercepted 44 Ukrainian aerial drones,” said a statement from the Russian Defense Ministry. The attack did not cause any injuries or damage, assures the regional governor, Vyacheslav Fedorishchev, affirming that “the situation is under control”.
“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.
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