The prospect of a long conflict in Ukraine is growing every day. The NATO Secretary General said we need to prepare for the long term. At the same time, the president of America is asking Congress for the extension of 30 billion dollars for Ukraine.
- While UN Secretary -General Antonio Guterres was in the Ukrainian capital, the Russian army launched missiles against kyiv, injuring ten according to Ukrainian authorities. Mikhailo Podoliak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, called for Russia to remove the power to veto the UN Security Council. This is proof that we need a quick victory against Russia and all civilized people must unite around Ukraine. We must act fast. More weapons, more humanitarian efforts, more aidsaid the head of the presidential administration, Andriï Yermak.
- During his visit to kyiv, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said efforts were being made to evacuate fighters and civilians from Mariupol. He confirmed in the process that Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom he met the other day in Moscow, had given his agreement on “principles” on the establishment of a contact group consisting of Russia, Ukraine, the Red Cross and the United countries sought ways to evacuate civilians from Mariupol. Separately, the UN secretary-general on Thursday called on Moscow to cooperate with the International Criminal Court’s investigation into possible war crimes, during a visit to the suburbs of Kyiv the scene of abuses blamed by Ukrainians on Russian forces.
- After military aid announcements in recent weeks, US President Joe Biden has asked Congress for a $ 30 billion budget extension to help Ukraine. We have no money, he explained at a press briefing at the White House. President Biden also asked Congress to give his administration more freedom to appropriate assets owned by Russia’s sanctions oligarchs and use them to support Ukraine.
- A few days before the deadline (early May) decided Moscow, which obliges the countries hostile to pay their gas bills in rubles, some countries in Europe seem to be preparing to do so. By paying for Russian gas in rubles, will European customers respect the sanctions they have imposed on Russia? The debate is still ongoing within the European Union.
- The tense situation in Transnistria, a separatist and pro-Russian region of Moldova located on the border with Ukraine, has invited itself to war with Ukraine. Moscow described the explosions that took place in this region as terrorist acts aimed at implicating Transnistria in events in Ukraine. In part, Ukraine accuses the Russians of seeking to destroy this region in order to prepare an offensive on Ukraine with its troops that have been there since 1992.
- The European Commission has paid a total of 3.5 billion euros to 27 Member States for the reception of refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine. Thus, Poland received approximately 560 million euros to assist in their care, followed by Italy (452 million euros), Romania (450 million), Spain (434 million). France received 123 million euros. Nearly 5.4 million Ukrainians have fled the country since Russia’s invasion, according to the UN.
- One British national was killed in Ukraine and another is missing, a British Foreign Office spokesman said on Thursday, without giving further details on who the two were or what they were doing in Ukraine. . But according to British media, the two citizens were fighting as volunteers with Ukrainian troops.
- The Secretary General of the Atlantic Alliance (NATO) Jens Stoltenberg indicated that his organization was willing to support Ukraine for many years, including helping it replace its Soviet -era hardware with the modern Western weapon system. The Atlantic Alliance general secretary made this commitment days after a warning from the Kremlin on the delivery of heavy weapons to Ukraine, which Moscow said was a threat to Europe’s stability and security. . We must prepare for the long termsaid Mr. Stoltenberg.
- The Bundestag, the lower house of the German parliament, passed a motion on Thursday approving the delivery of heavy weapons to Ukraine. German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht announced on Tuesday at a meeting with her Western counterparts at the American military base in Ramstein that Berlin would provide kyiv with type tanks Cheetah equipped with anti-aircraft warfare. Along with Russia’s economic isolation and withdrawal from global (financial) markets, the most important and effective way to prevent Russian aggression is to strengthen and accelerate the delivery of effective weapons and complex systems, including heavy weapons.is it written in the text adopted by the parliamentarians.
With information from France Media Agency, at Reuters
Source: Radio-Canada