Did you miss the latest events on the tensions in Ukraine? Do not panic, 20 minutes takes stock for you every evening at 7:30 p.m. Who did what ? Who said what? Where are we ? The answer below:
news of the day
Wednesday was a fairly calm day – compared to the wave of threats from the West, official declarations and other chain reactions from the vigil. In the world, the last countries that had not yet officially reacted to Vladimir Putin’s announcements recognizing the “people’s republics” of Donetsk and Lugansk have spoken: Taiwan and Turkey condemn, Cuba approves.
On the front line, in the east, the situation still seems under control, although a Ukrainian soldier died in a bombardment by pro-Russian separatists. And on both sides of the border, everyone is calling back their civilians. Ukraine has recommended that its nationals leave Russia “immediately”. Moscow, for its part, organized the evacuation of its diplomatic personnel present in Kiev.
sentence of the day
We must tell Vladimir Putin: “Now it’s stop”
This is the solution proposed by Valérie Pécresse, who has been mocked on social networks all day.
The number of the day
Five million. This is the number of people who could be displaced “if Russia continues on this path”, affirmed the American ambassador to the UN, who expects “a new refugee crisis, one of the most important facing the world today”.
The trend of the day
The leaders of the 27 member countries of the European Union have been summoned to a last-minute summit to be held Thursday evening in Brussels. The President of the European Council Charles Michel justified this meeting by assuring that the “aggressive actions” of Russia were “undermining the European security order”. “It is important that we remain united and determined and that we define together our approach and our collective actions,” he added.
For its part, Ukraine has started to mobilize army reservists aged between 18 and 60 and the Security Council has asked Parliament to establish a state of emergency in the country.