This Monday evening, many European leaders are at the Elysée for the meeting in support of Ukraine. Emmanuel Macron spoke to
Ukraine received only a third of the shells promised by the EU
“Out of a million shells that the European Union promised us, it was not 50% but unfortunately 30% that were delivered,” declared the Ukrainian president during a press conference in Kiev with the Prime Minister. Bulgarian Minister Nikolai Denkov.
Navalny’s team says deal to trade him was ‘in its final stages’ before his death
Alexeï Navalny’s team claims that an agreement to exchange the opponent was “in progress and in its final stages” with the Russian authorities before his death in prison a little over a week ago. According to Maria Pevtchikh, a collaborator of the opponent, Alexeï Navalny should have been exchanged along with “two American citizens” detained by Moscow for a Russian imprisoned in Germany. Washington and Berlin were aware, she assured, without specifying exactly the role of the two chancelleries in the discussions. After several months without progress, the agreement “was put back on the table in December” 2023, said Maria Pevtchikh in a video. Several Western countries, including the United States, have accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of being responsible for the death of Alexei Navalny.
NATO: Hungary, last to ratify Sweden’s membership
The Hungarian Parliament is preparing to approve Sweden’s accession to NATO this Monday, the final step for the Nordic country wishing to join the Atlantic Alliance since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “Sweden’s entry into NATO will strengthen Hungary’s security,” added Hungarian nationalist leader Viktor Orban, calling on MPs to proceed with ratification. Before completing the process, Viktor Orban demanded “respect” from Stockholm, after years of “denigration” of its policies. To seal this new cooperation, Hungary announced on Friday the purchase of four combat aircraft from Sweden to strengthen its current fleet of 14 Gripen aircraft.
Sabotage of Nord Stream: after Sweden, Denmark closes its investigation without prosecution
The Danish police announced this Monday that they were closing their investigation into the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea in September 2022, considering that they did not “have the necessary bases” for prosecution, a decision “close to the absurd” according to the Kremlin. In addition to Denmark, two other investigations had been opened in Germany and Sweden, but the Swedish prosecutor’s office closed its investigations at the beginning of February without any prosecution, judging that the facts were not within its jurisdiction. The investigation is still ongoing in Germany. On September 26, 2022, four huge gas leaks preceded by underwater explosions took place a few hours apart on Nord Stream 1 and 2, pipelines connecting Russia to Germany and transporting most of Russian gas to Europe.
Polish farmers blocked an important border crossing with Germany on Sunday
Eight Ukrainian corn wagons dumped on railway track in Poland
The Ukrainian army says it has withdrawn from the village of Lastochkyne, near Avdiivka
The Ukrainian army announced on Monday its withdrawal from the small village of Lastochkyné, near the town of Avdiïvka (which fell more than a week ago), the Russian forces having for their part claimed its capture. “The Ukrainian armed forces withdrew from the village of Lastochkyne in order to organize defense,” Dmytro Lykhovy, spokesman for the Ukrainian operational command in this area, said on television. The Russian Ministry of Defense declared on Telegram that it had “liberated” this village, continuing its push in this sector, after having already taken control of Avdiïvka in mid-February.
Russia: prosecutor demands nearly three years in prison for dissident Orlov
The Russian Prosecutor’s Office requested this Monday two years and eleven months in prison against the dissident Oleg Orlov, a figure in the defense of human rights in Russia, for repeated denunciations of Moscow’s military offensive in Ukraine, during an appeal trial. Veteran of Memorial, the NGO co-winner of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize and dissolved by Russian justice, this 70-year-old man is one of the last critics of the Kremlin not to be imprisoned or in exile abroad.
Security Council inaction on Ukraine and Gaza could be “fatal” for its “authority”
The UN secretary-general warns that inaction by the UN Security Council in the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza could deal a “fatal” blow to his authority. “The Council’s lack of unity on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Israeli military operations in Gaza following the horrific Hamas terrorist attacks on October 7 seriously – perhaps fatally – undermines its authority,” he said. affirmed Antonio Guterres in front of an audience of diplomats in Geneva, demanding a “serious reform” of the institution.
Volodymyr Zelensky to the West: “Victory depends on you”
The President of Ukraine believes that this new year of war with Russia will be decisive for his country.
A meeting to reaffirm the support of the European Union
Around twenty heads of state and government, mainly European, are meeting this Monday in Paris at the initiative of French President Emmanuel Macron. The goal is to “remobilize and examine all means of supporting Ukraine effectively”, indicates the Elysée, at a time when kyiv, lacking arms and ammunition, finds itself in a very difficult situation facing Russia.
Abrams tanks are engaged in Avdiivka
Abrams M1A1 tanks are on the front line in Ukraine, near Avdiivka, Donetsk region. At least, that’s what the first videos of the 47th Mechanized Brigade, a large infantry unit of the Ukrainian Army, show.
The strategy of the Ukrainian counter-offensive on the Kremlin table
This Sunday, at the end of his press conference, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky informed journalists of a major information leak. “Our counter-offensive plans were on the table of the Kremlin before the actions of the counter-offensive began,” he lamented. A revelation which would therefore explain its failure.
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