LIVE – War in Ukraine: Zelensky flies to London, after meeting Emmanuel Macron in Paris

WAGNER’S PROPOSAL

According to information from washington post, the boss of Wagner Evgueni Prigojine would have proposed last January to the Ukrainian troops to withdraw from Bakhmout, epicenter of the fighting for months, in exchange for the location of the Russian troops. A proposal refused by kyiv, but which raises questions about Prigojine’s intentions.

UK HELP

The United Kingdom announces the upcoming delivery of “hundreds” of anti-aircraft missiles and attack drones to Ukraine. This new military support will be delivered “over the coming months as Ukraine prepares to step up its resistance to the ongoing Russian invasion,” Downing Street said in a statement.

BRUNO TERTRAIS

“You must not be naive with China. It will never do anything that is not in its national interest,” explains the political scientist, when asked about Beijing’s role in resolving the conflict.

ZELENSKY IN PARIS: YES FOR TANKS, NO FOR PLANES

Volodymyr Zelensky traveled to Paris on Sunday evening for a working dinner with Emmanuel Macron. The two presidents announced that France would equip several Ukrainian battalions with dozens of armored vehicles and light tanks. The delivery of new anti-aircraft defense systems is also under consideration, unlike fighter planes.

BRUNO TERTRAIS

According to the French political scientist, Ukraine’s membership of NATO is “inevitable”. Bruno Tertrais nevertheless recalls that the organization “cannot accommodate a country at war”. According to him, his adhesion can only be done at the end of the conflict.

BRUNO TERTRAIS

“Westerners don’t want to deliver modern combat aircraft. There are two reasons: on the one hand, it takes me a long time to train a pilot who has flown only on MIG-35. On the other, it there is the material cost and it could also be perceived by Moscow as a direct commitment”, explains political scientist Bruno Tertrais, deputy director of the Foundation for Strategic Research, guest of Adrien Gindre this Monday, May 15 on LCI.

UKRAINIAN OFFENSIVE NEAR BAKHMOUT

The Ukrainian army welcomes the “first success” of its offensive on the outskirts of Bakhmout, in the east of the country, the longest and bloodiest battle in the conflict.

“The advance of our troops in the Bakhmout area is the first success of the offensive” aimed at defending this city that the Russians have been trying to take since last summer, said the commander of Ukrainian ground troops Oleksandr Syrsky, quoted by the Ministry of Defence.

VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY IN PARIS

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s convoy is leaving Paris, heading for Orly airport.

NEW FRENCH HELP

France will train and equip several Ukrainian battalions with “dozens” of armored vehicles and light tanks, the two countries announced after dinner in Paris between Emmanuel Macron and Volodymyr Zelensky.

“In the weeks to come, France will train and equip several battalions with dozens of armored vehicles and light tanks, including AMX-10RCs,” it said in a joint statement. Paris had committed at the very beginning of the year to give Ukraine AMX-10 RC, light and fast tanks.

MACRON AND ZELENSKY FOR NEW SANCTIONS

In Paris, Emmanuel Macron and Volodymyr Zelensky called overnight from Sunday to Monday to increase pressure on Russia through “new sanctions”, according to a joint statement published after their meeting at the Elysee.

“Ukraine and France agree on the need to increase our collective pressure on Russia through new sanctions in order to weaken the ability of this country to continue its illegal war of aggression,” the two countries declare.

Hello and welcome to TF1info to follow the news of the war in Ukraine on this Monday, May 15.