Every morning on Midilibre.fr, discover “News from kyiv”, a minute of video to be up to date with the latest events in the war raging in Ukraine, at the gates of Europe, since February 2022. Here is the essential from Friday September 27.
‘My support for the Ukrainian people is unwavering,’ Harris says upon meeting Zelensky
US President Joe Biden promised Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday that Russia “would not take away” not war, during a visit by the Ukrainian leader to the White House. There “Russia will not win”launched the American leader from the Oval Office, at the start of a meeting between the two men.
“My support for the Ukrainian people is unwavering”Vice President and Democratic White House candidate Kamala Harris said Thursday during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. “There are people in my country who would force Ukraine to give up large portions of its sovereign territory, who would demand that Ukraine declare itself neutral, and who would demand that Ukraine renounce military relations with “These proposals are the same as those of Putin and they are not proposals for peace. They are proposals for capitulation, which is dangerous and irresponsible.” she added, in an allusion to her Republican rival Donald Trump.
Zelensky will meet Trump on Friday
Volodymyr Zelensky, who received a new aid package from Joe Biden and the support of Kamala Harris on Thursday in Washington, will have a much more delicate meeting on Friday with Donald Trump, who is very critical of massive American aid to Ukraine. “As you know, Zelensky asked to meet with me. I will meet him tomorrow morning around 9:45 a.m. at Trump Tower”in New York, the former president and Republican candidate for the White House announced Thursday.
“I think I will be able to quickly conclude an agreement between President Putin and President Zelensky”he said, ensuring that he did not want a “capitulation” of Ukraine, as claimed by her Democratic rival for the White House, Kamala Harris. Volodymyr Zelensky will arrive at their meeting assured of the support of the current administration, but obviously worried about American aid in the event of Donald Trump’s victory in the November 5 election, which promises to be very close.
“Capitulation”
According to the American press, the former president did not appreciate an interview given by Volodymyr Zelensky to the New Yorker magazine, in which the Ukrainian leader asserts that the Republican candidate “don’t really know how to stop this war”. “We continue to give billions of dollars to a man who refuses to make a deal, Zelensky”denounced Donald Trump on Wednesday during a campaign rally.
“Every time he came to our country, he left with 60 billion dollars, I think he is the best salesman on the planet”quipped the former president.“This war can be won and a just peace can be made but only with the United States”pleaded the Ukrainian head of state, who came to present to Washington his “plan for victory”.
Russian drones kill three in southern Ukraine
A Russian drone attack left three dead and 14 injured in the port town of Izmail, bordering Romania in southern Ukraine, the Odessa region prosecutor’s office said on Friday. This “large-scale terrorist attack”which occurred in the early hours of Friday, caused several fires and damaged houses, the governor of the Odessa region, Oleh Kiper, said on the messaging application Telegram. The governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region, Serhi Lysak, also reported damage to an industrial facility in the city of Dnipro on Telegram.
The Ukrainian air force said it shot down 24 of 32 drones launched by Russia overnight. One of the drones briefly entered the airspace of NATO member country Romania, the Romanian Defense Ministry said. Russia also fired a ballistic missile and two cruise missiles during the attack, the Ukrainian air force added.