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news of the day
A summit meeting, as Beijing prepares to unveil a peace plan for Ukraine. Wang Yi, head of Chinese diplomacy, was welcomed Wednesday in Moscow by Vladimir Putin.
“International relations are complicated today (…) In this context, cooperation (…) between China and Russia is of great importance for the stabilization of the international situation”, judged the head of the Kremlin.
The head of Chinese diplomacy took advantage of his visit to outline his country’s vision “for the political settlement” of the conflict. “The Chinese partners shared with us their thoughts on the root causes of the Ukrainian crisis, as well as their approaches to its political settlement,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement, indicating “that a plan peace” separate was not mentioned.
sentence of the day
Today I was told by the (military) hierarchy that fighting is going on within our historic lands for our people”
These are the words spoken by Vladimir Putin on Wednesday. During a patriotic concert at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, the Head of State saluted the Russian soldiers in Ukraine who “are fighting with heroism, courage and valour”.
The president also asserted that all those who supported the Russian army were “also defenders of the fatherland, in a certain way”. These are “medical workers, employees of the defense sector, transport (…) All of you, who have come today to support our fighters”, launched Vladimir Putin, two days before the first anniversary of the Russian offensive in Ukraine. After several military failures, the Kremlin now compares the war in its Ukrainian neighbor to the equivalent of the “Great Patriotic War” against Nazi Germany.
The number of the day
12,000. Like the number of Ukrainian and foreign journalists accredited in one year to cover the conflict, a “huge” figure according to Reporters Without Borders, which evokes an area that is easily accessible for editorial staff, especially European ones”. On the other hand, access is very difficult, if not impossible, on the other side of the front. The press trips, organized until the summer by Moscow, were extremely supervised. Since the setbacks of the army, the Western media are no longer invited to go to the front area, near the Russian lines.
The trend
Between Wagner and the Russian army, the relationship is still tense. Yevgeny Prigojine, the leader of the paramilitary group, called on the Russian population to put pressure on the army to provide ammunition to its men. “If every Russian at his level, so as not to call anyone to demonstrate, simply said Give shells to Wagner, which is already happening on social media, so it would already be important, ”said the businessman. Meanwhile, on the Ukrainian side, Spain announced that it was delivering Leopard tanks to kyiv, while US President Joe Biden reaffirmed his “unwavering support” for NATO.