Keir Starmer is organizing, this Saturday, March 15 in London, a virtual summit with some 25 leaders ready to help peacekeeping in Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire with Russia which, according to the British Prime Minister, “does not take peace seriously”. Several European countries, Ukraine, NATO, the European Commission, Canada and Australia must take part in this meeting in the morning, to specify the contours of a coalition of voluntary countries ready to “support a just and lasting peace” in Ukraine, according to a statement of Downing Street.
The United States demands a truce as quickly as possible and has exerted considerable pressure on the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, who finally accepted Tuesday a cessation of 30-day hostilities insofar as Russia would also bend. But Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed reserves and raised “important questions” to settle before a cease-fire.
Info to remember
⇒ A virtual meeting of managers ready to help Ukraine in the event of a truce takes place today in London
⇒ Keir Starmer accuses Vladimir Putin of “Do not take peace seriously”
⇒ Russia calls Ukrainian soldiers in the Koursk Russian region to lay down their arms
10:30 am
Ukraine announces that it has shot 130 Russian drones overnight
kyiv has announced that he had shot 130 drones launched by Russia throughout the country during the night from Friday to Saturday, when international efforts are intensifying to end the current war for more than three years. According to the Ukrainian Air Force, 14 regions of the country were targeted by Shahed, Iranian manufacturing, and Russian forces also launched two ballistic missiles in the night.
9:50 am
Russia claims to have intercepted 126 Ukrainian drones overnight
Russia said this Saturday to have intercepted 126 Ukrainian drones during the night, mainly above its regions of Volgograd and Voronej (South). The Russian Defense Ministry said it had killed 64 drones above the Volgograd region and the neighboring region of Voronej, the rest targeting border regions.
9:30 am
A virtual meeting in London of managers ready to help Ukraine in the event of a truce
Keir Starmer is organizing this Saturday in London this Saturday in London with some 25 leaders ready to help peacekeeping in Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire with Russia. Several European countries, Ukraine, NATO, the European Commission, Canada and Australia must take part in this meeting in the morning, to specify the contours of a coalition of voluntary countries ready to “support a just and lasting peace” in Ukraine, according to a statement of Downing Street.
9:00 am
Keir Starmer accuses Vladimir Putin of “not taking peace seriously”
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer accused Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday of “not taking peace seriously”, after the reserves expressed by Moscow on the truce with Ukraine proposed by the United States.
“We cannot allow President Putin to play with the agreement proposed by the president (American Donald) Trump,” said the British leader, who is organizing this Saturday a summit by videoconferencing dedicated to Ukraine. “The total contempt for the Kremlin for the cease-fire proposal from President Trump only demonstrates Putin does not take peace seriously,” Keir Starmer added in a statement.
08:30
Vladimir Putin calls Ukrainian soldiers in the Russian region of Koursk to lay down their arms
Vladimir Putin called Ukrainian soldiers fighting in the Russian region of Koursk to lay down their arms, after a call from Donald Trump to “spare the life” of the soldiers on the front. “If they lay down their arms and surrender, they will be guaranteed life and worthy treatment in accordance with the standards of international law and the laws of the Russian Federation,” said the Russian leader, according to remarks disseminated by a Russian journalist. He added that he had seen the message of the American president calling for “sparing” the “thousands of Ukrainian soldiers” who, according to him, “completely surrounded by the Russian army”, kyiv having denied any encirclement.