The international press largely covers the latest events of the war in Ukraine. Massive Russian bombardments after drone strikes in Russia
“Between kyiv and Moscow, the war in the sky is intensifying” title The evening. The Belgian daily reports the latest massive Russian missile attack yesterday and explains that it is “a response to the drone strikes that hit Russian territory yesterday”.
“Ukraine is changing the geography of war” ensures the New York Times which details the targets, videos and supporting satellite photos: “two military bases located hundreds of kilometers inside the country”. The daily specifies that one of the bombed sites, “the base of Dyagilevo, is located about 160 km from Moscow”.
These strikes would be “the most ambitious of Ukraine to date” affirms the Times in London.
And if the use of the conditional is de rigueur, it is because as often kyiv does not clearly confirm being at the origin of the operation.
The Guardian talk about explanation “cryptic” of an adviser to the Ukrainian President.
The British daily also relays the words of a former Russian air force lieutenant. He describes one of the bases affected, that of Engels, named after the communist philosopher, as a “key airfield for the country’s strategic aviation, aviation that relentlessly strikes Ukrainian territory”.
And the international press is trying to understand how deep strikes on Russian territory were possible…
And it’s the New York Times who seems the best informed. On condition of anonymity, a Ukrainian official told the daily that “the drones were launched from Ukraine, and that at least one of these strikes was carried out with the help of special forces close to the Russian base. They helped guide the drones to the target. »
Ukrainian special forces less than 200 km from Moscow?
Not necessarily surprising, according to the Guardian, which reminds us that these elite units “allegedly carried out a number of cross-border attacks against oil refineries, ammunition depots and communications networks. »
the New York Times take the example of him “the August car bombing of ultra-nationalist commentator Daria Dugin, believed to have been carried out by Ukrainians. »
These strikes anger Russia, the American press explains that the United States is not involved…
The Times relays the reaction of Sergei Lavrov who again agitates the nuclear threat. For the Russian Foreign Minister, quoted by the British daily, “NATO’s support for kyiv means its direct involvement in the conflict. »
But for the wall street journal, “there is no evidence that weapons supplied by the United States were used in these strikes”.
US officials say daily that “the Pentagon has modified the Himars launchers so that they cannot fire long-range missiles” A proof, according to wall street journalof the “efforts made by the Biden administration” to find “a point of balance between its support for the Ukrainian forces and the risk of escalation with Moscow”
In Spain, El País goes even further and affirms that “Ukraine wants to produce its own weapons to face a war that could last for years”.
This is already the case according to The Times. “In October, Kyiv said it was developing a drone with an estimated range of 1,000 km” relates the daily life.
The Russian response was not long in coming after these drone strikes on its bases. “70 missiles fired, many on energy infrastructure” precise Der Spiegel in Germany.
But Ukrainians are no longer the only ones seeking to warm up, says the Times. The British daily which tells us that “The war also leaves some Russians in the cold. The reason : “municipal employees responsible for the maintenance of central heating systems have been sent to the front”.
Any other subject that the international press follows with attention: the senatorial elections in Georgia, in the United States. The second round is today…
“Georgia, ground zero for future American electoral contests” title The evening. The Belgian daily which notes that “As in 2020, it is in this southern state that a final electoral duel is being played out for the mid-term parliamentary elections”
The challenge for the Democrats, recalled by El País, “obtain a majority in the senate with a 51th seat that would give Joe Biden more leeway.”
The evening is especially interested in the originality of the duel in this former segregationist state where two African-American candidates face each other. “Republican Herschel Walker, former professional American football player, is trying to unseat incumbent Democratic senator, Pastor Raphael Warnock”.
For The evening, “The mediocrity of the Republican underdog worries conservative elites, anxious to emancipate themselves from pro-Trump MAGA tutelage and worried about losing another election to the Democrats. »
Concern justified by the campaign of the Republican candidate according to the New York Times for who “ Mr Walker is winding up a campaign that appears to have failed to shore up his party’s disparate wings. He raced hard towards the Trump-aligned party base. »
The evening is even clearer and concludes that “Each blunder, each excess of Walker seems to alienate moderate conservatives and blacks a little more, while he continues to give pledges to the radical fringe. »