The EU will launch accession negotiations for Ukraine and Moldova on Tuesday – L’Express

The EU will launch accession negotiations for Ukraine and Moldova

While traveling, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday “not to rule out” the possibility of sending weapons to North Korea, while assuring that the supply of weapons by South Korea to Ukraine would be a ” very serious error.” Vladimir Putin had already threatened at the beginning of June to deliver weapons to third countries, in response to the delivery of Western arms to Ukraine and the authorization given to kyiv by the United States and several European countries to strike the territory. Russian with the Western missiles that were delivered to it.

Information to remember

⇒ Ukraine will now receive American anti-aircraft missiles “as a priority”

⇒ Ukraine deploys reinforcements to defend key city of Chasiv Yar

⇒ Zelensky calls for installing solar panels in all hospitals

The 27 confirm the opening of accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova on Tuesday

The 27 countries of the European Union have confirmed the opening of accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova next Tuesday, the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU announced on the X network on Friday.

EU Finance Ministers, meeting in Luxembourg, formally adopted the framework for negotiations with these two candidate countries, confirming an agreement in principle by their ambassadors reached last week. This agreement paves the way for the formal opening of negotiations on Tuesday in Luxembourg, the same source said.

Ukraine deploys reinforcements to defend key town of Chasiv Yar

Ukraine has deployed reinforcements in the Chassiv Iar sector, a strategic city on the Eastern Front and gateway to the major mining towns of Donbass, a combat unit said in a statement on Thursday. Moscow is targeting this city, now in ruins, with the aim of making a breakthrough towards Kramatorsk, the main city still under Ukrainian control in the region, garrison of the Eastern Front.

“Units of the 24th Mechanized Brigade have been redeployed to strengthen the defense in the Chassiv Yar sector,” the brigade’s statement on Facebook said, admitting that “the situation in and around the city is extremely difficult.” . The 24th brigade explains “massively destroying the enemy”, but concedes “losses”.

Ukraine will now receive American anti-aircraft missiles “as a priority”

The United States “has made the difficult but necessary decision” to now give priority to Ukraine over other allies in terms of delivering missiles intended for anti-aircraft defense, a spokesperson for the United States said on Thursday. White House. “I am deeply grateful to (US President Joe) Biden for prioritizing Ukraine in the delivery of much-needed air defenses to respond to Russian attacks,” reacted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the social network .

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Consequently, exports to other countries of Patriot and NASAMS missiles in particular will be “delayed”, said John Kirby, spokesperson for the National Security Council, without giving many more details on the states concerned. The spokesperson, however, assured that this decision “would not affect Taiwan”.

Washington worried by Russian threat to supply weapons to North Korea

The United States on Thursday considered “extremely worrying” the comments of Russian President Vladimir Putin who said “not to rule out” the possibility of sending weapons to North Korea, adding that this would risk “destabilizing the peninsula Korean. “It is extremely concerning. It would, potentially, destabilize the Korean peninsula,” State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters.

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“Depending on the type of weapons (provided) this could violate UN Security Council resolutions that Russia itself supported,” he added.

Anti-aircraft defense: Romania to send Patriot system to Ukraine

Romania announced Thursday the sending of a Patriot air defense system to kyiv to help its neighbor protect itself against Russian strikes, a decision welcomed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and NATO. Bucharest had previously indicated “to donate a Patriot system, given the clear deterioration of the security situation in Ukraine”, according to a press release from the Higher National Defense Council.

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In return, Romania says it is negotiating with its NATO partners, notably the United States, “to obtain a similar system capable of ensuring the protection of its airspace” and in the meantime find “a temporary solution”.

Russia says it neutralized 114 Ukrainian drones

Russia said on Friday that it had neutralized 114 Ukrainian drones overnight which notably targeted the Krasnodar region in the south of the country, where one person was killed, according to local authorities.

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“Russian air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 70 drones over annexed Crimea, 43 drones over the Krasnodar region and one drone over the Volgograd region,” the Russian ministry said of Defense in a press release.

Zelensky calls for installing solar panels in all hospitals

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday called for solar panels to be installed “in every school and hospital as soon as possible” as Ukraine faces growing electricity shortages due to Russian strikes on its energy infrastructure.

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“Solar panels, smart meters and energy storage units must be installed in every school and hospital as soon as possible. Regional military administrations have been tasked with overseeing these measures at the local level,” the president said in a press release on social networks.

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