The weapons that the United States authorized Ukraine to use on Russian territory will not be used to strike Moscow or the Kremlin, assures Joe Biden in an interview excerpt published Thursday by the ABC channel. The President of the United States gave the green light last week, under conditions, to the use of American weapons by kyiv against targets in Russia located near the Kharkiv region (northeast of Ukraine).
Information to remember
⇒ The Kremlin criticizes France “ready” to “participate directly” in the conflict
⇒ Zelensky before the National Assembly
⇒ Russia: a Frenchman arrested in Moscow
The Kremlin criticizes France “ready” to “participate directly” in the conflict
President Emmanuel Macron’s statements on Thursday on increased military support for Ukraine show that France is “ready to participate directly in the conflict”, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitri Peskov said on Friday.
“Let’s say that Mr. Macron demonstrates absolute support for the Ukrainian regime and declares that the French Republic is ready to directly participate in the military conflict,” Dmitry Peskov told Russian agencies.
Zelensky: “Europe is no longer a continent of peace”
“Europe is no longer a continent of peace” since the start of the invasion of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky told French MPs on Friday, calling Russian President Vladimir Putin “a common enemy” his country and Europe.
The Ukrainian leader also said he hoped that the peace summit, scheduled for June 15 and 16 in Switzerland, would bring us “closer” to a “just end to this war.” This conference could be Ukraine’s “D-Day”, he added the day after the ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of the Normandy Landings, to which he had been invited.
Russia: a Frenchman arrested in Moscow
Russia announced that it wanted to present to a judge on Friday the Frenchman, Laurent Vinatier, working for a Swiss conflict resolution NGO and arrested the day before in Moscow, a case occurring in the midst of worsening Russian-French tensions.
He is suspected of illegally collecting information on Russia’s military activities, but has been formally prosecuted at this stage for violating a law dealing with “foreign agents”, legislation used by Moscow to suppress its critics, and a misdemeanor punishable by five years in prison.