While the firing of American ATACM missiles on Russian territory during the night from Monday to Tuesday raises fears of a new escalation between Moscow and kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned, Tuesday, November 19, against the risk of defeat. against Russia in the event of an end to American aid, a measure promised by the soon-to-be inaugurated American President Donald Trump.
Moscow, for its part, accused the West of wanting escalation, and promised an “appropriate” response after the Ukrainian attack, announcing that the possibilities of using nuclear weapons were being expanded. For his part, French President Emmanuel Macron denounced on Tuesday an “escalatory” posture of Russia in Ukraine, calling on Vladimir Putin “to reason”, while Ukraine called to “keep a cool head” in the face of these threats .
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⇒ The United States will supply antipersonnel mines to Ukraine
⇒ Zelensky worried about a defeat for Ukraine if American military subsidies are stopped
⇒ Emmanuel Macron denounces Russia’s “escalatory” posture after his comments on nuclear weapons
The United States will supply antipersonnel mines to Ukraine
The United States will provide Ukraine with “non-persistent antipersonnel mines” (that is, equipped with a self-destruct or self-deactivation device to prevent them from posing a danger for generations after the end of the war) to strengthen its defenses against the Russian invasion, a senior American official told AFP. This decision comes after the green light given on Sunday by President Joe Biden to Ukraine for the use against Russian territory of long-range missiles supplied by the United States.
Volodymyr Zelensky worried about a defeat for Ukraine if US military subsidies are stopped
While on the ground Russian troops are advancing on several sectors of the front, kyiv and its European allies are worried about the consequences of the return to power on January 20 of Donald Trump, very skeptical of the billions that the administration of Current President Joe Biden has granted grants to Ukraine since the Russian invasion began in February 2022.
“If they cut (the aid), I think we will lose,” Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview on Fox News, the conservatives’ favorite American channel. “Of course, in any case, we will stay, we will fight. We have our production. But it is not enough to win. And I think it is not enough to survive,” he said. -he added, emphasizing the importance of “unity” between Ukraine and the United States. During his campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly promised to quickly end the war, without specifying how.
Emmanuel Macron denounces Russia’s “escalatory” posture after his comments on nuclear weapons
French President Emmanuel Macron denounced on Tuesday an “escalatory” posture of Russia in Ukraine, calling on Vladimir Putin “to reason” and calling on Xi Jinping to bring “all his weight” to bear on Moscow. The Russian president signed the decree expanding its possibilities of using nuclear weapons, after Washington authorized kyiv to use its long-range missiles to strike targets in Russia.
“These last days and these last hours have marked an evolution of the conflict in a worrying way, with an escalatory and therefore particularly bellicose posture on the part of Russia,” Emmanuel Macron told journalists after a summit of G20 in Rio de Janeiro. “I really want to call Russia to reason here. It has responsibilities as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council,” he said. Emmanuel Macron, who met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping earlier in the day on the sidelines of the G20 summit, also said he had asked him to weigh in with Moscow, of which Beijing remains an ally.
kyiv calls to “keep a cool head” in the face of Moscow’s “blackmail” over nuclear weapons
The Ukrainian Foreign Minister on Tuesday called on Washington to “keep a cool head” in the face of the revision of the Russian nuclear doctrine, which expands the possibility of using atomic weapons. “Their revised nuclear doctrine and their rhetoric on the use of nuclear weapons are nothing more than blackmail,” Andriï Sybiga told a US Congressional committee, on the 1000th day of the invasion of Ukraine by the Russia.
During a press conference, a Pentagon spokesperson assured that the revision of Russian nuclear doctrine was “not surprising”. “This is something we continue to monitor, but there is no indication that Russia is preparing to use a nuclear weapon in Ukraine,” Sabrina Singh said.
Russia says it shot down 50 Ukrainian drones
Russia announced this Wednesday that it had destroyed or intercepted 44 Ukrainian aerial drones during the night and morning, according to a press release from the Russian Defense Ministry. The majority of the aircraft (20) were neutralized over the Novgorod region (north-west), located around 1,000 km from the Ukrainian border, according to the same source.
Around fifty states reaffirm their support for kyiv
“This war must stop”: on the 1,000th day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, around fifty countries reaffirmed their support for kyiv at the UN on Tuesday, demanding the immediate withdrawal of Russian forces from the territory Ukrainian. “We reaffirm our support for the sovereignty, independence and unity of Ukraine,” read Ukrainian Ambassador to the UN Sergiy Kyslytsya on behalf of around fifty states. “We repeat our demand that Russia cease the use of force against Ukraine and immediately, completely and unconditionally withdraw its military forces from Ukrainian territory within its recognized international borders,” the joint statement added.”