07:58 – “I can do things that would be very bad for Russia,” says Trump
While American negotiators go “now” to Russia after the 30-day cease-fire proposal accepted by kyiv, Donald Trump wants things to accelerate. This is why, he did not fail to clearly threaten Vladimir Putin with sanctions, if Russia did not put himself in tune with a view to a rapid peace agreement.
The American president told the press from the White House to hope that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will accept the cease-fire proposal. “There are things to do that would not be pleasant. (…) In financial terms, I can do things that would be very bad for Russia. I don’t want to do that because I want peace,” he said. From there to carry out his threats? Difficult to believe for the moment, however, these statements could set fire to the powder with Moscow, while the discussions seemed to advance in the right direction for a ceasefire at least temporary.
03/12/25 – 22:31 – Vladimir Putin with soldiers, a well -run operation to respond to Westerners?
End of the direct – The Russian President made a rare remarkable appearance with soldiers this Wednesday. In camouflage, Vladimir Putin went to the Russian region of Koursk, partly taken by Ukrainians in recent months. And this, while the Russian army begins to gradually regain control of the territory. “While America and Ukraine are waiting to see if Moscow accepts their proposal for a month, this orchestrated visit could well be Putin’s response,” analyzes the BBC correspondent in Ukraine James Waterhouse. Vladimir Putin also mentioned during a speech this Wednesday evening “the final defeat of the enemy”.
03/12/25 – 21:33 – The French Minister of the Armed Forces evokes a “very wide consensus [qui] takes shape “between Europeans
According to Sébastien Lecornu, who spoke Wednesday evening after a meeting organized in Paris with his German, British, Polish and Italian counterparts, a “very wide consensus is emerging” between Europeans. The idea would be to support the Ukrainian army once peace has been established. “The word ‘Demilitarization’ emerges, it is not. On the contrary, the real guarantee of safety over time will rather be the capacities that we will be able to give to the Ukrainian army,” he said.
03/12/25 – 20:47 – The Ukrainian army announces to fall back in the Koursk region
“In the most difficult situation, my priority has been and remains to save the lives of Ukrainian soldiers,” the commander -in -chief of the Ukrainian army, Oleksander Salsky, announced on Facebook. And to add: “To this end, the units of the defense forces, if necessary, maneuver towards more favorable positions.” Earlier in the evening, Vladimir Putin had called on his army to “completely free” the Russian region of Koursk. The Chief of the Russian Army Staff even announced that Moscow had taken prisoner 430 Ukrainian soldiers.
03/12/25 – 20:16 – Vladimir Putin asks his army to “completely liberate the enemy” the Koursk region
Far from the ceasefire negotiations mentioned by the Ukrainians, the Americans and the Europeans, the Russian president visited his troops currently mobilized against the Ukrainians in the Russian region of Koursk, massively attacked by kyiv in August 2024. The Russians have claimed in recent days of advances. “I expect all the combat missions to which our units are faced with and that the territory of the Koursk region is soon completely released from the enemy,” said Vladimir Putin on Wednesday evening.