The European allies of Ukraine gathered this Thursday, March 27 in Paris, unanimously voted against all lifting of the sanctions imposed on Russia, but many questions remain on future security guarantees for kyiv. During this summit of around thirty European countries, the United Kingdom and France, at the heart of the future deployment project of a “reinsurance force” in Ukraine, asserted themselves as “pilots” of mobilization. A Franco-British mission will go “in the coming days in Ukraine,” said Emmanuel Macron, to prepare in particular “what the format of the Ukrainian army will be, which remains, he said,” the main security guarantee “in the country.
“There are still many questions” and “few answers”, concerning the mandate, responsibilities and composition this force, summed up the Ukrainian head of state Volodymyr Zelensky at the end of the summit. However, he praised the “infallible support” of his allies and “many proposals” on anti -aircraft defense, commitment to the Black Sea or investments in the Ukrainian defense industry.
Info to remember
⇒ Vladimir Putin evokes the idea of a “transitional administration” under the aegis of the UN
⇒ Marco Rubio premature judge to consider high -level talks with Moscow
⇒ A Russian recognition plane approached the German coast
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Russian forces have “strategic initiative” on the whole front line, says Vladimir Putin
“Throughout the front line, our forces have the strategic initiative,” said Vladimir Putin during a meeting with Russian sailors, late at night, in Mourmansk, believing that “the Ukrainian people themselves should understand what is going on”. “We are gradually heading, perhaps not as quickly someone would like, but with insistence and certainty, to achieve all the objectives announced” at the start of the offensive in Ukraine, he added.
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Vladimir Putin evokes the idea of a “transitional administration” under the aegis of the UN
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke this Friday the idea of a “transitional administration” for Ukraine, under the aegis of the United Nations, in order to organize a “democratic” presidential election in this country, then negotiate a peace agreement with the new authorities.
“We could of course discuss with the United States, even with European countries, and of course with our partners and friends, under the aegis of the UN, a possibility of setting up a transitional administration in Ukraine,” said Vladimir Putin during a meeting with Russian sailors, late at night, in Mourmansk, in the northwest of Russia.
“For what to do? To organize a democratic presidential election which would result in the coming to power of a competent government and which would have the confidence of the people, then start with these authorities negotiations on a peace agreement and sign legitimate documents,” said the Kremlin leader.
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Marco Rubio premature judge to consider high -level talks with Moscow
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio deemed premature this Thursday to consider high -level talks with Russia about the war in Ukraine, after weeks of preliminary discussions. “I think that more progress must be made at the technical level” before being able to take the next step, “he said in response to a question at a press point.
“There is a lot of work that must be done with both parties, in particular with the Russian part,” he said aboard the plane bringing him back from the Suriname to the United States. Marco Rubio refused to advance a calendar, stressing that “it does not depend on us”.
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A Russian recognition plane approached the German coast
A Russian recognition plane approached this Thursday on Thursday of the northeast coast of Germany before returning to Russia, escorted by German combat aircraft, said the German Air Force, confirming daily news Bild. “Today, the Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) of Laage”, an air base near Rostock (northeast) on the Baltic coast, “was activated,” said the Air Force on its WhatsApp communication channel. The QRA, or “rapid reaction alert” in French, is a system common to NATO members to protect their airspace. “The reason was an unknown plane above the Baltic Sea, which was flying without a activated flight or transponder plan,” said the same source.
German European Eurofigther combat aircraft took off to identify this recognition plane, an Iliouchine II-20 model, which was then “escorted”, specifies the Air Force which publishes a photo of the plane in question. According to Bildthe Russian apparatus found itself this Thursday morning “east of Rügen”, a German island of the Baltic Sea, and was heading at its interception “to German airspace”. The fact that his transponder was disabled made “a considerable danger for civil air traffic”, writes the newspaper. The two German aircraft escorted him “for several kilometers”, until he “turns around and returned to the Kaliningrad region”, from where his arrival had been spotted.