Cover photo: Anatoly Antonov, Russian Ambassador to the United States, responds to reporters after a meeting with Deputy Secretary of State for U.S. Europe Karen Donfried at the State Department in Washington, March 14, 2023. Patrick Semansky/AP
- “We do not want a confrontation between the United States and Russia,” said Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov, who was called to the State Department on Tuesday after the American drone incident that crashed in the Black Sea. The United States accuses a Russian plane of shooting down the device, while Moscow claims its fighters did not fire and had no “contact” with the drone.
- The United Nations estimated on Tuesday that the international agreement on the export of grain from Ukrainewhich has made it possible to alleviate a world food crisis since last summer should persist beyond March 18, even though Russia has halved its duration.
- Hungary has postponed the vote on Sweden and Finland joining NATO. Furthermore, during a press conference, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson noted that “the Turkish side has expressed its willingness in recent weeks [que] Finland [entre dans l’OTAN]but not for Sweden”.
- The Lithuanian Parliament passed a corresponding resolution the terrorist organization Wagner Private Military Companyand urges other countries to do the same.
- Poland could send its Soviet-era Mig-29 jets to Ukraine in four to six weeksPolish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said at a press conference in Warsaw without giving any further details.
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