UPDATE ON THE SITUATION – Dmitry Medvedev claimed that Putin’s arrest was a “declaration of war”, referring to the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court.
By Le Figaro with AFP
Published 3/23/2023 at 10:06 AM, updated 3/23/2023 at 10:26 AM
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The President of Ukraine on Wednesday, March 22, visited the front line in the Bakhmout region, the epicenter of fighting in eastern Ukraine. UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SER / Portal
Remarks by Dmitry Medvedev on the ICC’s arrest of Putin, the commander of Ukraine’s land forces, who claims he wants to “exploit” Russian fatigue, Zelenskyy’s visit to Bakhmout the previous day… Le Figaro takes stock of the war in Ukraine this Thursday , March 23, 2023.
Ukraine is important “Take advantage of Russian fatigue
Ukraine said on Thursday it expected to “expect very soon” Russian fatigue in Bakhmout, the epicenter of fighting in the east of the country for several months and where Russian forces with paramilitary group Wagner have suffered front-line attacks. significant losses.
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Ukrainian soldiers on their way to Bakhmout in eastern Ukraine on March 22, 2023. ARIS MESSINISAris Messinis / AFP
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“The attacker does not despair of taking Bakhmout at any cost, despite the loss of men and materiel,” commander of Ukraine’s Ground Forces Oleksandre Syrsky told Telegram. “Very soon we will seize this opportunity, as we have done in the past near Kiev, Kharkiv, Balaklya and Kupyansk,” he said, citing previous Ukrainian military victories.
Putin’s arrest would be a ‘declaration of war’
A foreign country’s arrest of Vladimir Putin under the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant last week would amount to a “declaration of war” on Moscow, a senior Russian official has warned.
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Former Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev, in Moscow, March 21, 2023. SERGEI KARPUKHIN
“Let’s imagine the matter (…) For example, the head of state of a nuclear power goes to Germany and is arrested. What is that ? A declaration of war on Russia,” said ex-President Dmitry Medvedev, currently No. 2 of the Russian Security Council, on Wednesday evening. If that happens, then “all our capabilities, missiles and other things, fall to the Bundestag, the Chancellery and so on,” he added, used to shocking statements.
This stark warning comes after the Hague-based International Criminal Court last week issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin for the war crime of “deporting” Ukrainian children as part of Moscow’s offensive against Ukraine.
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Zelensky at the front, near Bakhmout
The President of Ukraine on Wednesday visited the front line in the Bakhmout region, the epicenter of fighting in eastern Ukraine, his press service said. The trip comes as pro-Russian separatists fighting alongside the Russian military say the city is “almost surrounded”.
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Statements by the Ukrainian president who wanted to reinforce his troops as close as possible to the fighting near Bakhmout and then in Kharkiv, a major city in the north-east, were followed by fresh deadly attacks by the Russian army. They claimed the lives of at least seven civilians in the Kyiv region and struck a residential building head-on in Zaporizhia (centre-east), killing at least one and injuring dozens. “We will definitely (…) react to all attacks on our cities,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a video message.