As the 279th day of the war begins, Ukraine continues to suffer from massive Russian attacks on its energy infrastructure, prompting Volodymyr Zelenksy to urge NATO members to speed up shipments of weapons and electrical equipment. Especially since “The Russians insist on the Donbass”reported the President of Ukraine in the night from Tuesday, November 29 to Wednesday, November 30, 2022.
We take stock of recent events in the conflict in Ukraine.
Situation on the “difficult” front, according to Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Ukraine’s president said on Tuesday the situation on the front lines was difficult as the Russian army tried to advance in Donbass and the Kharkiv region of eastern Ukraine.
“The situation at the front is difficult”said the President of Ukraine in his daily video address. “Despite extremely heavy losses, the occupiers are still trying to advance into the Donetsk region, establish themselves in the Luhansk region and invade the Kharkiv region. They’re up to something down south. »
The Donbass region consists of the provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk.
Ukraine calls on NATO countries to speed up aid deliveries
Ukraine on Tuesday urged NATO member countries meeting in Bucharest to speed up deliveries of arms and electrical equipment to help the country, ravaged by more than nine months of war, cope with the damage caused by Russian bombing raids on its energy infrastructure.
“Last time I said three words: guns, guns, guns. This time I have three more words: faster, faster and faster.”started the Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kouleba shortly before a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
“What are the most pressing needs of Ukraine? Patriot Air Defense Generators and Missiles »he pounded.
Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to use winter as winter “a weapon of war” against Ukraine with “deliberate attacks” against civilian infrastructure to deprive the country of heating, electricity and water was denounced by the Secretary General of the Atlantic Alliance earlier today, hosting this two-day meeting of heads of NATO diplomacy in the huge palace that houses the Romanian Parliament located.
Germany delivers “more than 350 generators” to Ukraine
Germany will deliver “more than 350 generators” to Ukraine, whose energy infrastructure was partially destroyed by Russian strikes, the government spokesman announced on Tuesday.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and told him “additional short-term support assured”Steffen Hebestreit said in a statement that German aid in the energy sector so far amounts to 56 million euros.
The German Chancellor has “Condemned the continued bombing and pledged additional short-term support to Ukraine”the speaker continues.
Scholz has “Reaffirmed Germany’s continued support for Ukraine, including in the area of air defense and long-term reconstruction”he closes.
For its part, France will provide a bilateral loan of 100 million euros to help Ukraine, which has been at war since the Russian invasion, the French Economy and Finance Ministry announced on Tuesday. This financial assistance comes on top of a €300 million loan granted in March.
A possible defeat that was mentioned on Russian television
During a flagship show on Russian public television on Monday, November 28, 2022, a spokesman spoke of a possible Russian defeat, which would be one ” Catastrophe “ and “inconceivably”. She urged military officials to avoid humiliation.
Since the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Russian public television channel Rossiya-1 has been following the development of the Moscow army. Moderator Vladimir Soloviev broadcasts Kremlin propaganda and does not hesitate to directly intimidate the West and threaten to use nuclear weapons.
But the Russian army has experienced defeats and setbacks in recent weeks. On Monday, the possibility of a Russian defeat was mentioned on set, BFMTV reported on Tuesday, November 29, 2022. A hypothesis “inconceivably” for one of the guests, Margarita Simonian, Editor-in-Chief of Media RT.
“To the people who are afraid of The Hague, I would like to say that if we manage to lose, The Hague will chase the cobblestone sweeper in a street behind the Kremlin.”she said, referring to the headquarters of the International Criminal Court, which specifically judges war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The US is considering recognizing the Wagner Group as a “terrorist organization”.
The US government is debating the idea of designating the Wagner private military company, controlled by a close ally of Vladimir Putin, Yevgeny Prigozhin, as a foreign terrorist organization, Bloomberg reports, citing two people familiar with the matter.
Such a move would allow the United States to bring criminal charges against the group and its members and seize their assets around the world. The final decision on this has yet to be made, the sources say.
Emmanuel Macron is visiting the United States to talk specifically about Ukraine
Emmanuel Macron arrived in Washington Tuesday night for a state visit where he will meet Joe Biden. Beyond trade issues between the United States and Europe, this American meeting should allow the presidents of the two allied countries to show their unity of support for Ukraine.
This could also be an opportunity to outline a common message for the idea of negotiations to end the war Russia started in the long term – an issue dear to the French leader and some are beginning to defend Washington.
Greenpeace condemns France’s nuclear trade with Russia
Greenpeace asked the French government on Tuesday “the definitive cessation of all nuclear trade with Russia”while supplies continue despite the war and in the absence of international sanctions against Russian civilian nuclear power.
in an opinion, Greenpeace is also calling on the NGO to “terminate all ongoing contracts between the French nuclear industry and Rosatom (the Russian giant, ed.) and its subsidiaries, starting with the uranium trading contracts between Tenex, a subsidiary of Rosatom, and .EDF and Orano”.
“The continuation of nuclear trade with Russia while the war in Ukraine rages is outrageous”denounces Pauline Boyer, who is responsible for the campaigns on the nuclear and energy transition at Greenpeace France.
Tuesday morning, “Dozens of barrels of enriched uranium and ten containers of natural uranium from Russia” transported by cargo ship to the port of Dunkirk for loading “on board a train and several lorries whose destination could be Pierrelatte in France and/or Lingen in Germany”appreciated the NGO.
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