Russian President Vladimir Putin condemns “destructive lineThe West over Ukraine and rejecting US President Joe Biden’s terms to withdraw Russian troops from Ukraine, Prime Minister Sanna Marin says Europe is “no.not strong enough“… Le Figaro provides an update on the Russian attack in Ukraine this Friday, December 2.
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Biden has “no intention” of talking to Putin at the moment.
On Friday, the White House clarified Joe Biden’s statements the day before, claiming that the US president does not plan to discuss the Ukrainian case with Vladimir Putin at this time. “At the moment, he does not intend to exchange with Vladimir Putin.”National Security Council spokesman John Kirby, who reports to the White House, said on Friday. “And as he stated, Putin showed absolutely no interest in any dialogue, in fact quite the opposite.”– he told the press. Joe Biden announced on Thursday “I am ready to talk to Putin if he looks for a way to end the war.”at the same time noting that the Russian president did not “not done yet”.
“If that were the case, in consultation with my French and NATO friends, I would be happy to sit down with Putin to see what he has in mind. He hasn’t done it yet.”, he said during a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron. The remarks are the closest indication that Washington is open to dialogue with the Kremlin over the war in Ukraine, but Moscow “clearly” rejected the offer on Friday, saying it would involve the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine, an option Russia is not considering. .
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Putin stated that the bombing of Ukrainian infrastructure is “inevitable”
“Necessary and Inevitable”That’s how Vladimir Putin justified Friday’s bombings, which destroyed Ukraine’s energy infrastructure just as winter arrived, leaving millions of civilians in the dark and cold. In their first phone conversation since mid-September, and despite a series of bitter military setbacks, the Russian president was keen to stay straight with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. “It has been noted that the Russian armed forces have long avoided high-precision missile strikes on some targets in Ukraine, but such measures have become necessary and inevitable in the event of provocative attacks by Kiev.”the Kremlin statement said, summarizing Vladimir Putin’s words.
According to the Russian president, Kiev is responsible for the explosions that partially destroyed the Crimea bridge and other Russian installations, and therefore Moscow is within its rights to bomb Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, even if it means leaving it cold and black for civilians. . Essentially, Olaf Scholz and Vladimir Putin could therefore only indicate their disagreement. During a one-hour telephone interview, the head of Germany in particular “Insisted with the President of Russia that a diplomatic solution be found as soon as possible, which involves the withdrawal of Russian troops.” said the Chancellor of Germany. According to the press release of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, on the contrary, indicated the position “destructive” The West, whose Western political, financial and military support, he says, encourages Kiev to reject “The idea of any negotiations”. Putin called Scholz “reconsider his approach”.
EU agreement on Russian oil price cap after Warsaw approval
The 27 countries of the European Union have agreed on a limit of 60 dollars per barrel of Russian oil after the green light given by Warsaw, the representative of Poland announced in Brussels on Friday. Poland, which had demanded a lower price, withdrew its objections and the measure will be formulated this weekend, Poland’s permanent representative to the European Union, Andrzej Sados, told reporters.
The White House made the decision on Friday “welcome” news of this agreement. “We continue to believe that capping the price will help limit Vladimir Putin’s ability to use the oil market to continue funding the war machine that continues to kill innocent Ukrainians.”John Kirby, the spokesman of the National Security Council, told reporters about this.
Ukraine says it has received packages containing “animal eyes” at its embassies
“Bloody packages have arrived at consulates-general in Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Croatia, Italy, Austria, Naples and Krakow, and the consulate in Brno.”Ukrainian diplomacy spokesman Oleg Nikolenko wrote on his Facebook page. “There were animal eyes in the packages”– he elaborated. Before adding, without further details. “The pads themselves were soaked in a special colored liquid and smelled like this.”
“We have reason to believe that a well-planned campaign of intimidation and intimidation of Ukrainian embassies and consulates is underway.”– condemned the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kouleba, citing the Friday press release. “These (terrorism) attempts are useless”He noted that he is targeting Russia, which has suffered several humiliating military defeats in Ukraine in recent weeks. Two days ago, an employee of the Ukrainian Embassy in Madrid was injured by a letter with a mine.
Europe is “not strong enough,” Finland’s prime minister has said
Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin, who visited Australia, emphasized that Russia’s invasion and occupation of neighboring Ukraine revealed Europe’s weaknesses and strategic mistakes towards Moscow. “I have to be very honest (…) with you, Europe is not strong enough at the moment, without the USA we would be in trouble.He pointed the leader of the country applying for NATO membership to the Sydney-based Lowy Institute think tank.
After the Russian invasion, up to 13,000 Ukrainian soldiers were killed
An adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday that at most 13,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed since Russia invaded their country in February. “We have official estimates from the General Staff (…) They range from 10,000 (…) to 13,000 dead.”Mykhailo Podoliak, one of Volodymyr Zelensky’s advisers, said on the air of Ukrainian Channel 24. According to him, the head of state will publish the official data. “when the time is right”.
In June, as Russian forces battled to fully capture eastern Ukraine’s Luhansk region, Volodymyr Zelensky said his country was losing. “Every day between 60 and 100 soldiers are killed in action and about 500 people are wounded in action.” On the other hand, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu announced in September that 5,937 Russian soldiers had died since the beginning of the conflict on February 24. Both adversaries are suspected of minimizing their casualties to avoid straining the morale of their troops.
Source: Le Figaro
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