“We have not broken. We have passed many tests and we will succeed. We will ask all those who brought this evil and this war to our land to account.. All the terror, all the murders, all the torture and all the looting,” the president stressed. in a message posted on social media.
The Estonian Prime Minister Kaja KallasI affirm that defending your countrywhich was also a Soviet republic and is now part of NATO, “It starts in Ukraine.”
If Russia achieves its goals in Ukraine, that “will be an incentive to do the same in other places”he warned.
He President of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchezhe said on a surprise visit to kyiv the determination of his government to remain “by the side of Ukraine and of his people until peace returns to Europe.”
also announced the intention to send ten Leopard heavy tanks to Ukraine in the coming monthsfour more than initially announced.
The Ukrainian resistance had strong military and financial backing from Western powerswhich this Thursday urged the IMF to implement a new aid package before the end of March.
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MORE HELP AND MORE SANCTIONS
the G7 (USA, Canada, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Italy and Japan) considered that the sanctions imposed on Moscow “have significantly undermined Russia’s capabilities in its illegal war”.
The US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellenalso highlighted the impact of sanctions on the government of Russian President Vladimir Putinand declared itself in favor of a new batch of measures.
“Russia now has a significant budget deficitand his army he “is finding it extremely difficult (…) to obtain the materials to replenish his ammunition and, for example, repair the 9,000 tanks destroyed during the war”, he declared.
putin promised to increase military industrial production and announced the entry into service this year of intercontinental ballistic missiles, the Sarmata super powerful system but which according to US sources would have experienced failures.
“We will pay priority attention to strengthening our defense capabilitiesPutin added in a video released on the occasion of Defenders of the Fatherland Day.
Russia saw his expectations of a victory frustrated as his troops suffered late last year heavy setbacks in eastern Ukraine.
At the moment they try to regain the initiative by conquering the city of Bakhmutwhich opposes them a fierce resistance.
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“JUST AND LASTING PEACE”
The UN General Assembly will rule on a resolution backed by Ukraine and their allies that calls for a “just and lasting” peace and “demands” the immediate withdrawal of Russian forces and a “cessation of hostilities”.
“It is a defining moment to show support, unity and solidarityHe said from the rostrum. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kulebawhen the meeting opened on Wednesday.
kyiv and its allies hope the non-binding text will get at least as many votes as an October resolution. in which 143 countries condemned the Russian annexations of various Ukrainian regions.
the three resolutions related to the Russian invasion voted in the General Assembly in the last year collected between 140 and 143 votes in favour, less than 40 abstentions and the votes against from five countries (Russia, Belarus, Syria, North Korea and Eritrea).
“Russia shows no desire for peace (…) The only thing that knows peace is the silence of the dead and the ruins,” he argued. French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna.
But China and many emerging countries do not seem easy to convince.
“Regardless of how difficult it is the door to a political solution, (it) cannot be closed“, He said China’s deputy ambassador to the UN, Dai Bing.
A call to which several Latin American countries join, such as Guatemala, Mexico, Colombia or Uruguay.
Brazil and Cuba announced that they will speak after the votewhich will start from 20:00 GMT.
China indicated on Thursday, after high-level contacts with Russia, that intends to present “a political solution” to the conflict between Russia and Ukrainewithout other specifications.
