France and Britain are proposing a one-month truce in Ukraine “in the air, at sea and on energy infrastructure” after crisis talks in London, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday.
In an interview with France’s Le Figaro newspaper, Macron said that such a truce would not, initially at least, cover ground fighting.
The problem there was it would be very difficult to check that it was being respected given the size of the front line, he said.
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France and the UK are proposing a month-long ceasefire in Ukraine that would apply to air, sea and energy infrastructure attacks, French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview with the Le Figaro newspaper.
ReplyDeleteAccording to the president, the proposal would not affect fighting on the ground, as the length of the front line is comparable to the distance from Paris to Budapest, making it extremely difficult to verify compliance.
Macron also said he hoped communication between US Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Zelensky will be restored.
Ukraine won’t agree to a ceasefire in exchange for ceding territories, Vladimir Zelensky told reporters as he wrapped up his UK trip.
ReplyDeleteSuch an agreement would risk causing tensions in the future, he said the Guardian reported.
According to Zelensky, countries supporting Ukraine or willing to be intermediaries understand that if the conflict does not end in the way Kiev believes is right, "then it will be a matter of time before people will try to get this justice."
"We don't want anything that doesn't belong to us," he said.
According to the newspaper, Zelensky spoke to the media exclusively in Ukrainian.
Macron urges Europe to boost defense spending to over 3 percent of GDP
ReplyDeleteFrench President Emmanuel Macron proposed on Sunday that the European Union (EU) member states should raise their defense spending to 3 to 3.5 percent of the EU's total gross domestic product (GDP).
ReplyDeleteSpeaking to the French daily Le Figaro after participating in a defense summit in London, Macron said EU member states should invest "heavily" in European defense to prepare for America's eventual disengagement and to ensure Europe's security.
The French president suggested raising considerable amounts together through joint loans or even the European Stability Mechanism. "We probably need initially 200 billion euros (208 billion U.S. dollars) to kick off," he added.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Sunday that Britain will allow Ukraine to use 1.6 billion pounds (2 billion U.S. dollars) of British export finance to purchase more than 5,000 air defense missiles.
ReplyDelete"This will be vital for protecting critical infrastructure and strengthening Ukraine," Starmer told a press conference following a summit with Western leaders in London.
The goal is "to put Ukraine in the strongest position" so the country can negotiate from a position of strength, he added.
Премьер Венгрии Орбан – о том, что главы европейских стран хотят продолжать конфликт на Украине:
ReplyDeleteЕвропейские лидеры решили в Лондоне, что они хотят продолжать войну вместо того, чтобы сделать выбор в пользу мира. Они решили, что Украина должна продолжать войну. Это плохо, опасно и ошибочно. Венгрия остается на стороне мира.
The result of a meeting of leaders of a number of European countries in London is dangerous because they decided to continue the conflict in Ukraine and to push the country itself, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said.
Delete"European leaders decided in London today that they want to go on with the war instead of opting for peace. They decided that Ukraine must continue the war. This is bad, dangerous and mistaken. Hungary remains on the side of peace," Orban wrote on his X page.
Трамп обсудит сегодня со своей командой по нацбезопасности приостановку или отмену военной помощи Украине, пишет The New York Times.
ReplyDeleteПо данным источника газеты, речь идёт в частности о последних поставках Киеву вооружений, разрешённых при Байдене.
На встрече будут присутствовать госсекретарь Рубио и министр обороны Хегсет, говорится в статье.
Trump wird sich am 3. März mit US-Beamten treffen, um eine Reihe von Maßnahmen gegen Kiew zu prüfen und möglicherweise zu ergreifen, zu denen auch die Einstellung der Militärhilfe gehören könnte, berichtet die NYT
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