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news of the day
Acclaimed by MEPs, applauded by the leaders of the Twenty-Seven, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was welcomed as a hero in Brussels on Thursday. He demanded concrete commitments in response to his demands for combat aircraft. The Europeans have so far refused to commit to the aircraft requested by Ukraine, and no concrete announcement came out of the Brussels summit at the end of the afternoon.
The Ukrainian head of state spoke of “positive signals”, suggesting that he hoped to reach a conclusion with certain countries during bilateral meetings. “We want to get these planes that we need and there are agreements which (…) are not public”, he assured during a press conference, without further details. “I just can’t go home without results,” he said.
The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, declared that the Twenty-Seven were “convinced of the urgency” of acting in the face of the advances of the Russian army, one year after the start of the invasion of Ukraine, but he did not mention planes.
sentence of the day
We are defending ourselves against the most anti-European force in the modern world. We defend ourselves, we defend you”
It is a declaration of the Ukrainian president in front of the European Parliament. Volodymyr Zelensky spoke to loud applause, worried that the “Ukrainian way of life” and the “European way of life” were in danger.
The number of the day
96,1%. This is the collapse for tourism in Russia. The number of visitors in 2022 fell by 96.1% under the effect of international sanctions imposed in the wake of the launch of the military intervention in Ukraine, reported the professionals of the sector.
The trend of the day
The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, traveled to kyiv on Thursday to meet with her counterpart, Vitali Klitschko. This visit is “an opportunity to recall the strong ties that unite the two cities” and “that Paris and the Parisians are always” alongside the Ukrainians, said the mayor’s entourage.
Anne Hidalgo, who had already visited kyiv last April, should reaffirm her position on the Paris Olympics in 2024: she is in favor of the outright exclusion of Russian athletes “as long as there is war in Ukraine, adopting the hard line advocated by kyiv.
During this visit, she was also to go to a school where one of the 20 generators provided by the city of Paris will be installed, according to those around her.