2023-06-02 07:23:04
Biden says Sweden will join NATO ‘soon’
US President Joe Biden said on Thursday that Sweden would join NATO “soon”, days after previously hinting at a possible deal to overcome Turkey’s opposition to Stockholm joining the alliance. , in comments reported by Reuters.
Macron sees no “useful discussion” with Putin
Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that he did not see, at this stage, a “useful discussion” with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, while not excluding exchanges in the future.
“Today there is no material for a useful discussion,” he said at a press conference after the second summit of the European Political Community in Bulboaca, Moldova. “If the opportunity arises, and depending on the content, I don’t rule it out,” continued the president who had been one of the few Western leaders to continue his exchanges with Putin at the start of the Russian offensive.
Zelensky calls for unwavering support for the “European family”
President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday urged European leaders to step up their support for Ukraine at an unprecedented summit in Moldova, a small country that also lives in fear of Russian aggression.
Nearly 50 European leaders gathered just 20 km from the Ukrainian border to send a message of support to these two former Soviet republics, as a new airstrike hit Kiev early Thursday morning, killing at least three people including one child.
Ukrainian drones shot down near Kursk
Several Ukrainian drones were shot down by Russian air defense near Kursk, a city near the border with Ukraine, the governor of the region announced early this morning.
“Tonight, several Ukrainian drones were shot down by an air defense system near Kursk,” Roman Starovoyt said on Telegram.
“We ask the residents of Kursk to remain calm, the city is under the reliable protection of our army,” the governor added.
The Russian border region of Kursk has been, since the beginning of the war, regularly bombarded by Ukrainian forces.
News drone attack on Kyiv
Kyiv’s air defenses worked that night. Ukraine says it shot down more than 30 Russian drones sent to kyiv. kyiv announces having thwarted more than thirty attacks overnight
For several days, the strikes on kyiv have been daily. This morning, the Kyiv City Military Administration reported on Telegram a “combined attack, with drones and cruise missiles at the same time”.
“More than thirty aerial targets of various types have been detected and destroyed in the airspace above and around Kiev by the air defense forces and means”, specifies the administration which declares that it does not yet have “information on the damage and the victims” of these attacks. “The missiles were launched from the Caspian Sea,” it says
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