Cover image: Residents of the village of Bohorodychne in the Donetsk region on March 10. ANATOLII STEPANOV / AFP
- Ukraine was on the menu of discussions between Joe Biden and Ursula von der Leyenduring a meeting at the White House, Friday, March 10, the day after a massive salvo of Russian missiles against the country. “We are together in unwavering support for Ukraine, as long as it takes,” reads the joint press release. Ursula von der Leyen announced that it had mainly been a question of sanctions against Russia, their “implementation” and the means of preventing them from being circumvented.
- The President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, and Rishi Sunak, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, who met in Paris for a Franco-British summit on Friday, also showed their desire to continue to provide military assistance to Ukraine.. Wishing for its victory against Russia, they announced that the supply of ammunition to kyiv as well as the training of Ukrainian soldiers would be coordinated on both sides of the Channel.
- Canada bans imports of Russian aluminum and steel. “Canada and its partners have already sanctioned the Russian Central Bank and capped the price of Russian oil and gas”said the Deputy Prime Minister of Canada, Chrystia Freeland, in a communiqué.
- Nikki Haley, candidate for the Republican nomination in the race for the White House in 2024, defends American support for Ukraine. During a forum in Iowa, Nikki Haley was interrupted by a listener who claimed that Ukraine was not an ally of the United States. The former governor of South Carolina and then ambassador to the United Nations replied: « [Bien que l’Ukraine ne soit pas un allié direct,] we had no better ally in the United Nations than Ukraine. »
- Norway to supply two anti-aircraft missile systems to Ukraine, in cooperation with the United States, announced the Norwegian Defense Minister, Bjorn Arild Gram, during a visit to kyiv. Surface-to-air missile systems Seized (acronym of Norwegian Advanced Surface to Air Missile System – “Norwegian advanced surface to air missile system”) can intercept any flying object within a radius of about 25 kilometers.
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