Cover image: Joe Biden and Volodymyr Zelensky during a press conference at the White House, December 21, 2022. Andrew Harnik / AP
- The Ukrainian president arrived in Washington on Wednesday December 21, where he was received by his American counterpart. Joe Biden promised Volodymyr Zelensky that Ukrainians would not be “never alone” against Russia and that the United States would help kyiv “as long as it takes”.
- The United States announced on Wednesday that it would supply kyiv with the Patriot air defense system. This will reinforce ” in a significative way “ Ukrainian defense against Russian strikes, Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday during a joint press conference with Joe Biden at the White House. “This is a very important step to create a safe airspace for Ukraine”he said.
- According to CNN, Volodymyr Zelensky is scheduled to meet with Congress leaders as well as elected officials sitting on a parliamentary committee on national security. The Ukrainian leader must also speak during a plenary session of Congress.
- Mr. Zelensky went yesterday to Bakhmout, a city in the east ravaged by intense fighting. During his trip to the front, the Ukrainian president received a flag signed by fighters and declared: “We are going to give it to the American Congress, to the American president. We are grateful for their support, but it is not enough. » Troops from Moscow have been trying since the summer to seize the city, ravaged by fighting.
- Most of the fighting is currently concentrated in the east of the country. After a series of Russian military setbacks in northeastern and southern Ukraine, Vladimir Putin admitted on Tuesday that the situation was “extremely difficult” in the four regions of southern and eastern Ukraine, whose annexation Moscow claims without having entirely conquered them.
- The Russian president appeared on television on Tuesday. He presented decorations in the Kremlin to pro-Russian separatist soldiers and leaders from eastern Ukraine. “Our country has repeatedly faced challenges and defended its sovereignty. Today, Russia is again facing the same challenge”did he declare.
- Mr. Putin wants today to draw the conclusions of the past year and set the objectives of his army for 2023. During a major meeting scheduled for Wednesday, involving fifteen thousand officials, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu will notably report on “the state of progress of the special military operation” in Ukraine.
- Emmanuel Macron maintains his position on the “guarantees” to Russia. On Tuesday, the French president confirmed his position on the “guarantees” of security that should be granted to Russia if peace negotiations take place at the end of the war in Ukraine.
- New deliveries of French arms to Ukraine. France recently delivered Crotale rocket launchers and missile batteries to Ukraine and will continue its arms deliveries in early 2023, Mr. Macron also announced in an interview with TF1 and LCI broadcast on Tuesday.
- The World Bank announcedmardi, grant an additional $610 million to Ukraine, in order to allow the country to “addressing the most urgent needs” health matter. Last week, the institution had granted 2 billion dollars, in order to support the Ukrainian private sector and to finance the preparation of the reconstruction.
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