Cover image: Anatoli Antonov, Russian Ambassador to the United States, responds to reporters after meeting with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Europe Karen Donfried at the State Department in Washington on March 14, 2023. Patrick Semansky / AP
- “We don’t want a confrontation between the United States and Russia”said the Russian ambassador in Washington, Anatoly Antonovsummoned on Tuesday to the State Department after the incident of the American drone that fell in the Black Sea. The United States accuses a Russian plane of having brought down the device, while Moscow claims that its fighters did not fire and did not have any « contact » with the drone.
- The United Nations estimated on Tuesday that the international agreement on the export of grain from Ukraine, which since last summer has helped to alleviate a global food crisis, should continue as it is. beyond March 18, even if Russia has halved the duration.
- Hungary has postponed the vote on Sweden and Finland joining NATO. Moreover, during a press conference, Ulf Kristersson, the Swedish Prime Minister, observed “that in recent weeks the Turkish side has made it known that it is ready for [que] Finland [entre dans l’OTAN]but not for Sweden”.
- The Lithuanian Parliament adopted a resolution qualifying the terrorist organization Wagner private military companyand invites other countries to do the same.
- Poland could send its Soviet-era MiG-29 jets to Ukraine in four to six weekssaid Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki at a press conference in Warsaw, without giving further details.
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