2024-04-02 10:39:09
Find below the main information related to the conflict of the last 24 hours:
– The head of American diplomacy Antony Blinken is in France on Monday, where he will discuss support for Ukraine and the situation in the Middle East with President Emmanuel Macron, his counterpart Stéphane Séjourné and with the French Minister of the Armed Forces. The American Secretary of State will first accompany the Minister of the Armed Forces Sébastien Lecornu to Versailles, near Paris, on the site of Nexter, the subsidiary of the Franco-German group KNDS which produces the Caesar cannons delivered to kyiv. France, which organized a summit at the end of February to provoke “a surge” in favor of Ukraine, asked its allies to redouble their efforts to defeat Russia. Far ahead of France, the United States has been kyiv’s main support since the Russian invasion in February 2022. But in Washington, a $60 billion military aid program intended for Ukraine has been blocked for months by the Republican opposition in Congress.
– A local official of the Russian occupation in the Ukrainian region of Lugansk (East), Valéri Tchaika, died Monday during the explosion of a “car bomb” in Starobilsk, pro-Russian authorities said. He was killed by “the detonation of an unidentified device” in the car, said the local Investigative Committee. An investigation was opened for a “terrorist act”, according to the same source, who added that the circumstances of the incident were being established. In the past, car bombings blamed on Ukraine have repeatedly targeted pro-Russian officials in occupied Ukrainian regions.
– French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné said Monday in Beijing that France expected China to send “very clear messages to Russia,” its closest ally, about the war in Ukraine . “We expect China to send very clear messages to Russia,” declared the minister, pleading for “a balance of power favorable to Ukraine” during a press conference with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi . Because “obviously China plays a key role in independence, respect for international law including the sovereignty of Ukraine,” he said. China, which presents itself as a neutral party but whose relationship with Russia has deepened since the start of the conflict, is calling for a political settlement to end the fighting in Ukraine. It is regularly called by the Western community to play a more active role in this conflict, using its influence over Russia.
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