“If I have a feeling of great responsibility as Deputy Prime Minister, as a Democrat, it is disgust and the feeling of waste that predominates. What bothers Russia is the democratic functioning of Ukraine. President Zelensky participated in the European summit this Thursday by teleconference; he doesn’t know if he’ll still be alive in a week, it’s chilling. Let us stand in solidarity with those who woke up to the bombs. »
A Ukrainian president who also said he was quite disappointed with the European reaction and the fact that no one is coming to fight with the Ukrainians… “We need a very clear reaction. We must respond in a coordinated manner at European and NATO level, but to intervene militarily outside NATO territory is the risk of an infernal spiral. I understand that the Ukrainians are desperate. We must help them with equipment, intervene through diplomatic channels and take measures of economic retaliation once morest the Russians; I think we can bend them that way. »
►► It sometimes feels like no sanction can stop Putin? “The objective is to put it politically Out of state of causing trouble »
►► Mr Gilkinet wants Europe weighs more in the global debate.
