With intense diplomatic moves and a series of meetings and announcements, and the trying to dominate the developments in the resolution of the Ukrainian and to again promote the policy of pressure on the peace deal, the background of the Russian attack at the center of Kyiv.
Europe and Ukraine are pushing… in front
Both Macron and Mertz, separately, and the Europeans (except Hungary) as a whole, appeared to continue in the direction of pressure on Russia. Their intention to continue to push for further sanctions on Russia with the aim of sitting on the table of negotiations on a peace agreement with Ukraine, expressed Paris and Berlin following the meeting by French President Emmanuel Macroum Macroum Macroukos Macr.
Earlier 26 EU Member States signed a statement published by EU foreign policy leader Kaya Calla, which re -condemned the Russian attack on Kiev on Thursday, pointing out “the reckless nature of Russia’s attacks on Russia”.
The group – which includes all EU Member States except Hungary, which systematically refuses to support statements criticizing Russia – stressed that “the deliberate attacks on civilian and non -military targets are crimes of war” and warned that “all of them”
“These crimes only reinforce our determination to support Ukraine and its people in their defense against Russia and in their quest for a complete, just and lasting peace,” the statement said, while ending with the promise of “continuing” and increasing “
From Toulon, Macron supported the same position on the same position, speaking on Merz’s behalf and stressing: “We will continue to put pressure on additional sanctions to be imposed by us and we are ready for it, but we also wait for the US to force Russia to return to Russia. The next few days will be crucial for Moscow to give evidence of its will to end the war, as US President Donald Trump wishes. “
The leaders of the Franco -German axis in a more general context appeared to agree on other movements, such as the development of a joint security policy, as well as industrial production of air and anti -missile defense systems. The French-German initiative called Jewel, which will be open to partners, will be formalized by letter of intentions, says the Declaration in which the two countries also emphasized their commitment to the development of the Main Ground Combat System (MGCS) tanks. According to the joint statement of the French -German ministerial meeting from the meeting, the meeting includes the commitment to begin the so -called “strategic dialogue” on nuclear deterrence and, more generally, the link between the two countries’ security policies.
Important for Kiev is that, according to reports, the statement also includes the commitment to obtain more air defense systems in Ukraine, adding that “despite intensive international diplomatic efforts, Russia shows no intention of ending the war against Ukraine”.
At the same time, in New York, Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski, Adriy Germak, had a meeting with Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkov, during her career, as it became known to her, and she was also discussed by her. can move closer to a peace deal. Commenting on his meeting with Whitkov, Germak posted on X: “We think worldwide pressure is needed to ensure that Russia is generally ready to move towards peace, and in particular, to hold critical leaders’ meetings for this purpose.”
Russia is trying to break up European pressure
Earlier in an effort to “break” the overall European pressure, the Russian leadership has decided to criticize the infamous long -term statements that “Putin is a predator, a monster in our gates that needs to continue to eat, to survive” and survive “.
Specifically, the … attack on Macron was undertaken by Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Maria Zaharova, who stressed that the French president spoke in a way that is not appropriate to a state leader and that “Macron is constantly making strange statements that sometimes go beyond it.
In these statements by Zaharova, Macron himself rushed to answer during a joint press conference with Mertz, arguing that he had never been vulgar and that he was simply expressing what many feel in Europe. As he said: “When we say that there is a monster in the gates of Europe, an expression that many use, I think it characterizes what Georgians, Ukrainians and other nations feel deep within them.”
In her attempt to reverse Europe’s narrative, however, that pressures against it attribute, the Russian defense minister’s mouth leadership Andrei Beloosov argued that the Russian army has accelerated the pace of its advance to Ukraine and occupied 600-700s (400s). kilometers at the beginning of the year.
Belloosov also said Russia has caused significant damage to Ukraine’s military and industrial infrastructure, carrying out 35 mass attacks this year on 146 critical goals as he described.
“As a result, the infrastructure of 62% of the basic operations of Ukraine’s military -industrial assembly has been damaged,” Belosov argued.
“I would like to particularly highlight the attacks that reduce production capacity, as well as those aimed at logistics centers and long -range drone launches.”
