The Prime Minister of Finland speaks frankly. Sanna Marin drew up on Friday, December 2, stated bluntly that Europe is not “not strong enough” to stand alone against Moscow. On a visit to Australia, the leader of the candidate country for NATO membership stressed that the invasion and occupation of neighboring Ukraine by Russia revealed Europe’s weaknesses and strategic errors. “We would be in trouble without the United States”, she pointed to the Lowy Institute, a Sydney-based think tank. Follow our live.
A maximum of 13 000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed since the beginning of the war. “We have official estimates from the general staff (…) They range from 10,000 (…) to 13,000 dead”affirmed Mykhailo Podolyak, one of the advisers of the pUkrainian resident Volodymyr Zelensky, on the Ukrainian channel Channel 24 on Thursday. According to him, the Head of State will make public the official data “when the time is right”.
Ukraine will limit the activities of religious organizations affiliated with Moscow. The country will also question the status of the Orthodox Church dependent on the Moscow Patriarchate, Volodymyr Zelensky announced Thursday. These measures follow searches carried out in November by the Ukrainian security services in the main monastery of kyiv and several other places of worship.
The war in Ukraine at the heart of discussions between France and the United States. Emmanuel Macron arrived in Washington on Tuesday evening for a three-day state visit, hosted by US President Joe Biden. The two heads of state want to send a message of unity on Ukraine by promising to continue to support kyiv as much as necessary, while explaining that negotiations with Moscow can only take place when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky deems it appropriate. .