In kyiv, European foreign ministers took part in a “historic meeting” where they outlined the outlines of “sustainable support” for Ukraine.
Ukraine’s victory “depends directly” of cooperation between kyiv and its Western allies, declared Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday October 2. The Ukrainian president received most of the foreign ministers of the European Union in kyiv. They came to clarify the “sustainable support” that they wish to provide to Ukraine, while, a few hours earlier, the Kremlin said it was convinced that the aid provided to kyiv would decrease, due to a “weariness” who was going “to grow in different countries”. Here’s what to remember from this day.
In kyiv, a “historic meeting” of European foreign ministers
“Together”. The French Minister of Foreign Affairs shared, with this single comment, the photo taken in kyiv with twenty-three of her counterparts, gathered in the Council of Ministers on Monday, around Volodymyr Zelensky. The Polish, Hungarian and Latvian ministers were absent from the table of this delocalized Council of Ministers.
The head of diplomacy of the European Union (EU) Josep Borrell described this meeting as “historical” : a first in this “candidate country and future member” of the EU continued Josep Borell in a message posted on the social network “sustainable support” which they intend to bring to Ukraine.
Dmytro Kouleba, the Ukrainian Foreign Minister, notably called on them to unite “their strengths” to guarantee safety [du] corridor [en mer Noire]”so that he can “operate at full capacity” and allow Ukraine to export its grain there.
A response to Western “weariness” evoked by Moscow
French Minister Catherine Colonna notably declared that this meeting was to show Moscow that Russia “should not count” on the “weariness” of the EU. A few hours earlier, the Kremlin had said it was convinced that the “weariness” was going to “to grow in different countries” Westerners who provide support to Ukraine, particularly targeting the United States.
Vladimir “Putin is wrong if he thinks he will last longer than us”, replied, immediately, a spokesperson for the White House. This weekend, the budget agreement passed urgently in the US Senate did not include new aid for kyiv. But Joe Biden then promised that the United States “wouldn’t give up” Ukraine and that a future bill must specify the amount granted to the new aid to kyiv.
kyiv places orders with several French manufacturers
French arms groups returned with full order books, after the defense industries forum organized in kyiv last week. Nearly sixteen arms contracts have been concluded there.
Nexter, the French branch of the Franco-German group KNDS, will notably supply six Caesar cannons, according to the French Ministry of the Armed Forces. Armored vehicle parts will be produced on site and maintained by the Arquus company. An Alsatian SME called CEFA will supply mine clearance and amphibious robots. A new delivery of 150 drones was concluded by thethe Delair company. Thales and another company have signed an agreement with Ukrainian companies to develop drones, while another French company will set up a 3D printing center in the country.
A cooperation agreement was also signed between the French Directorate General of Armaments and its Ukrainian counterpart on the sidelines of a visit by Sébastien Lecornu, the French Minister of the Armed Forces.
Bombings in southern Ukraine
In strikes affecting the south of the country on Monday, four people were injured in Kherson and two others in Orikhiv, according to regional authorities. Four Russian explosive drones were shot down overnight, according to the Ukrainian army.
Ukrainian intelligence services, for their part, claimed responsibility for a drone attack more than 600 kilometers from the border on a missile production factory in Smolensk, Russia.