A new agreement coming? The head of Russian diplomacy, Sergei Lavrov, is expected in Turkey on Friday March 1 by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The latter is trying to relaunch negotiations to set up a new security mechanism for ships in the Black Sea, of which Turkey borders the southern part, when Ukraine and Russia are to the north.
Turkey had already been heavily involved in the establishment of a secure corridor in the Black Sea bringing together Ukraine and Russia under the auspices of the UN. An agreement on this subject was signed in July 2022 in Istanbul, then denounced a year later by Moscow. Follow our live stream.
American aid still blocked. Despite the adoption overnight by the Senate of a text which postpones for a week the threat of a partial budgetary paralysis of the federal state, no agreement has been found on the envelope of 60 billion dollars additional intended for kyiv. Republicans close to Donald Trump are blocking this military assistance for Ukraine, approved by the Senate with a Democratic majority, in the House of Representatives.
Two thousand French kamikaze drones ordered by Paris. This delivery is partly intended for kyiv. “Kamikaze drones are absolutely fundamental in the conduct of operations” and will be able to constitute a “addition to the Caesar cannon in terms of artillery”declared Thursday the Minister of the Armed Forces, Sébastien Lecornu.
Emmanuel Macron says that each of his words on Ukraine is “weighted” and “measured”. This statement, made on Thursday, comes after his comments on Monday about the potential sending of ground troops to kyiv. In his speech to the Nation, Vladimir Putin warned Westerners on Thursday against “real threat” of nuclear war.