NATO is organizing an informal meeting in Prague (Czech Republic), Thursday May 30, to discuss in particular the use of weapons delivered by kyiv’s Western allies. Some members of the Alliance, including France, want Ukraine to now be able to strike Russian soil with this Western equipment, in this case long-range missiles. A meeting which arouses the anger of the Kremlin. “NATO member countries, especially the United States and other European capitals, have started a new cycle of escalation in recent days and weeks”denounced the spokesperson for the Russian presidency, Dmitri Peskov. “They are provoking Ukraine by all possible means in order to continue this senseless war”, he told reporters during his daily briefing. Follow our live stream.
What red line for NATO? Atlantic Alliance Secretary Jens Stoltenberg supports Ukraine using weapons delivered by its allies to target military bases and artillery on Russian territory. The United States is much more reluctant, fearing a direct conflict with Moscow. Tuesday, in Berlin, Emmanuel Macron estimated that kyiv should be allowed to “neutralize” the military bases from which Russia fires its missiles against Ukrainian territory.
Marine Le Pen opposed to the use of Western weapons. “I’m starting to believe that Emmanuel Macron wants France to enter this war head-onreacted on franceinfo the leader of the RN deputies. I am opposed to it.”
New deadly Russian strikes. Eight people were killed by strikes by the Russian army in several regions of Ukraine, and the death toll from Saturday’s bombing of a hypermarket in Kharkiv rose to 19 deaths, Ukrainian regional authorities announced on Wednesday. The country’s second city is the target of almost daily bombings, while Russian troops launched an offensive in the region at the beginning of May.
Sweden helps Ukraine. Sweden promised military aid of 13.3 billion crowns, or 1.16 billion euros, on Wednesday. This sixteenth package granted by the country is also the “most important”, commented Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch. This new military aid will “save lives”welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the social network