three things to remember from Monday December 11

Ukraine is experiencing its 656th day of conflict, Monday December 11. Ukrainian soldiers filming themselves on the front, the fears of the Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs over the fact that the European Union (EU) refuses Ukraine’s membership and the inauguration by Vladimir Putin of nuclear submarines… Here is what to remember from this day.

Image of the day: Ukrainian soldiers film their daily lives

In eastern Ukraine, deep in the trenches, Ukrainian soldiers film themselves and express their concern about the advance of Russian troops. “When we arrived, there were 70 of us. Now there are only 14. (…) We are simply destroying ourselves”confides one of them.

Sentence of the day: “Devastating consequences” for Ukraine in the event of refusal to join the EU

“I don’t even want to talk about the devastating consequences if the European Council fails to take a decision, not only for Ukraine, but also for the enlargement of the European Union”, said Dimytro Kouleba, Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs. This one had a “very long” And “franc” meeting with his Hungarian counterpart in Brussels, with the aim of convincing him to support the opening of kyiv’s accession negotiations to the European Union. Dimytro Kouleba knows, however, that the agreement of the 27 members is necessary to obtain accession negotiations and that this unanimity risks being lacking.

The figure of the day: two new Russian nuclear submarines

On Monday, December 11, Vladimir Putin personally inaugurated two new nuclear submarines. The Russian president praised the destructive capabilities of these missile launchers, called the Krasnoyarsk and the Emperor Alexander III.