Washington declares “do not encourage” Ukrainian drone attacks in Russia, at a time when Moscow accuses kyiv of multiplying drone attacks against airfields on its territory. “We do not encourage and we do not help Ukraine to launch strikes in Russia”the head of American diplomacy, Antony Blinken, told the press. “But what you have to understand is that the Ukrainians live every day with the Russian aggression which continues”he added, accusing Moscow of “make winter a weapon” by bombing Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure. Follow our live.
Volodymyr Zelensky near Bakhmout on Tuesday. The Ukrainian president visited Tuesday near the front, not far from Bakhmout, the main battlefield in eastern Ukraine. “Eastern Ukraine is the axis (from the forehead) the hardest”, the leader told soldiers on Armed Forces Day. “Thank you for your resilience”, he added, before presenting decorations. In the pro-Russian stronghold of Donetsk, six civilians were killed in Ukrainian strikes, according to local authorities.
A “historic” EU-Balkans summit. The leaders of the European Union and Western Balkan countries demonstrated in Tirana (Albania) their desire to give new impetus to their relations. The President of the European Council Charles Michel, judged “historical” this EU-Balkan summit. The war in Ukraine has also underlined the importance for Europeans of stabilizing this fragile region of southeastern Europe, of countering the influence of Moscow there.