what to remember from Monday March 4

Russia assured that it had summoned the German ambassador to explain itself after the leak of exchanges between German officers, a summons that Berlin denied.

Russia said on Monday March 4 that it had summoned the German ambassador to explain after the broadcast on social networks, from Russia, exchanges between German officers on arms deliveries to kyiv, which Berlin denied. During a press conference in kyiv, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmygal, for his part, urged the West to transfer 300 billion euros of frozen Russian assets to kyiv. Franceinfo takes stock of what to remember from this day.

Moscow says it has summoned the German ambassador, Berlin denies

The German ambassador to Russia was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry to explain himself after the broadcast on social networks, from Russia, exchanges between German officers on arms deliveries to kyiv, Russian agencies reported on Monday.

An allegation denied by Berlin a few hours later. “Our ambassador had a long-planned meeting this morning at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs”, a spokesperson for the German Foreign Ministry told the press. For its part, Moscow denounced “direct involvement” of the West in Ukraine.

Flight into the German army is an “attempt by the Russians to sow discord”, denounces the United States

Broadcasting on social networks, from Russia, exchanges between German officers on arms deliveries to kyiv, “is a transparent attempt by the Russians to sow discord” among Westerners, a White House spokesperson denounced Monday March 4. “We are not going to give in to this attempt (…) We are all working together to try to support Ukraine”said John Kirb.

Emmanuel Macron says he refuses any “logic of escalation”

French President Emmanuel Macron said he refused “to enter into a logic of escalation”after his controversial comments on the option of a possible sending, in the future, of Western soldiers to Ukraine.

“In response to a question asked about sending troops, I replied that nothing was excluded”recalled Emmanuel Macron in an interview with the Czech daily Pravo, an extract of which was posted online Monday evening, on the eve of his visit to Prague.

“We are launching the debate and thinking about everything we can do to support Ukraine”he added. “I have always been clear about the framework that was ours, we are not at war against the Russian people and we refuse to enter into a logic of escalation”he added.

kyiv says it has not received funds raised by the EU

The Ukrainian Prime Minister said on Monday that his country had not received more than 16 billion euros in aid collected by Poland and the European Commission during two donor conferences in Warsaw in 2022, in the wake of the Russian invasion.

“These funds have been raised. According to our information, more than 10 billion euros at the first [conférence] and more than 6 billion in the second”said at a press conference in kyiv.

According to him, these funds “were raised by Poland with the European Commission for the support of Ukraine”. “We don’t know what happened to these funds. How were they spent, what did they support? Ukraine received nothing”continued the head of government.

Ukraine urges West to transfer frozen Russian assets

The Ukrainian Prime Minister has urged the West to transfer 300 billion euros of frozen Russian assets to kyiv to avoid elections in allied countries affecting support for Ukraine in the face of Moscow’s invasion.

“Help from our partners is an extremely important tool, but we need predictability and stability regardless of the weather, political fluctuations, electoral cycles that will take place around the world”declared Denys Chmygal during a press conference. “The confiscation of Russian assets should become a reliable source of support for our state”he added.

The Kremlin denounces the “direct involvement” of the West in Ukraine, after the flight into the German army

The Kremlin denounced on Monday “direct involvement” of the West in Ukraine, after the broadcast on social networks from Russia of alleged exchanges between several German officers on arms deliveries to Ukraine.

These exchanges, the authenticity of which was confirmed by Berlin, show “once again the direct involvement of the collective West in the conflict in Ukraine”Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told the press. “The recording itself testifies that plans to carry out strikes against Russian territory are discussed in detail and concretely within the Bundeswehr.he estimated.