War in Ukraine: Escalation of the conflict, “unwavering” support from NATO… update on the situation
|Le point sur la situation en Ukraine. MAXPPP – Nina Liashonok
Tous les jours, Midi Libre fait le point sur la situation en Ukraine. Ce jeudi 7 mars 2024, découvrez les dernières actualités autour de ce conflit.
The conflict could degenerate into continental war
A senior Russian army officer warned, in comments reported Thursday by the RIA news agency, that the conflict in Ukraine could escalate into a full-scale war in Europe, adding that the likelihood of Moscow's forces being involved in a new conflict increased significantly .
"The possibility of an escalation of the conflict in Ukraine cannot be excluded", said the Colonel General Vladimir Zaroudnitsky. "The main source of military threats to our state is the anti-Russian policy of the United States and its allies, who are waging a new type of hybrid war in order to weaken Russia in every possible way, from limit its sovereignty and destroy its territorial integrity", he added, indicating that the likelihood of Moscow being drawn into new military conflicts increases & ;quot;considerably".
For his part, the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev, close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, estimated this Thursday March 8 that the latest military exercises of the Russian Federation NATO looked like a rehearsal for an armed confrontation with Russia, according to comments reported by the Interfax news agency.
NATO is currently leading, until March 14, a military exercise in the north of Norway, Sweden and Finland which involves 20,000 soldiers from 13 countries.
According to Lithuanian intelligence agencies, Russia has enough resources to continue fighting in Ukraine under current conditions for at least two more years thanks to high oil prices. oil, circumvention of Western sanctions and state investments.
"Moscow is able to assess lessons learned and improve its combat effectiveness", add Lithuanian information in their report.
Parties agree to support Ukraine
The political parties received this Thursday, March 7 at the Elysée by Emmanuel Macron brought a "unwavering support", for Ukraine, according to participants in the meeting. "The different majority parties, but also the opposition parties, all said that it was necessary to provide unwavering support to Ukraine", reported a member of the presidential camp.
"If support must be unwavering, then that means that we must not default on Ukraine and make everything possible so that Russia does not win. And therefore do not exclude anything", added this member of the president's entourage. According to this source, Emmanuel Macron declared: "Faced with an enemy who sets no limits, we cannot afford to formulate any."
The party leaders had all responded favorably to Emmanuel Macron's invitation, unlike the last meeting in this format which had been shunned in November by several opposition leaders , including Les Républicains.
This Thursday's interview was also an opportunity to return to the comments of the Head of State on the hypothesis of # sending soldiers to Ukraine, which aroused skepticism from France's allies. The opposition castigated the positioning of the head of state in the face of developments of this conflict which has lasted for more than two years. "By his proposal to send troops to Ukraine, Emmanuel Macron aroused concern in the country, he isolated France on the international scene and he played into the hands of Vladimir Putin by exposing to the world the divisions of the Western camp", lamented the president of the RN Jordan Bardella.
For Manuel Bompard, of La France insoumise, "the President of the Republic does not really seem to take the measure of the risk that stubbornness in this military path could pose for France and the world in general". On ~/p>