Volodymyr Zelensky can come “at any time” to meet Putin in Moscow
Volodymyr Zelensky can meet Vladimir Putin« à tout moment »In Moscow, the Kremlin declared Thursday June 4 after the publication of a letter in which the Ukrainian president invited his Russian counterpart to a direct meeting to negotiate the end of the war.
“Zelensky peut venir à tout moment à Moscou”declared Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov in comments cited by Russian state media, adding that the Russian president had not yet seen the letter in question.
Zelensky proposes face-to-face meeting in open letter to Putin
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky offered a meeting to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in an open letter in which he also offered a “Complete ceasefire” time to negotiate to end the war.
“Ukraine offers to end this war through direct engagement between you and us. I suggest a meeting »wrote Volodymyr Zelensky in this letter addressed to Vladimir Putin, adding that kyiv was “ready for a complete ceasefire for the duration of negotiationsâ€.
Putin says Russia must ‘improve’ its air defense
Russia must “better” et “strengthen” its anti-aircraft defense, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared Thursday, June 4, the day after Ukrainian drone strikes against an oil complex and a naval base in Saint Petersburg (north-west).
“Russia has an anti-aircraft defense system. Yes, we need to improve it. Yes, we need to strengthen it, and we will do it.”declared Vladimir Putin during a meeting with international media executives, on the sidelines of the International Economic Forum in Saint Petersburg.
Russian ghost fleet: end of commander’s custody
The Brest prosecutor announced on Thursday the lifting of custody of the commander of the Tagor, an oil tanker of the Russian ghost fleet boarded in the Atlantic Ocean by the French navy.
This decision was made “in order to enable the pursuit of dense and complex legal investigationsâ€said prosecutor Stéphane Kellenberger, in a press release, adding that the ship remained “immobilized” in the bay of Douarnenez (Finistère) on « décision administrative ».
Ukrainian attack leaves at least 4 dead in annexed Crimea
At least four people were killed and seven injured on the night of Wednesday to Thursday June 4 by a Ukrainian attack in Simferopol, in the Crimean peninsula annexed by Russia, according to local authorities.
“According to initial reports, three people were killed and seven others injured due to an enemy strike on non-residential buildings in Simferopolâ€wrote Thursday morning on Telegram Sergey Aksionov, the head of the Crimean authorities, annexed by Moscow in 2014.
A few hours later, he announced that a fourth person was killed in Crimea following a Ukrainian drone attack on a commuter train.
EU ready to resume accession talks with Ukraine
The European Union has opened the way for the formal resumption of accession negotiations with Ukraine, blocked until now by a Hungarian veto, we learned from European officials.
The representatives of the 27 in Brussels gave a preliminary green light to the official opening of a first group of negotiating subjects with Ukraine and Moldova, thus marking “an important step on their path to European integrationâ€said an official from the Cypriot presidency of the Council of the EU.
Rubio s’inquiète du risque « d’escalade »
The head of American diplomacy Marco Rubio was concerned about the risk “escalade” in the war between Russia and Ukraine, after the attack of Ukrainian drones which hit energy and military sites in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
“What has changed in recent months is that Ukraine has become increasingly effective at carrying out long-range strikes deep into Russian territory (…) and I think that is one of the reasons that reminds us why it is important to try to end this war, if we can, because the risk of escalation is real, more real than it wasn’t there two years ago.”he declared before a parliamentary committee.
