Update on the situation, Tuesday January 30 at 10:30 p.m.
- Emmanuel Macron in Sweden to discuss the future of European defense and support for Ukraine
Emmanuel Macron called on Europeans to support Ukraine in the long term and to compensate for any possible decline in American aid. “We must organize ourselves in such a way that, if the United States were to make the sovereign choice to stop this aid or reduce it, it should not have an impact on the ground”he said during a press conference in Stockholm, alongside his Swedish counterpart, Ulf Kristersson.
- The European Union will find a solution to support Ukraine, regardless of Budapest’s position, assures Donald Tusk
“Everything shows that, one way or another, we will find a solution, with or without [le premier ministre hongrois, Viktor] Orban, to support Ukraine, but it would be better, and we would all feel better then, if the unity of Europe was preserved in this process”Donald Tusk told reporters.
- Ukraine, “a serious problem for Europe”says Viktor Orban in “Le Point”
Two days before an extraordinary summit in Brussels, in an interview with the weekly Pointthe Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, reiterates his refusal of aid for Ukraine over four years, believing that, beyond the conflict, Ukraine poses a “significant challenge” for Europe.
- Number of daily Russian casualties in Ukraine to rise in 2023, says British Ministry of Defense
The average number of daily Russian casualties in Ukraine increased by almost three hundred during 2023, reports the ministry, which warns that “If the numbers continue at current rates throughout next year, Russia will have suffered more than half a million deaths and injuries in Ukraine.”
- Ukraine uses weapons it developed against Russia
Fire at a fuel depot in the region of Bryanskof a oil terminal near St. Petersburghas Orel or to Where are you now… For several weeks, Ukraine has launched in-depth attacks against Russia. Oleksandr Kamyshin, Ukraine’s minister of strategic industry, explains to the magazine Time that these attacks are being carried out using weapons secretly developed by Ukraine.
- Support for Ukraine “is an investment in our own security”according to NATO chief
“NATO allies are providing unprecedented support to Ukraine, and it is important that we continue to do so”declared Monday the Secretary General of the Atlantic Alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, during a meeting in Washington with the head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin.
- Russian opponent Vladimir Kara-Mourza says he was placed in solitary confinement
His relatives and several Western chancelleries were alarmed on Monday, saying that they had no longer heard from him. Russian opponent Vladimir Kara-Mourza, sentenced to twenty-five years in prison, wrote that he had been placed in solitary confinement for at least four months.