Paris “dismayed” by remarks by the Chinese ambassador to France on Crimea

Cover image: Meeting between Emmanuel Macron and Zhao Leji, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China, at the Palace of the People’s Assembly, in Beijing, on April 6, 2023. Thibault Camus / AP

  • The Russian forces carried out, in twenty-four hours, fifty-eight artillery shotsthree drone attacks and two more using multiple rocket launchers in the Zaporizhia region. In a press release published on Friday, the IAEA is still concerned about the “serious nuclear safety and security risks facing” the Zaporijia nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe, occupied by the Russian army for more than a year.
  • The six Leopard tanks promised by Spain to Ukraine left by sea on Friday evening and will reach their destination in the coming days, Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles announced on Saturday. “There are four more Leopards under repair and when that is done they will also go to Ukraine”added the minister.
  • The Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Saturday the expulsion of “more than twenty” german diplomatsin retaliation, according to him, for a similar measure taken by Berlin, but which Germany has not confirmed.

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