Laura Laplaud
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5:32 p.m., May 05, 2022
More than two months after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the fighting continues. If Moscow announced a ceasefire on the Azovstal steelworks on Wednesday evening, Vladimir Putin has still not laid down his arms. The chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defense and Armed Forces Committee Christian Cambon was the guest of Europe Matin on Thursday.
On the 71st day of the war in Ukraine, the fighting continues. The international community is still mobilizing to call on the Kremlin to stop the strikes on the country, but Christian Cambon, chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defense and Armed Forces Committee, warns, “Putin is looking for a victory and if he doesn’t get it, he is capable of the worst”.
What will happen on May 9?
Next Monday, Russia will commemorate Nazi Germany’s surrender to the Soviet Union. This date of May 9 is largely exploited by Vladimir Putin who tries to make this commemoration a whole symbol. For good reason, this date represents the most important victory that the Russians have won in their history.
The date of May 9 therefore intrigues the international community. For Christian Cambon, guest ofEurope Morning Thursday, we are “in a particularly, excessively dangerous period”. “We dare to think that in the end, reason will prevail” but “Putin is looking for a victory and if he doesn’t get it, he is capable of the worst.”
“Nothing excludes the use of destructive weapons”
Moscow also said on Wednesday that its army had simulated the firing of nuclear-capable missiles in the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad. A source of concern for Christian Cambon, one of the best connoisseurs of defense issues. “We are a bit in the mad dog syndrome which is at the bottom of the impasse and which, not seeing the solution, turns around and jumps down your throat. And therefore, nothing excludes the use of ‘excessively destructive weapons, such as low-powered tactical missiles,’ he argued.