The Russian truce was “fake”, judged a Ukrainian presidential adviser
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14:58 : Total aid (financial, humanitarian and military) from France to Ukraine is currently estimated at 1.4 billion euros by the Kiel Institute (in English), which represents about 0.05% of its GDP. Far from Estonia, the first in this relative ranking, which spends the equivalent of one hundredth of its GDP.
2:55 p.m : Hello, if the government repeats that French “no shame” vis-à-vis its aid to Ukraine, these figures remain quite complicated to determine because, as we explain in this article, Paris wants to keep some of its military support for kyiv private. To be sure, it is the United States that is spending the most on arming and supporting Ukraine, especially with a vote for $45 billion in aid in mid-December.
14:54 : Hello, you often talk about spending millions, if not billions of euros to help Ukraine. Can you say how much money France has spent since the beginning of the conflict and if so, what percentage does it have to do with our national budget? Thank you.
14:21 : All eyes are on the Vakhova hydroelectric dam (east of the country), which the Russian army may want to blow up to slow down Ukrainian forces, warns the Center for National Resistance, an agency of the Ukrainian government.
2:00 pm. :2 pm on my watch, let’s jump straight to the news:
Didier Deschamps extended as coach of the France team until 2026, the following World Cup year. A choice that is not too surprising.
President Volodymyr Zelensky warmly thanked the United States for issuing a new $3 billion military aid. Follow our live.
: Republican Kevin McCarthy eventually becomes Speaker of the House of Representatives, at the cost of concessions from the conservative wing of his party.
Pensions, jobs, nuclear power, the future of Nupes… The three candidates for first secretary of the Socialist Party debated last night for nearly two hours. Discover the full conversation between Olivier Faure, Hélène Geoffroy and Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol.
13:31 : Russian troops confirmed that they would continue to observe until tonight, midnight (21:00 Paris time), the unilateral “truce” concluded by Vladimir Putin on the occasion of Orthodox Christmas, despite the artillery fire attributed to the Ukrainian side.
12:12 p.m. : A few minutes past noon, this is a good time to catch the news:
Didier Deschamps extended as coach of the France team until 2026, the following World Cup year.
: Republican Kevin McCarthy eventually becomes Speaker of the House of Representatives, at the cost of concessions from the conservative wing of his party.
President Volodymyr Zelensky warmly thanked the United States for issuing a new $3 billion military aid. Follow our live.
Pensions, jobs, nuclear power, the future of Nupes… The three candidates for first secretary of the Socialist Party debated last night for nearly two hours. Discover the full conversation between Olivier Faure, Hélène Geoffroy and Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol.
11:18 : This armistice decided unilaterally by the Kremlin was not respected, as our journalist Omar Ouahmane confirmed in this report in kyiv. Something to darken the Christmas holiday, which is widely celebrated by Ukrainian Orthodox Christians.
11:13 : While a formal ceasefire is underway in Ukraine at the request of the Kremlin, Russian President Vladimir Putin gathered alone in Moscow for an Orthodox Christmas party. The first since 2001.
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11:16 : We know a lot more about the weapons that the United States will supply to Ukraine. The US Department of Defense yesterday released a list of military equipment destined for Kyiv. There are 50 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, 500 anti-tank missiles, 100 M113 armored personnel carriers, and 10,000 120 mm mortars. An impressive arsenal, the value of which is estimated at 3 billion dollars.
11:16 : Despite a 36-hour ceasefire announced by Vladimir Putin, fighting continues “at normal level”, British intelligence services report. “One of the most disputed areas is in Luhansk Oblast, in Kremmina,” specified the UK Ministry of Defense in its report today on Twitter.
