Le Figaro

Along the bitumen, for tens of meters, an appalling picture is emerging.

Corpses, burnt-out cars - all going in the same direction - charred bodies rotting under a gray sky.

Dozens of civilians were fleeing: the fighting?

Russian tanks?

Enemy soldiers?

In any case, they were fleeing.

A man blackened by the fire collapsed on the asphalt, his legs still in the cockpit.

Another escaped mortar hell.

He was shot from behind.

His eyes have been devoured by the birds of prey flying over the villages.

Around his right wrist is tied a white cloth.

Was he wearing it to indicate he was a civilian?

Or did he have his wrists tied?

Further on, in the village of Boutcha, residents were shot while their hands were tied.

strongly remind us that war is not a matter of military strategy, or geopolitical considerations,

La Croix.

War is first and foremost about terrified inhabitants, crying children, mutilated bodies, corpses rotting on the spot, and young soldiers transformed into monsters.

As Henri Barbusse said, it would be a crime to show the bright sides of war.

There is no proper war.

It's no longer a war, it's a butchery

Liberation.

Men executed with their hands behind their backs, women raped then burned, bodies crushed by tanks… The list is long of the abuses that the Russians seem to have committed.

Of course, we must remain cautious,

Since the affair of the true-false mass graves in the Romanian city of Timisoara, in 1989, we know that we must be wary of emotion and images taken on the spot.

Investigative work will determine the exact nature of the Russian crimes perpetrated in Ukraine.

In any case, Liberation

Vladimir Putin bears an overwhelming responsibility in this situation, he who heated up, manipulated and then unleashed his men on Ukraine but also all those around him who know the extent of the misinformation and remain silent for fear of reprisals.

They must know that they will pay the price one day.

the urgency is now, we insist from Berlin to Washington, from Rome to Paris, to

these crimes to bring one day, perhaps, the Russian president in front of a court.

isn't it even more urgent

to arrest Putin, by giving ourselves the means to do so?"

Europe is talking about new sanctions, but still no cuts in gas imports.

NATO assures that these

must

but without saying how.

While political and military leaders are warning of a simple tactical withdrawal by the Russian army to better relaunch more violent actions in eastern Ukraine, President Zelensky is crying out for help in the face of a "

can the West really stick to sanctions and military aid to the resistance?

Le Monde

Why are we so afraid of Putin, instead of scaring him a little, this man who respects nothing but the balance of power

?

Nuclear weapon?

If he wants to use

he will, inventing the necessary justification, and a few planes and tanks won't change that.

Do we really want to continue to tremble before a despot who assassinates his opponents, lies like a tooth-puller and massacres civilians?

.

Or

should we, even through the Ukrainians interposed, tell him, much more clearly: that is enough.

Delivering so-called offensive weapons, contrary to appearances, would not increase the risk

but, in the long term, would reduce it.

Ouest-France,

in an obvious state of self-defense, the Ukrainians are asking for weapons.

It is up to us to support them and strongly increase the pressure on Russia.

For all Europeans who, fortunately, have only known peace, the question of the legitimacy of a war arises in a pressing and unprecedented way.

But neutrality in this matter is very much like cowardice.