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Headlines: Biden bolsters support for Kyiv with 'record' $33 billion in aid
US President Joe Biden at the White House on April 21, 2022. AP - Evan Vucci
By: Véronique Rigolet Follow
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Ignoring
Russia's "
nuclear threats ", and also rejecting "
any proxy war allegation
", Joe Biden is accelerating "
in addition to doubling American aid to Ukraine
", underlines the
Guardian
with "
a giant envelope of $33 billion in military and economic aid
”.
This is "
a spectacular step
", comments
Le Temps
, which illustrates both the resolute commitment of the United States to Kiev, but also "
the desire to increase pressure on Russia
", in what could to be "
a decisive phase of the war
", analyzes for its part the
Washington Post
.
"
American leaders are determined to help Ukraine survive the crucial battle ahead, but also to weaken Russia in the longer term to prevent any future invasion
."
The amount of this new financial aid also shows "
that Washington is preparing for a longer war, which could last for months
," said the
Wall Street Journal
, like the
Financial Times
.
And to finance such an effort, "
Biden is proposing to redirect the confiscated assets of the Russian oligarchs to Ukraine
", reports the United States correspondent of the Belgian daily
Le Soir
, who explains "
that this operation promises to be (however) arduous and controversial
”.
Because this would require "
violating the 4th amendment and confiscating private property
", a "
risky precedent
", comments
Le Soir
which reports that even Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warns “
that the consequences of such a measure will have to be very seriously considered
”.
Putin hits Kyiv amid UN secretary-general's visit
Just hours after the announcement of new US aid, Russia last night struck the Ukrainian capital - for the first time in 2 weeks - "
in the midst of a visit from Antonio Guterres, the head of the UN who was finishing his talks with President Zelensky
", reports the
Wall Street Journal
, which sees in this "
a clear sign that Moscow will not relax its assault on Ukraine
".
A “
provocation
” says the
Washington Post
after Guterres violently denounced “
the tragedy and absurdity
” of the war and demanded “
that war crimes be punished
”.
Ukrainian justice has already "
identified more than 8,000 cases
" of alleged war crimes since the Russian invasion, and "
identified 10 Russian soldiers who were allegedly involved in the Boutcha massacres
", reports the
Guardian
.
Atrocities that Moscow “
continues to deny
”, underlines the British daily.
Just yesterday, President Putin once again questioned "
crimes committed by the Ukrainian forces or even stagings
”.
“A general mobilization” in preparation in Russia?
In any case, it is the fear of an American military analyst who, in
The Australian,
explains "
that the exhaustion of the Russian troops could leave Putin only the choice of returning home boasting of a false victory or good to declare a general mobilization of all able-bodied Russian men
.”
A mobilization that would mark the end of the so-called "
special operation
" to pave the way "
for a prolonged war
", fears the American analyst for whom "
the offensive in the Donbass is in any case the last major offensive that the Russian army given the weakness of its state and its offensive potential
”.
Russia deploys its “military dolphins” in the Black Sea
The information is repeated in a large part of the international press, while "
satellite images have spotted the presence of these dolphins in the port of Sevastopol
", reports the
Washington Post
which explains "
that these dolphins were undoubtedly deployed to protect this strategic naval base in the Black Sea
”.
“
These dolphins are trained to detect mines and to give the alert in the event of the presence of hostile frogmen, who could try to come and sabotage Russian warships,
” comments the
Guardian
.
Since the 1960s, the Russian Navy, like the American Navy, specifies the
Washington Post
"
thus training dolphins and sea lions, marine mammals which have hearing, an extremely sophisticated biosonar, more powerful than electronic sonars
" and therefore better able to "
detect all potential threats
".
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