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In the spotlight: the invasion in Ukraine, “the delirium of a despot”
Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the nation in Moscow, Russia.
He announces that Russian troops launched their attack on Ukraine this Thursday, February 24, 2022.
© Russian Presidential Press Service via AP
Text by: Achim Lippold Follow
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The start of the Russian offensive in Ukraine obviously made headlines in the American continent.
“
Ukraine wakes up to bombs
,” headlines Brazilian newspaper
O Globo
.
For the Argentine daily
El Dia
, "
The war has begun
".
With consequences at the global level, adds the newspaper: "
The international stock markets are plunging and the price of oil is rising
".
For the site of the Venezuelan channel
Telesur
, close to the government of Nicolas Maduro, it is not a war.
«
Vladimir Putin announced a special military operation to defend the Donbass
headlines Telesur, aligning itself with Moscow's official position.
Another consequence of the Russian offensive, underlined by the
Wall Street Journal
, is that the Atlantic Alliance, losing momentum after the end of the cold war, found a new breath, a new unity in the face of the attack from Moscow.
According to The
New York Times
, there is no justification for the invasion.
It is neither NATO nor Russian security: the attack is the result of a xenophobic and imperial conception according to which Ukraine is only an appendage of Russia.
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"
The
New York Times
welcomes President Biden's decision not to unveil the full arsenal of economic sanctions.
The United States and its allies must still save a few options for later, even if there are very few left.
In any case, concludes the
New York Times
, the consequences of Russian aggression will be catastrophic for Ukraine and painful for the West.
They will cost Russia dearly in lives and developmental delays.
For all of this, Mr Putin bears full responsibility.
Putin adored by some of the American conservatives
The Russian president, who can however count on the solidarity of Donald Trump and his relatives, recalls the
Boston Globe
.
“
Here, in a country supposed to be a beacon of democracy, there are members of a political party who support, even adore, a murderous dictator.
Not to mention white supremacists, continues the
Boston Globe
.
For the latter, Vladimir Putin's Russia, where white and Christian homogeneity is valued, is a model to follow.
The newspaper quotes members of the Ku Klux Klan who see Russia as “
the key to white survival
.”
How far will Vladimir Putin go, wonders the editorialist of the newspaper
La Presse
.
According to the Canadian daily, “
we are perhaps witnessing the most significant invasion on the European continent since the Second World War.
It's appalling
,” writes
La Presse
, describing the Russian invasion as “the
delirium of a despot
.”
And the newspaper continues: “
Is it still possible to avoid a bloody war which, from one end of Ukraine to the other, could result in tens of thousands of victims and millions of refugees.
Is it still possible to make Vladimir Putin listen to reason
?
asks
La Presse
to conclude: “
It is allowed to try, but in these dark hours, it is above all, alas, allowed to doubt it.
»
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