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  • NATO promised on Wednesday to support Ukraine for as long as necessary in the face of Russia's "cruelty", at a summit in Madrid which ends on Thursday.

    In a joint statement, the member countries said they had agreed on a new aid plan including strengthening Ukraine's defenses against cyberattacks.

  • On a visit to Turkmenistan, Vladimir Putin denounced the "imperialist ambitions" of the Atlantic Alliance, which seeks to assert its "hegemony".

    NATO has just validated its future enlargement to Sweden and Finland.

  • Ukraine continues to pay a heavy price for the war, with new deadly attacks against civilians, particularly in Mikolaiv (south).

    The bombings came two days after a strike ripped through a crowded shopping center in Kremenchuk, killing at least 18 people, according to kyiv.

    The Kremlin rejected the responsibility of the Russian army in this strike.

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6:51 am: Zelensky ends diplomatic relations with Syria

The Ukrainian president announced Wednesday evening to end diplomatic relations with Syria, after the Damascus regime recognized the independence of the pro-Russian separatist republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, supported by Moscow since 2014.

“There will be no more relations between Ukraine and Syria,” Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video posted on Telegram, saying that “sanctions pressure” against Russia’s ally Damascus “will be even greater ".

"It's an insignificant story," he swept away, preferring to highlight the signing with Brussels of an agreement for a "visa-free transport" regime for freight from Ukraine to the European Union.

Syria had announced earlier in the day to recognize the independence of the breakaway republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, becoming the first foreign country to do so.

6:42 am: London massively increases its support

The British government announced Wednesday, during the NATO summit, to release a billion pounds (1.16 billion euros) of additional aid to Ukraine, including anti-aircraft defense systems and drones.

These new funds will bring British military aid to kyiv to 2.3 billion pounds, said Downing Street, describing this significant increase as a "new phase" in Western support which should allow the Ukrainian army to launch counterattacks. -offensives.

In detail, the additional aid provided includes "sophisticated air defense systems, unmanned aerial devices, innovative electronic equipment and thousands of vital equipment for Ukrainian soldiers".

6:39 a.m .: Putin does not want to see G7 leaders shirtless

Vladimir Putin joked on Wednesday about the G7 leaders who recently had fun mocking the virile image displayed by the Russian president, saying that seeing them shirtless would be a "disgusting sight".

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson indeed asked on Sunday, at the opening of the G7 summit, if the major world leaders should keep their jackets on or take them off to show their “pecs”.

"We have to show that we are stronger than Putin", he launched, while Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau added: "We are going to be entitled to the demonstration of bare-chested riding", referring to a famous photo session of Vladimir Putin on horseback shirtless in 2009.

"I don't know if they wanted to undress to the waist or even lower, but anyway, it would have been a disgusting sight," quipped Vladimir Putin.

6:34 am: The United States pays 1.3 billion dollars to Ukraine

The US Treasury announced on Wednesday the transfer, via the World Bank, of a tranche of $1.3 billion in economic aid to Ukraine, as part of an initial support of $7.5 billion promised to Kyiv. by the Biden government in May.

According to World Bank estimates, Russia's war in Ukraine is likely to lead to a 45% contraction in the Ukrainian economy in 2022.

The country is experiencing a budget deficit that is widening by $5 billion a month, given the decline in its revenues and its inability to access financing on external markets.

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The day of this Thursday will be marked by the end of the NATO summit in Madrid.

Since Tuesday, the Atlantic Alliance has not ceased to affirm its support for kyiv and to strongly criticize the actions of the Kremlin in Ukraine.

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