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Ukraine on Saturday deplored the "indecision" of the West on the delivery of heavy tanks, while some of its European allies directly pointed the finger at Germany, after its refusal to provide its Leopard tanks to kyiv.
On the same day, the Russian army claimed to have carried out "offensive operations" in the Zaporozhye region.
The line of contact between the Ukrainian and Russian armies in this region has largely remained unchanged for several months and no major fighting took place there, unlike the Kherson regions, until November, and Donetsk, current epicenter of the clashes.
Denouncing an act of “censorship”, RT France, the French branch of the Russian channel RT suspended in the European Union, announced on Saturday its closure following the freezing of its assets.
Moscow has promised retaliatory measures against French media in Russia.
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08:55: Closing of RT France
Denouncing an act of “censorship”, RT France, the French branch of the Russian channel RT suspended in the European Union, announced on Saturday its closure following the freezing of its assets.
Moscow for its part promised retaliatory measures against the French media in Russia.
France was the only EU member state to host an RT subsidiary on its soil, where it had been present since 2017.
8:45 a.m .: US senator furious over tank issue
Germany is also criticized across the Atlantic for its choice not to supply Leopard tanks.
After a visit to kyiv on Friday, a Republican American senator, Lindsey Graham, expressed his dissatisfaction on Twitter: "I'm tired of the 'shitty show' around who will send tanks and when".
“To the Germans: send tanks to Ukraine because they need them.
(…) To the Biden administration: send American tanks so that others follow our example”.
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This Sunday, the German Chancellor will be received at the Elysée by Emmanuel Macron.
During a joint Council of Ministers, discussions will focus in particular on Ukraine.
And on this issue, Olaf Scholz is particularly under pressure.
kyiv once again deplored on Saturday the "indecision" of the West on the delivery of heavy tanks, while some of its European allies directly pointed the finger at Germany, after its refusal to provide its Leopard tanks.
In a rare public criticism, the three Foreign Ministers of the Baltic countries thus urged Berlin "to supply Leopard tanks to Ukraine now", pleading "the particular responsibility" of Germany, "first European power".
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