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news of the day
The head of Russian diplomacy was offended on Wednesday by the publication, by the France 2 television channel, of an interview between Emmanuel Macron and Vladimir Putin, four days before Moscow launched its assault on Ukraine.
Obviously an outrage for the Russian power, which did not hesitate to assert diplomacy. “Diplomatic etiquette does not provide for unilateral leaks of (such) recordings,” noted Minister Sergei Lavrov during a trip to Vietnam. At the same time, when we have principles…
sentence of the day
“The very idea of chastising a country that has the largest nuclear arsenal in the world is absurd in itself. »
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev spoke on Wednesday of the use of nuclear weapons, excluding in advance the possibility of sanctions taken against Moscow by international justice, at a time when the International Criminal Court (ICC) is investigating alleged war crimes committed in Ukraine.
“The very idea of chastising a country that has the largest nuclear arsenal in the world is absurd in itself. And this potentially creates a threat to the existence of humanity, ”wrote on his Telegram account the current vice-president of the powerful Russian Security Council.
The number of the day
7. This is the number of years in prison to which one is exposed if one threatens the security of Russia. Indeed, this Wednesday, Moscow adopted a law punishing heavy penalties for calls to act against its security, at a time when Moscow is suppressing all voices opposing its military offensive in Ukraine.
The trend of the day
The war in Ukraine has offered the grim spectacle of a high-intensity conflict since February, in which artillery is decisive and the outcome of which could also be played out on an essential logistical element: stocks of ammunition.
Particularly hungry for projectiles of all kinds, from assault rifle bullets to 155 mm shells and precision missiles, the Ukrainian and Russian armies are waging a war of ammunition attrition, as with soldiers and equipment.
Regarding shells, for example, according to a report by the British institute RUSI, “Russia fires approximately 20,000 152 mm shells per day, compared to 6,000 for Ukraine”. But the protagonists do not have the same means. Russia relies on production distributed throughout its territory, with a controlled communications network. Ukraine, on the other hand, only resists thanks to the stocks and factories of the West.
