Leaders from Latvia and Lithuania increased their tough talk against Russia last week when they urged Western countries struggling under record levels of inflation to remain focused on the task of defeating Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine. “Our goal must be for Putin to lose the war,” Krišjânis Karinš, the prime minister of Latvia,...
75 search results for: macron putin
PUTIN WARNS WEST STOP SENDING DEADLY WEAPONS OR RUSSIA WILL HIT ‘OBJECTS THAT WE HAVEN’T YET STRUCK’
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday said Moscow may be forced to target “objects that we haven’t yet struck” after the U.S. and U.K. promised Kyiv long-range rocket systems that the Kremlin has previously called a red line. Putin’s comments came on the same day that Russia launched airstrikes on Kyiv. Russia targeted T-72 tanks...
PUTIN BLAMES UKRAINE FOR A FREEZE IN PEACE TALKS, TELLS EU LEADERS MOSCOW IS READY TO NEGOTIATE
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday held a phone call with German Chancellor Olaf Schulz and French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss the Ukraine War and pinned blame on Kyiv for not seeking a diplomatic resolution to the conflict. The phone conversation lasted 80 minutes and the Russian leader Putin brought up the West’s “pumping”...
MACRON SELLS WAR WITH RUSSIA BEFORE ANNOUNCING RUN FOR SECOND TERM
French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday tried his best to sell the public on why French troops should be sent to Romania while Russia carries out its invasion of Ukraine. Macron called Russia’s invasion “brutal” and warned citizens that the challenges will likely only increase as the war unfolds. WSWS.org accused Macron of attempting to lie about...
BIDEN AGREES TO MEET WITH PUTIN ‘IN PRINCIPLE’ FOR HIGH-RISK SUMMIT
U.S. President Joe Biden agreed “in principle” to meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin as Western leaders insist that Moscow could invade Ukraine at any time. The meeting between the two leaders would occur after another round of talks between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his counterpart Sergey Lavrov. There has been a...
UKRAINE CONFLICT HEATS UP: PUTIN RECOGNIZES DONETSK, LUHANSK AS INDEPENDENT FROM UKRAINE
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday prompted the Biden administration to promise sanctions after he urged Russian lawmakers to recognize Russian-controlled territories in southeast Ukraine as independent states he called “Luhansk People’s Republic” and “Donetsk People’s Republic.” Putin accused Ukraine of taking a “path of violence” in the Donbass region and ordered Russian troops to...
GERMANY KEEPS PUMPING UKRAINE WITH WEAPONS
Germany announced last week that it will provide Ukraine with €500 million weapons, which is part of the previously announced support budget for Kyiv.
TOP POLISH WARMONGER SAYS WESTERN TROOPS IN UKRAINE IS AN ‘OPEN SECRET’
Radoslaw Sikorski, the Polish foreign minister who thanked the U.S. for bombing the Nord Stream pipeline in a now-deleted tweet, said last week that it is an open secret that Western troops are operating inside Ukraine.
FRENCH GENERAL SAYS HIS ARMY IS READY FOR WAR
A top French general wrote an op-ed last week that seemed intended to prepare the population for a military conflict—stating that his forces are “ready” and the country should rest assured that its forces will respond to any threat.
ESTONIA’S KALLAS DREAMS OF ESTONIAN TROOPS FIGHTING RUSSIANS
Kaja Kallas, the Estonian Prime Minister who has been compared to Margaret Thatcher for her anti-Russian stance, doubled down on her position that European forces may have to fight Russians.