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Manuel Valls: "Ukraine, resist or submit"

2023-02-09T11:50:43.410Z


FIGAROVOX/TRIBUNE - In a dense text, the former Prime Minister returns to the need to continue the support that France offers to Ukraine and to increase the sanctions against Russia. Only firmness towards Vladimir Putin can lead to victory, he argues.


Manuel Valls was Prime Minister from 2014 to 2016.

The war enters a new phase one year after the invasion of Ukrainian territory by Russia.

After having suffered the failure of the capture of kyiv and the victorious counter-offensives of the Ukrainian army, Putin embarked on an intense and punitive campaign.

Drones and missiles are used against civilians and energy infrastructure with the sole purpose of making winter unbearable for Ukrainians.

According to experts, it is a question of preparing a new ground offensive this spring.

While the front line is stable, the fighting raging in eastern Ukraine results in thousands of deaths on both sides.

The Ukrainian army, tested by several months of combat, is experiencing serious difficulties in the face of Russian firepower and the militias of the Wagner group.

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Source: lefigaro

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