We have to help Ukrainian people to endure and survive this winter, - Macron
Ukraine needs to be helped to survive the winter, the help should be very prompt and concrete.
This was reported by French President Emmanuel Macron, Censor.NET reports with reference to Interfax-Ukraine.
According to him, now, "first of all, we have to understand that we have to help the Ukrainian people to endure."
"We need to help Ukraine survive this winter... We want the results of the conference (International Conference on Solidarity with the People of Ukraine. - Ed.) to be very concrete," the French leader emphasized.
Macron explained that the conference will be about "mobilizing partners, friends of Ukraine and those who work in international humanitarian organizations, about organizing actions that will help the population get water, electricity, heat, clothes."
He also expressed hope that "our efforts will be at their best and we will help you survive the winter."
"Secondly, Volodymyr, we must together ensure that our assistance is very operational, concrete, and fast-acting...We need to have concrete answers, for this we need to coordinate very closely, and in each country there must be precise contacts to coordinate and help Ukraine arrive when needed," Macron said, addressing President Zelensky.
In addition, he noted that he had already told the Ukrainian government that more than 700 French companies would participate in long-term investments in Ukraine. Source:
https://censor.net/en/n3386688
There is no question of withdrawing troops from Ukraine by end of year, - Peskov
There is no question that Russia can start withdrawing troops from Ukraine by the end of this year.
This was stated by Putin's spokesman Dmytro Peskov, Censor.NET reports with reference to Interfax.
He was asked to comment on President Volodymyr Zelensky's proposal that Russia should start withdrawing troops from Ukraine before Christmas.
"This is out of the question," Peskov said. He explained that "the Ukrainian side needs to accept the realities that have developed over all this time."
"These are the realities that happened because of that line, that policy, which was carried out during the last fifteen or even twenty years by the leadership of Ukraine and today's Ukrainian regime," Peskov continued.
According to him, "these realities indicate that new subjects have appeared in the Russian Federation, they appeared as a result of referendums held in these territories."
"Without taking these new realities into account, any progress is impossible," Peskov concluded.
Also remind, that earlier Zelensky suggested that Russia begin the withdrawal of troops from the territory of Ukraine on Christmas. Source:
https://censor.net/en/n3386697