The point on the situation – Ukrainian diplomacy announced the arrival in kyiv on Monday of the American emissary Kellogg even though Donald Trump would make an important declaration on Russia the same day.
The American emissary Kellog will be visiting kyiv from Monday. The Kremlin reacted firmly Friday, July 11, to the words the day before by the French President Emmanuel Macron evoking a potential deployment of a European force in Ukraine. Russian authorities announced this Friday, July 11, in the morning, having killed 155 Ukrainian drones overnight, and that a drone attack had killed one in the Russian region of Lipetsk. Le Figaro takes stock of the situation.
The American emissary in kyiv from Monday
American emissary Keith Kellogg will go to Ukraine from Monday for an official visit, the spokesman for Ukrainian diplomacy, Gueorgiï Tykhy, announced on Friday.
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This visit, which is due to last a week according to a Ukrainian media, will take place when President Donald Trump recently promised new deliveries of arms to Ukraine and expresses his frustration against Moscow in the face of the lack of progress in peace negotiations.
Emmanuel Macron’s statements deemed “unacceptable”
At the summit organized Thursday with the United Kingdom and other European leaders for the defense of Ukraine, Emmanuel Macron mentioned a potential deployment of a European force in support of Ukraine. An idea considered to be “unacceptable” by Russia.
“The presence of a foreign contingent near our borders is unacceptable”told journalists the spokesman for the Russian presidency, Dmitri Peskov, denouncing the «Milorisme Antirusse» European leaders.
For his part, General Burkhard, French chief of staff, said this Friday morning, during a press conference dedicated to threats hovering on France, that Russia identified France as “His main opponent in Europe”. “It was (Vladimir) Putin who said” This said the chief of staff. “This does not mean that he does not take care of other countries and it does not mean that he only takes care of us”by hybrid actions, he added.
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“Air defense systems in service have intercepted and destroys 155 Ukrainian drones”said the Russian Defense Ministry on the Telegram social network, adding that 53 of these machines had been killed in the Koursk region alone, the border of Ukraine.
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In that of Lipetsk, also in the west of the country, a drone attack caused the death of a person, local governor announced earlier “This night, a drone crashed in the field of one of the agricultural companies in the Khlevensky district”located some 400 kilometers south of Moscow, which caused a fire, described Igor Artamonov on Telegram. “One person is dead, another has been injured”he added.
The Kremlin announced the death of another civilian in the Toula region, near Moscow, while a third person died in artillery bombings in the Belgorod border region, according to local authorities.
Ukraine is leading air attacks in Russia almost every day, while Russian forces also continue to bomb Ukrainian cities almost daily, as part of the Russian offensive in Ukraine launched in February 2022.
On the Ukrainian side, a medical establishment was affected by Russian strikes in Kharkiv (northeast), the country’s second city, where maternity was impacted, according to Volodymyr Zelensky. According to him, nine people were injured, including “Mothers with newborns and women who recovered from an operation”. No child is among the victims.
Donald Trump’s “frustration”
While the negotiations to end the Russian invasion of Ukraine launched in 2022 are at a standstill, the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio had announced Thursday that he was proposed by his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov a “New idea”. If he has not detailed, this “Could potentially allow you to open the door” Towards an outcome to the conflict, according to the American Secretary of State, who also meant in Moscow the «frustration» De Donald Trump.
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In this context, the US head of state spoke “An important declaration” that he could do Russia on Monday, after saying himself “disappointed” By his counterpart Vladimir Putin, with whom he had resumed contact on his return to the White House.
Ukraine and many American elected officials, including in Donald Trump’s camp, push the president to adopt new sanctions against Russia. To which he had so far refused, saying that he wanted to give diplomacy a chance.
Attacks condemned by Kaja Kallas, sanctions against Russia “studied”
The head of European diplomacy, Kaja Kallas, described on Friday as“unacceptable” The latest Russian attacks on Ukraine, saying that Brussels was studying the imposition of new sanctions against Moscow.
This week, Russia has led the most important drone and missile attacks against Ukraine since its offensive launched over three years ago. “Russia has intensified its attacks on civilians in order to cause as much suffering as possible” et “It’s unacceptable”said Kaja Kallas during an interview with AFP.
Brussels is considering a 18th series of sanctions against Moscow. “We are also in negotiation to cap the price of oil, which would deprive Russia of the means to finance this war”said the head of European diplomacy.