Emmanuel Macron called on Saturday around midnight his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, who thanked him "for responding to Ukraine's requests for defensive military equipment", announced the Elysée Palace.France decided on Saturday to strengthen its support for Ukraine, in particular in defense equipment.Ukraine had recently given the French Ministry of the Armed Forces a list of military equipment, including anti -aircraft defense, which it urgently needed.
The Ukrainian president also thanked the French for "his contribution to the collective measures concerning Swift".Saturday evening, the European Commission, Germany, Italy, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and France agreed to decide new financial sanctions in order to further dry Russiainternational financial system, in particular the exclusion of Russian banks from the Swift interbank network.
Volodymyr Zelensky finally "expressed his recognition to the French president for the very clear messages transmitted to the president of Belarus, Alexandre Loukachenko".Emmanuel Macron called on Biélorusian President on Saturday to underline "the severity of a decision which would consist in authorizing Russia to deploy nuclear armaments on Belarusian soil".He also asked him "to demand as soon as possible the withdrawal of Russian troops from his soil, which lead to a unilateral and unjust war".
Par l'appel à Volodymyr Zelensky, a expliqué l'Elysée, le président français «a souhaité de nouveau prendre des nouvelles» du président ukrainien, qu'il a appelé chaque jour, parfois plusieurs fois, depuis l'entrée des troupes russes en Ukraine.
