In English in Italiano

Le Néo-Zélandais Peeni Henare vient de parcourir 17.000 kilomètres. Il a fait le voyage de Wellington à Kyiv où il a rencontré son homologue ukrainien, le ministre de la défense Oleksii Reznikov. En Belgique, pour le dire avec Julos Beaucarne, les convoyeurs attendent. Toujours. Ils attendent depuis plus de 270 jours. Ludivine Dedonder, l’homologue belge de Henare et Reznikov, n’a toujours pas parcouru les 2000 kilomètres séparant Bruxelles de la capitale ukrainienne. Lire la suite →

In English en Français

Strade, 28 Ottobre 2022

« Di fronte a questa aggressione russa e a questi crimini di guerra, la sfida di fronte alla quale si trova l’ONU è quella di adempiere alla sua missione. A tutti i presenti in quest’aula, a ciascun Paese, un giorno verrà chiesto: cosa avete fatto per fermare tutto questo? Cosa avete fatto per proteggere il popolo ucraino? Avete fatto finta di niente o avete agito? In questo conflitto non c’è spazio per la neutralità ». Lire la suite →

En français in Italiano

The Lithuania Tribune, October 28, 2022

“In the face of this Russian aggression and war crimes, the UN is challenged to fulfil its purpose. Everyone in this room, every country, will one day be asked: What did you do to stop this? What did you do to protect the Ukrainian people? Did you look the other way, or did you act? In this conflict, there is no room for neutrality. […]” ¹ This is Belgium’s official position on the aggression against Ukraine, as reiterated by Belgian prime minister Alexander De Croo at the United Nations General Assembly last September. Lire la suite →

In English  in Italiano

« Face à cette agression russe et à ces crimes de guerre, l’ONU est mise au défi de remplir sa mission. Tout le monde dans cette pièce, chaque pays, se verra un jour demander : Qu’avez-vous fait pour arrêter ça ? Qu’avez-vous fait pour protéger le peuple ukrainien ? Avez-vous détourné le regard, ou avez-vous agi ? Dans ce conflit, la neutralité n’a pas sa place. […] » ¹ Lire la suite →

En français

The Lithuania Tribune, October 3, 2022,  The KyivPost, October 4, 2022

Belgium has decided on a new military aid package for Ukraine worth €12 million. It includes heavy machine guns ¹ and ammunition as well as non-lethal equipment such as helmets, winter clothing and vision equipment. Ambulances and medical evacuation trucks are also expected to be delivered… in early 2023.

It is good news, but also not much. Not much when one considers the military aid provided by Belgium over the past seven months, and the extent of the Ukrainians’ needs. Indeed, it is completely insufficient in view of the major mobilisation – up to one million soldiers – that the Russian president has just decreed.

Moreover, the situation is incomprehensible when one considers, as NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg did, that “with more than 80% of Russian ground forces now engaged in the operation in Ukraine, [the Russian armed forces] have limited room for manoeuvre to go to another country” ² – in other words, to open a new front. Lire la suite →