War Ukraine – Russia, Poland: “Ready to host American nuclear weapons”

In the Ukraine – Russia war, Poland takes a strong stand against the Kremlin. President Jaroslav Kaczynski, in an interview with the German newspaper Welt am Sontaghe has declared: “If the Americans asked us to place their nuclear weapons on our territory, we would be ready to do it. It would be a move that would significantly strengthen the deterrence against Russia ». It should be noted that the hypothesis has never even been discussed, but, according to Kaczynski, “the scenario could change soon”. The president also asks Biden to increase the presence of US soldiers on the eastern flank of NATO: if there are now about 100,000 in Europe, of which nearly 20,000 along the eastern border and 10,000 in Poland, Kaczynski thinks another 50,000 are needed.

The Russian offensive in southern Ukraine is intensifying: the city of Mykolaiv was hit by some missiles in the early hours of the morning.

Meanwhile, the horrors of massacre of civilians in Bucha could represent war crimes, according to the UN. Russia denies it, and claims that it is a provocation by the Ukrainians to block the negotiations. But it becomes more and more concrete possibility of new and more decisive sanctions: according to German defense minister Christine Lambrecht, the EU should discuss it stop importing Russian gas, a choice already made by Lithuania. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said: “I want every mother of every Russian soldier to see the bodies of the people killed in Bucha, Irpin, Hostomel”, calling the Russian soldiers “murderers”, “torturers” and even “rapists”.

According to the Ukrainian army, the Kremlin is preparing another 60,000 soldiers to replace those killed. So far, according to the latest tally from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (Ohchr), the war has resulted in the deaths of 1,417 people, including 59 children and 2,038 injured.