Amid counteroffensive in Kursk, Ukraine ‘positioning itself as reasonable, desirable partner for US’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is urging allies to boost Ukraine’s air defences at an upcoming meeting in Germany amid Kyiv’s new counteroffensive in Russia’s Kursk region. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective on Ukraine’s latest offensive as they seek to gain favour with the incoming Trump administration, FRANCE 24’s Angela Diffley welcomes Julia Friedrich, Research Fellow at the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPI).

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33 comments
  1. France is once again playing its familiar role. After a negligible contribution to the war effort, it now seeks to position itself as a key player in peace negotiations and geopolitics.

    Much like de Gaulle during World War II, it seems to hope that, despite its irrelevance in the conflict, it can still secure a seat at the table in the resulting agreements.

    Unbelievable.

  2. Since it is Russia who said they have halted the advance, it cannot be accepted but if Ukraine that has been on the backdrop since 2023 can be trusted. Wow! Professionalism at its best.

    Firstly, Russia is not interested in evicting Ukraine from Kursk just yet…it's a war of attrition and the idea is to keep Ukraine over stretched.

    Secondly, Ukraine hasn't taken any initiative, this is just to distract from the catastrophic loss in the Donbas region…Kurakove, and other 2 other important cities…Toretsk, Nadiia has fallen in the last 2 days.

    Thirdly, in the whatever Ukraine has in Kursk is less than 2% of what Russia has.
    Secondly, and Kursk has not significant other than media stunt.

  3. Everything Russia says is a lie. They should just admit Ukraine is successfully advancing in Kursk.

  4. Which counter offensive? Please stop this empty propaganda. There is no good news from Kursk for Ukraine. Why are you not showing the video clips of Ukraine's success in the Kursk region?

  5. The North Korean troops must be ghosts because no one has shown them in battle. I challenge this channel to show them if you are sure of your facts.

  6. Canadian leader take responsibility by resigned,, How about Germany + French Leader,,what and when will be taken responsibility? Lied + Propaganda never change the truth πŸ˜‚

  7. Futile and Purposeless.
    Ukraine will end as a Rump State BECAUSE IT FALSELY DEPENDS ON EUROPE FOR ITS DEFENCE and you guys must get real and stop his propaganda.

  8. Pretty sad that the French military don't have any generals on here giving some more in-depth knowledge than two females who probably never even served in the military on the status of a war. Shame on a French news for putting out this joke to females debating whether or not the worst going well what do they know about war they may know when to get a latte at the coffee shopπŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

  9. I have a question ? Why always so called western civilized /democratic countries starts the war? First World War , second world war .. third world war about to start .

  10. 40k casualties and not only the "2nd army of the world" wasn't able to recover that tiny piece of land but NK involvement didn't help and Ukraine is on the offensive again. Russia is PATHETIC!

  11. Mainstream media outlets never believe anything the Russian federation said but are quickly and swiftly believe anything that the Ukrainian said, well let be watching and waiting patiently for how the whole things will evolve

  12. Well, NATO is obviously losing the war. Sure, everything the US can gather and rob, through the blood and death of others, is "desirable" for the US! And also for France 24.
    Nothing new there.
    "We lied, we cheated, we stole" (Mike Pompeo)

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