War in Ukraine: “The war is total”, says Jean-Yves Le Drian, the Minister of Foreign Affairs – franceinfo

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According to Jean-Yves Le Drian, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, what Vladimir Putin wants, by choosing to “take Ukraine off the map of states” is the submission of the country under the pretext of the “Donbass affair”.

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“The war is total”, says Jean-Yves Le Drian, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Friday February 25 on France Inter. “President Putin chose war, he chose to take Ukraine off the map of states (…). The Donbass affair was only a pretext, what Putin wanted was submission of Ukraine”adds Jean-Yves Le Drian.

Vladimir Putin’s announcement ofa military operation in Ukraine, Thursday, February 24, drew unanimous condemnation from the international community. Many countries, including France, have in particular considered that the actions of the Russian president flout the main principles which govern relations between States.

The European Union has already decided to drastically limit Russia’s access to European capital markets and to “crucial technologies”depriving it of electronic components and software, and prohibiting the export to Russia of aircraft, parts and equipment of the aeronautical and space industry, as well as refining technologies for the oil industry.