Live: Russian army advances in Donbass, Washington steps up aid to Ukraine

Published on: 01/06/2022 – 07:03 The Danes vote by referendum, Wednesday, on the entry of their country into the policy of defense of the European Union, after three decades of exception. For its part, Washington will provide kyiv with more advanced rocket systems. Follow our live dedicated to the war in Ukraine and its consequences. 4 a.m.: Denmark votes on entry into EU defense after 30 years of exception In yet another domino effect of the invasion of Ukraine, Denmark votes in a referendum on Wednesday on entry into defense policy of the European Union, turning the page on three exceptional decades. The yes is the big favorite among the 4.3 million voters called to the polls, having progressed to more than 65% of voting intentions in the last poll published on Sunday. But caution is still called for due to the expected high abstention, in a country accustomed to saying “nej” (no) to referenda on Europe, the last in 2015. 1:48 a.m.: Washington will provide Ukraine with more advanced rocket systems, says Biden US President Joe Biden has said the United States will provide Ukraine with more advanced rocket systems and ammunition to enable it to “hit major targets more accurately on the spot of battle”. In a column published by the New York Times on Tuesday, the head of the White House added that Washington thus intended to allow kyiv to have the “strongest possible position at the negotiating table” with Russia. .A senior White House official indicated a little later that the United States was going to deliver HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) systems to Ukraine, that is to say multiple rocket launchers mounted on light armour. He said in an interview with reporters that the equipment sent to the Ukrainian army would have a range of 80 kilometers. It is therefore not a question of very long-range systems, of several hundred kilometres, as the Americans also have. 12:56 a.m.: Russian strikes in Severodonetsk are “crazy”, says V. Zelensky “Given the presence of large-scale chemical production in Severodonetsk, Russian military strikes in this city, with aerial bombardment blind, are just crazy,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thundered in a video message Tuesday night. “But on the 97th day of such a war, it is no longer surprising that for the Russian military, for the Russian commanders, for the Russian soldiers, any madness is absolutely acceptable,” he added. With AFP