Lethal weapons from China, former prisoners in the ranks of the National Guard, AI for drones: the European press about the war in Ukraine
Lethal weapons from China, former prisoners in the ranks of the National Guard, AI for drones: the European press about the war in Ukraine
The Russian-Ukrainian war remains a top topic of high-quality European publications, which cover its course from different angles, through different emphases and personalities. We made an express review of the Western press to show how the war is seen by our partners.
British The Guardian writes with concern that China is sending “lethal aid” to Russia for use in the war against Ukraine. The publication refers to the words of the British Defense Minister Grant Shepps. Yesterday at the London Defense Conference he said: “Today I can reveal that we have evidence that Russia and China are cooperating in the development of military equipment for use in Ukraine.” Calling on NATO to “wake up” and increase defense spending across the alliance, he added: “US and UK defense intelligence may reveal that lethal aid is now flowing from China to Russia and Ukraine.”
German edition The world reports that the first prisoners were released for military service in Ukraine. The newspaper refers to the decision of the court in Khmelnytskyi, which ruled that two men convicted of theft can be released on parole and accepted into the ranks of the country’s National Guard. Die Welt emphasizes that the right to participate in the program is available to prisoners who have less than three years left in their sentence. And he emphasizes: unlike a similar approach in Russia, prisoners are released conditionally, not pardoned.
The Polish Gazeta Wyborcza writes that on the night of May 21-22, provocative inscriptions appeared on the walls of the Ukrainian House in Warsaw about the end of the term of office of Volodymyr Zelenskyi. Someone stamped stencils on the walls with the slogan “We want elections.” Russian propaganda is trying to use this to divide Ukrainians, the publication notes.
“Is a good or bad Terminator being born in Ukraine?”, the Czech publication asks Denik N and writes that innovative weapons are emerging in Ukraine that can save the country, but at the same time have risks for humanity. “My goal is to create a good version of the Terminator that will protect us and help our army,” Serhii Kuprienko, the founder and director of the Ukrainian company Swarmer, is quoted as saying by the publication. In the same context, the publication cites the words of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria, Alexander Schallenberg: “This is the Oppenheimer moment of our generation.” It is about the revolutionary application of AI to control drones. The publication emphasizes that this is the only opportunity for Ukraine to neutralize Russia’s superiority in manpower and equipment.
French edition The world quotes Oleg Synegubov, the head of the regional military administration, who reports that “almost eleven thousand people have been evacuated from Kharkiv Oblast since the beginning of the Russian offensive in the region.” The newspaper reports on numerous shelling of Kharkiv region and informs about the course of events live.
Swedish edition Today’s News worriedly reports that “the future of Russia is becoming more and more Chinese”, and adds: “and this means problems for the West”. The newspaper compares the newly appointed Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Andrii Belousov, with Albert Speer, a personal architect, a competent and loyal associate of Hitler. The publication recalls that in 1942 he was appointed Reich Minister of Armaments and performed extremely effective work, considering the circumstances of German military production. Journalists consider such a parallel appropriate, since, in their opinion, the war in Ukraine has become primarily an exploitative and industrial production. In general, they summarize, “personnel changes in the government are not only about Russia, but also about China.”
