French President Francois Hollande at the G20 closing presser:
"First it is a problem for Ukraine -- it is a problem of relations between Ukraine and Russia. Then it is a problem between Russia and Europe, between Russia and the world -- with all those sanctions and with an atmosphere, including during this G20, where the Ukraine situation was not discussed during plenary sessions but mentioned during discussions that governments and head of states had on the sidelines. So if we want to open a new chapter or close the one that we know today, we need a solution to the Ukraine crisis."
There is definitely a "retouched" look to this. Just November light in Kyiv, I guess.
Worth watching this:
It is really as if the Kremlin were interested merely in baiting the media and Putin's critics. He flees the summit early, and the Russian president's twitter feed in English opts for this:
Valuable summary of what we know so far about the Mistral-class warship's possible delivery to Russia and questions over how it's currently flagged.
Here's the latest twist, courtesy of The Interpreter:
There was even more consternation when the AIS signal for the ship simply went silent for more than 15 hours -- no one could understand what this meant.
Finally, No Mistrals for Putin and other bloggers later reported that the AIS was back to showing the French flag.
We checked, and sure enough it was back to the French flag on November 16...
The Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council claims that more trucks filled with who-knows-what have entered illegally from Russia: