Fighting intensifies in southern and eastern Ukraine this 76and war day. Missiles targeted the Odessa region. The Ukrainian army counts seven strikes and deplores one dead and five injured.
Here are the latest developments, minute by minute
6:15 a.m. | Hit hard by the sanctions, the Russian oligarchs deprived of their fortune
Yacht, huge real estate properties, planes or even works of art: the Western sanctions imposed after the Russian invasion of Ukraine deprive wealthy Russians of their “luxury toys”. With an effectiveness difficult to assess.
5:45 am | Moscow will not take part in the special meeting of the Human Rights Council
Russia will not participate in the special session of the UN Human Rights Council on “the deterioration of the human rights situation in Ukraine”, announced Tuesday the spokeswoman for Russian diplomacy, Maria Zakharova .
5:32 | “More than a thousand” Ukrainian soldiers including “hundreds of wounded” still in Azovstal, according to Kyiv
“More than a thousand” Ukrainian soldiers, including “hundreds of wounded” are still in the Azovstal steelworks besieged by Russian troops in Mariupol, in the south-east of Ukraine, AFP said on Tuesday. Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk.
READ | Diesel more expensive than gasoline
Photo QMI Agency, TOMA ICZKOVITS
The war in Ukraine and the closure of some refineries over the past 18 months largely explain the increase in the price of diesel fuel.
5:05 am | The head of Russian diplomacy in Algeria
The head of Russian diplomacy, Sergei Lavrov, is on Tuesday on a visit to Algeria, a key ally of Moscow and gas exporter increasingly in demand by a Europe seeking to reduce its dependence on Russian gas.
4:31 | Russian video platform Rutube inaccessible after powerful cyberattack
The Russian video platform Rutube, which wants to be a competitor of the American giant YouTube, was inaccessible on Tuesday, the victim of “the biggest cyberattack in its history”, announced the company in a press release.
3h50 | Embargo on Russian oil: a possible agreement in the week
An agreement on a proposed European Union embargo on Russian oil, currently blocked by Hungary, is possible “within a week”, French Secretary of State for European Affairs Clément Beaune said on Tuesday.
WAR NOTEBOOK | The Russian army is advancing slowly
The Russian troops advance slowly. On Sunday, they captured the town of Popasna. Fighting between the Russian army and the Ukrainian army continues in Donetsk, Luhansk, Roubizhné and Bilohorivka.
0h51 | Fighting intensifies in east and south
Fighting intensified on Tuesday in southern and eastern Ukraine, where US arms shipments are expected to ramp up after Joe Biden reactivated an iconic device from World War II.