A figure behind bombings that have become daily. In his daily video released late Wednesday, May 18, Volodymyr Zelensky assures us that Russia has already fired more than 2,000 missiles at Ukraine since the start of the war almost three months ago. The Ukrainian President promises: “Ukrainian Armed Forces… will liberate our land step by step.” Follow our live.
The United States has reopened its embassy in kyiv. The symbol is important both for Washington and for Ukraine. “Today we officially resume operations. The people of Ukraine, with our security assistance, defended their homeland from the irresponsible invasion of Russia, and as a result, the Stars and Stripes flies over the Embassy again.”welcomed Wednesday evening US Foreign Minister Antony Blinken. Ten days before the start of the war, the Americans had decided to move their embassy from kyiv to Lviv. They had then evacuated all their personnel from the country.
Russia expels 34 French diplomats. The French ambassador in Moscow was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday and was given a note stating that “34 employees of French diplomatic establishments in Russia have been declared persona non grata”, notes Russian diplomacy in a press release. The Quai d’Orsay reacted by “strongly condemning” these expulsions and deplored thea decision of the Russian authorities “which has no legitimate basis”.
The trial of Vadim Chichimarine resumes on Thursday. Tried in the Solomiansky district court in Ukraine for “war crime” since Wednesday, Vadim Chichimarine is accused of shooting dead a 62-year-old civilian in late February in northeastern Ukraine. The hearing resumes Thursday with the hearing of the accused, the widow of his victim and two other witnesses.