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1:08 p.m. : The Russian occupation administration controlling the region of Kherson, in the south of Ukraine, suspends the preparations for the referendum of annexation by Russia of this territory, currently the target of a major Ukrainian counter-offensive. “We were prepared for the vote, we wanted to organize the referendum very soon, but due to the events of the moment, I believe that we will take a break for the moment”said a Russian official on the Rossiïa-1 channel.
1:01 p.m. : The envelope of 500 million released by the EU which we spoke to you about earlier will be devoted to the housing and education of displaced persons as well as to Ukrainian agriculture. This funding comes within the framework of European commitments announced in the spring.
12:31 p.m. : The EU releases new aid of 500 million euros for Ukraine.
11:52 : Moscow assures that the stoppage of Russian gas deliveries to Germany via the Nord Stream gas pipeline was the sole fault of the West. “The pumping problems [de gaz] emerged because of Western state sanctions. There is no other reason for these problems”said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
11:30 a.m. : Does Russia continue to get rich despite European sanctions? That’s what Jordan Bardella said yesterday. Russia has seen its revenues increase, particularly in the energy sector. But this is not the case for the rest of the Russian economy, which is notably subject to sanctions, such as the departure of Western companies or the exclusion of Russian banks from the Swift network. More explanation here.
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08:23 : ? “Sanctions against Russia are working, and they will work more and more and have more and more effects. Russian GDP is falling, this is reducing its ability to finance its war effort”@MinColonna, Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs #RTLMatin https://t.co/OoKULi9V4u
twenty five past eight : “Sanctions against Russia are working”says Catherine Colonna, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, on RTL. “Russia’s GDP is down, many parts of its industry are being hit.”
07:17 : Franceinfo’s special envoys in Ukraine collected the testimony of a young soldier, seriously injured in Mariupol in March. Yurii, a soldier from the 36th Marine Infantry Brigade, lost a leg, blown off by a rocket. Captured by the Russian army, he then benefited from a prisoner exchange in June.
(FRANCEINFO)