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2:09 p.m. : Heartbroken by the death of five members of the Belarusian Kastus Kalinouski Regiment @belwarriors fighting for in Bakhmut. The regiment reported that a commander was killed as he enabled the evacuation of the wounded. Four dead soldiers remain buried under the rubble after their building was hit by enemy artillery fire & can’t be retrieved now.
2:04 p.m. : Five soldiers from a regiment of Belarusian volunteers fighting for kyiv have been killed in the fighting for Bakhmout, announced the Belarusian opponent in exile, Svetlana Tikhanovskaïa. “The regiment reported that a commander was killed while helping to evacuate wounded”she also said.
2:10 p.m. : The French Ministry of the Armed Forces plans to order 130 additional armored vehicles (38 Jaguars and 92 Griffons) to replace the AMX-10 light tanks and armored forward vehicles (VAB) transferred to Ukraine. At the end of 2023, the army is expected to have 60 Jaguars and 575 Griffons, according to the government amendment to the military programming bill (LPM). The replacement of the old equipment transferred to kyiv will not be financed with the budget of the LPM.
2:09 p.m. : A Russian airliner landed in Georgia, which had not happened since 2019. At the time, Vladimir Putin banned flights in response to anti-Moscow movements. A hundred demonstrators gathered in front of the airport to denounce the resumption of flights. At least six of them were arrested by the police, according to Elene Khoshtaria, leader of the opposition Droa party, on the initiative of the mobilizations against this measure.
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1:08 p.m. : “Several thousand defensive structures” have been completed in the border territories with Ukraine and the occupied territories, announces Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Michoustine, quoted by the Interfax agency (in Russian). Resources have also been committed to purchase drones, he added during a coordination meeting dedicated to the needs of the Russian army.
2:05 p.m. : It is rare to see an armored personnel carrier provided by the United States circulating in Ukraine. These vehicles are so valuable that Ukrainians often refuse to show them. Near a front line, in a secret location, soldiers told France 2 that they still lacked vehicles of this type. And it would be for this, in part, that the counter-offensive would not begin.
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12:12 p.m. : Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had been announced in Japan to participate in the G7. He eventually traveled to Saudi Arabia, at the top of the Arab League. “I will meet with Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman and have further bilateral talks.”said the leader on his Telegram account (in Ukrainian). It is his first visit to the region since the start of the Russian invasion.
12:32 p.m. : Yevgeni Roizman, one of the main opponents still at large in Russia, was ordered to pay a fine of 260,000 rubles (3,000 euros) for his criticism of the invasion of Ukraine. The hugely popular former mayor of Yekaterinburg, a major city in the Urals, was found guilty of “discredited the army” Russian. The sentence is relatively light, as he risked up to five years in prison.
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10:55 : These measures include restrictions on the export of goods “essential for Russia on the battlefield”as well as the targeting of entities accused of smuggling material to the frontline on behalf of Moscow, according to a statement.
10:54 : The leaders of the G7 countries meeting in Hiroshima, Japan, decided on new sanctions aimed at “deprive Russia of the G7 technologies, industrial equipment and services that support its war enterprise”. #G7
08:04 : The Ukrainian president has just completed a tour of several European countries, and the official G7 program initially provided for his intervention on Sunday by videoconference. “His visit could always be canceled for security reasons”specifies the FinancialTimes.
08:00 : Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected in person at the G7 summit, which is held until Sunday in Japan, report several American media and AFP.
07:50 : He is a discreet man who is rarely talked about, but who plays a key role in the war in Ukraine. Dmitry Utkin, who is one of the leaders of the Wagner group, trained in barbarism, drawing inspiration in particular from the methods of the Islamic State organization. Our investigation unit paints its portrait for you.
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06:27 : “Russian diamonds are not forever.” After the UK embargothe European Union has announced an upcoming European measure for also “limit the trade in Russian diamonds”said the President of the European Council Charles Michel.
06:25 : Washington led the way by announcing new sanctions “meaningful” against the “Russian war machine”. They must prevent “about 70 entities in Russia and other countries to receive American exported goods”, added this person in charge. Other G7 members followed suit, with London soon after unveiling new measures targeting Russia’s mining sector, including an embargo on the diamond trade, which brings in billions of dollars to Moscow every year.
06:24 : Facing Moscow, the G7 should work to disrupt the country’s military supplies, close loopholes in sanctions-busting, further reduce its dependence on Russian energy and commit to freezing Moscow’s assets until the end of the war, assured a senior official of the American government of Joe Biden.
06:24 : In the city symbol of peace in Japan, Hiroshima, the leaders of the main industrialized democracies must agree on a hardening vis-à-vis Russia and find a common line vis-à-vis the growing military and economic power of China .
06:21 : The United States and its G7 allies announced new sanctions overnight to curb Russia’s ability to continue its war in Ukraine, just before the start of their summit in Hiroshima. They target the highly lucrative Russian diamond trade.