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09:08 : “Last night, the noise was deafening. There were huge explosions and I really thought it was the end. Fortunately, thank God, we got out. It’s going to be okay now, it’s going to be okay…” Maria has left her home in Irpin, a city in the greater suburbs of Kiev which has been intensively bombarded by the Russian army for eight days. Franceinfo met her.
09:03 : It’s 9 o’clock, what to remember from the news?
• It’s the return to an almost normal social life. Wearing a mask in the workplace is (practically) over and sanitary measures are once again lightened while the number of positive cases has been on the rise for several days. We explain to you concretely what this changes in this article.
• A new round of talks between Russian and Ukrainian officials is due to take place this morning. In Kiev, the capital, a strike targeting a building left at least two dead and twelve injured, according to the emergency services. Follow the situation in our live.
• Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin announces that he will visit Corsica on Wednesday and Thursday “on demand” by Emmanuel Macron. He is “responsible for opening an unprecedented cycle of discussions” with the island’s elected officials.
• How will the rebate of 15 cents per liter promised from April 1 by the Prime Minister work? We detail it in this article.
08:54 : Economic sanctions against Russia “are effective in their objective, which is to weaken the economy of the Russians and make the war pay a price”, declares Bruno Le Maire, the Minister of the Economy, on LCI. Is a Russian gas supply shutdown still ruled out? “No option should be excluded (…) We want to make Vladimir Putin pay the economic price”, he answers.
08:47 : Dummy bombing by Russian planes of Paris broadcast on social networks: “It’s always very shocking but I’m at the side of President Zelenski”, reacts Anne Hidalgo. “I think it’s not Paris that’s next on the list but clearly Europe.” https://t.co/WMpxNbXUAI
08:47 : “I think it’s not Paris that’s next on the list but clearly Europe.” Guest of franceinfo, the socialist mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo reacts to the video of the Ukrainian authorities showing the bombings hitting the French capital, in order to mark the opinion.
08:32 : A building in Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, was hit this morning. According to Ukrainian relief, this strike left at least two dead and 12 injured.
08:08 : The social network Instagram is now inaccessible in Russia. Moscow accuses him of spreading calls for violence against the Russians.
07:59 : Russian Finance Ministry Says Sanctions Targeting Russia Aim to Cause Default “artificial” from the country. “Statements that Russia cannot meet its public debt obligations do not correspond to reality”writes the ministry in a press release.
07:36 : Will fighter jets finally be delivered to Ukraine? “It is clear that flying planes from NATO territory into Ukrainian airspace presents a certain level of risk, which could lead to some escalation”answers on franceinfo Jean-Paul Palomeros. “One could doubt the deep interest of this measure because it would be a few planes, which would arrive a little late”adds the former chief of staff of the Air Force, believing that it is better to focus on anti-aircraft weapons.
07:34 : Ukrainian president calls for a no-fly zone but “we know that in the current state of things, this is not possible”estimates on franceinfo Jean-Paul Palomeros, former chief of staff of the air force and former supreme commander of NATO.
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07:18 : In Ukraine, “the bombs are raining down in the West“, also notes Release. The newspaper is also interested in the presidential campaign disturbed (even eclipsed) by the Russian invasion.
07:18 : What will you find in the kiosks this morning? Le Figaro title on the simplification of the health protocol “despite the rebound” of the Covid-19 epidemic and on the fighting in Ukraine which “are approaching the Polish border”.
07:20 : His wife and 4-year-old daughter are stranded near Chernobyl. “Now it’s double or nothing: either we hope for a ceasefire, a humanitarian corridor, or else the war is going from bad to worse, everything is bombed, and it won’t even be worth hoping to do whatever”explains a Frenchman to franceinfo. “The Quai d’Orsay crisis unit says it cannot help us because it is very dangerous.”
07:21 : Talks between Russian and Ukrainian officials are resuming at 9:20 a.m. (Paris time). After the failure of the first three sessions, and of the meeting in Turkey last Thursday between the Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers, there is a glimmer of hope there.
07:26 : In this video, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also returned to the Russian strikes which yesterday targeted a Ukrainian base located only about twenty kilometers from Poland, a member of NATO and the European Union. According to the Ukrainians, these bombings left 35 dead and 134 injured. “Thirty Missiles [ont été tirés] on the Lviv region alone”according to the Ukrainian president. “Nothing was happening that could threaten the territory of the Russian Federation.”
07:23 : “If you don’t lock down our skies, it’s only a matter of time, Russian rockets will fall on your territory, on NATO territory, on the homes of NATO citizens.” This is what the Ukrainian president said in a video released last night, shortly after midnight. “Last year, I had clearly warned the leaders of NATO that if severe preventive measures were not taken against the Russian Federation, it would start war.”
07:28 : Let’s start the day with a first reminder of the main titles:
• It’s the return to an almost normal social life. Wearing a mask in the workplace is (practically) over and sanitary measures are once again reduced. We explain to you concretely what this changes in this article.
• A new round of talks between Russian and Ukrainian officials is due to take place this morning. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is once again urging NATO to establish a no-fly zone over his country. Without this, according to him, the “Russian rockets” risk falling on its Member States.
• How will the rebate of 15 cents per liter promised from April 1 by the Prime Minister work? We detail it in this article.
• Several thousand people flocked to Bastia (Haute-Corse) yesterday during a demonstration in support of Yvan Colonna. Clashes between activists and law enforcement erupted and the tax office was set on fire.