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06:44 : In the French press, several regional dailies devote the headlines to the mobilization to come to the aid of Ukrainian refugees.
06:24 : Ice hockey is a king sport in Russia. In response to the army’s offensive on Ukraine, the international federation announced last night the “suspension of the participation of all Russian and Belarusian national teams and clubs in all age categories and in all IIHF competitions or events until further notice”. She also specified withdrawing the organization of the U23 junior world championship from Russia.
06:32 : Other cities are the theater of combat. In Kherson, in southern Ukraine, the Russian army has set up checkpoints at all entrances to the city, according to the mayor. Russian fire killed several civilians in Kharkiv, in the northeast of the country, according to the mayor, quoted by local media.
06:17 : Faced with the omen of major battles for control of Kiev, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on the international community to “consider a total closure of the sky for Russian missiles, planes and helicopters”. In a video posted on Facebook that we were talking about here last night, he also called for a ban on Russia from “all ports” and “airports of the world”.
06:14 : Moscow gathers its troops. Satellite photos transmitted by the American satellite imagery company Maxar show a Russian convoy stretching for tens of kilometers and progressing slowly towards the Ukrainian capital. The Ukrainian General Staff fears that this is the prelude to an assault on Kiev and other major cities. The main Russian column advancing towards Kiev “progressed about five kilometers“yesterday, estimated a senior American defense official quoted by AFP, locating it 25 km from Kiev.
(AFP PHOTO / SATELLITE IMAGE ©2022 MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES)
06:07 : Here is, to start this day, a first point on the information of the night:
• Satellite photos this morning show a Russian convoy stretching for tens of kilometers and making slow progress towards Kiev. According to the Ukrainian General Staff, Moscow is regrouping its forces for an assault on the Ukrainian capital and other major cities. Find our map of the evolution of the conflict.
• Investigation by the International Criminal Court, exclusion from the Football World Cup, new financial sanctions: pressure on Russia increased again yesterday from the international community. On the multinational side, Facebook has banned Russian media outlets RT and Sputnik from European countries, including on Instagram, while Disney, the entertainment giant, has suspended the release of its films in theaters in Russia.
• Deadly floods in Australia push more than 150,000 people to evacuate, according to an AFP count. Flood alerts have been issued for dozens of rivers across the states of Queensland and New South Wales, where a “rain bomb“dumped a meter of water in a week in some regions of this country hard hit by the consequences of climate change.
• Yesterday, the IPCC published a new report on the consequences of global warming, “a terrible warning about the consequences of inaction”. Franceinfo summarizes the main points in this article and details the consequences for France.