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07:31 : Germany, which seeks to reduce its dependence on Russian gas, has pledged to “accelerate” the construction of two liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals with Qatar. Several European countries are increasingly relying on LNG as an alternative to Russian gas, notably Germany, half of whose gas imports come from Russia.
07:25 : “Currently, more than 80% of Mariupol’s infrastructure is damaged or destroyed. Of this 80%, about 40% is not salvageable.”
The UN has described the humanitarian situation in the city as“extremely serious”the “residents facing a critical and life-threatening shortage of food, water and medicine”.
(Anadolu Agency via AFP)
06:53 : US President Joe Biden will travel to Warsaw on Friday to meet his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda. “There are no plans to go to Ukraine”White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.
06:53 : A bombing in kyiv killed at least six people last night, noted a journalist from Agence France Presse. Six bodies were lying outside the Retroville shopping center in the northwest of the Ukrainian capital this morning.
(STATE EMERGENCY SERVICES OF UKRA / ANADOLU AGENCY VIA AFP)
07:20 : French without military experience, Mickaël Siacca joined the Ukrainian International Legion on March 13th. He was on the Yavoriv military base, on the border with Poland, when the latter was bombed. France 2 met him on his return to France.
06:08 : The affected area is estimated to be around 2.5 km from the site, including the villages of Novoselytsya and Verkhnya Syrovatka. There’s no threat to Sumy residents.
06:07 : According to the Ukrainian daily The Kyiv Independent, the governor of Sumy oblast said ammonia leaked from the Sumykhimprom chemical plant at 4:30 a.m. local time following a Russian airstrike.
06:07 : Ukrainian authorities have asked residents of the town of Novoselytsya to take shelter after an ammonia “leak” at a nearby chemical plant. The extent and cause of the incident are unclear at this stage but residents have been asked to seek refuge in basements or low-rise buildings to avoid exposure.
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06:08 : We take stock of the news:
• Ukraine does not “will not lay down their arms and will not leave the city” besieged Mariupol, assured his Deputy Prime Minister. The Russian Ministry of Defense had called on kyiv to “lay down one’s arms” and demanded a “written response” to his ultimatum by 5 a.m. today. Follow our live.
In a video posted on Telegram, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky estimated that Jerusalem would be “the right place to find peace”.
• At the end of a disputed match, Marseille won against Nice (2-1) at the end of the 29th day of Ligue 1. The Marseillais only regain second place in the championship.
• The American Taylor Fritz, 20th player in the world, won the Indian Wells Masters 1000 for the first time in his career, beating the Spaniard Rafael Nadal 6-3, 7-6 (7/5) in the final. big favourite.