He hears “adjust the means to the threats”. “In the light of the geopolitical context” of the war in Ukraine, Emmanuel Macron announced, Monday, June 13, the launch of a “revaluation” of the 2019-2025 military programming law. France is “entry into a war economy, in which, I believe, we will organize ourselves in the long term”justified the President of the Republic, specifying that this work would be carried out “in the coming weeks”. Follow our live.
Russia advances to Sievierodonetsk. Russian troops have chased the Ukrainian army from downtown Sievierodonetsk, kyiv announced on Monday. The two belligerents have been fighting over this key city in the east of the country for several weeks. “With artillery support, the enemy stormed Sievierodonetsk, achieved partial success and pushed our units back from the city center. Hostilities continue”said the army on Facebook. Taking Sievierodonetsk would open up Moscow’s route to another major city in the Donbass, Kramatorsk, an important step in conquering the entirety of this region bordering Russia.
Civilians killed in Lysychansk. TrThree civilians, including a 6-year-old boy, have died in shelling on the neighboring town of Sievierodonetsk in the past 24 hours, according to the governor of the Luhansk region.
Russian strikes in western Ukraine. The Russian Defense Ministry said it destroyed, on Sunday, in Tchortkiv, “a large warehouse of anti-tank missile systems, man-portable air defense systems and shells supplied to the kyiv regime by the United States and European countries”. The strike on this western town left 22 injured, according to the governor of the region.
Russia again accused of war crimes. Amnesty International reported on Monday that hundreds of civilians had died in relentless attacks by Moscow in Kharkiv. After a thorough investigation, the NGO claims to have found evidence showing that some attacks were carried out with cluster bombs and cluster mines, two categories prohibited by international treaties.