[EN DIRECT] 114th day of war in Ukraine: here are all the latest developments

The situation is escalating in Ukraine, described as “extremely alarming” by the UN, while 500 civilians are still taking refuge in the Azot factory in Severodonetsk.

Here are the latest developments, minute by minute

6:10 am | The European Commission in favor of EU candidate status

The European Commission recommends granting Ukraine the status of candidate for membership of the European Union, announced on Friday the President of the European Executive, Ursula von der Leyen, during a press conference.

6:07 | Russia says it killed nearly 2,000 foreign fighters in Ukraine

The Russian army said on Friday that just under 7,000 “foreign mercenaries” from 64 countries had arrived in Ukraine since the start of the conflict and that nearly 2,000 of them had been killed.

5:52 | The Russian gas tap for Europe is gradually cutting off

Tap cut in Poland, Bulgaria and Finland, greatly reduced flow to Germany, Austria and Italy, and no more cubic meters to France: Europeans denounce Vladimir Putin’s gas blackmail, while the continent wants take advantage of the summer to stock up.

5:36 | Russian strike kills two, injures 20 in southern Ukraine

A Russian strike on Friday morning in Mykolaiv, in southern Ukraine, left at least two dead and 20 injured, according to a report released by the governor of the region, Vitaly Kim.

5:23 | Putin’s health, subject of all rumors and absolute mystery

Baths in blood extracted from the antlers of a Siberian fallow deer. Feces collected by loyal servants to avoid any possibility of analysis. Mysterious absences for medical treatment.

Rumors about the health of Vladimir Putin, 70 in October, are sordid, grim and unverifiable.

But they illustrate the little, if not the absence, of information on the state of health of the Russian president, a crucial element as he leads a bloody war in Ukraine whose outcome will shape the future of Europe. .

5:23 | Authorities at odds over state of economy

Russian economic authorities showed rare episodes of public disagreements at the St. Petersburg economic forum, ranting about inflation and growth forecasts, amid Western sanctions in response to the offensive against Ukraine .

4:51 | Gazprom will deliver only 50% of the gas requested on Friday by Italian Eni

Gazprom will deliver only 50% of the gas requested by Eni on Friday, the Italian group announced, the day after Prime Minister Mario Draghi accused of “lies” against the Russian energy giant.

4:47 | “Extremely alarming” humanitarian situation in the Donbass

The humanitarian situation in Ukraine in eastern Ukraine is “extremely alarming”, the UN said on Friday, particularly in Severodonetsk where around 500 civilians are taking refuge in the Azot chemical plant, which cannot be evacuated “continuously. -full fire”, according to the regional governor.

4h45 | “We need a truly European France”, says Macron back from Kyiv”

Emmanuel Macron affirmed on Friday the need to have “a truly European France” to deal with crises such as the war in Ukraine, in an interview with BFMTV granted on the return from Kyiv and before the second round of legislative elections.

4:39 | France no longer receives Russian gas by pipeline, announces the GRTgaz network

The manager of the French gas transmission network GRTgaz announced Friday that it will no longer receive Russian gas by pipeline since June 15, with “the interruption of the physical flow between France and Germany”.

4h10 | Severodonetsk factory impossible to evacuate without “full ceasefire”

The large Azot chemical plant in Severodonetsk, where around 500 civilians have taken refuge in recent days, is impossible to evacuate without a “complete ceasefire”, the governor of the Lugansk region, Sergey Gaidai, said on Friday.

3h13 | Macron, Scholz and Draghi return to Poland after their visit to Kyiv

The three European leaders Emmanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz and Mario Draghi arrived Friday morning in Przemysl in Poland aboard a special train after a surprise visit the day before in Kyiv, noted an AFP journalist.

1h46 | Macron and Zelensky turn the page on “humiliation”

“We have turned the page”: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has drawn a line under the controversy that his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron had sparked by calling for “not to humiliate” Russia.

0h45 | Nuns survive bombs in eastern Ukraine

“Here you can see a Grad missile crater,” shows a black-robed nun, pointing to a large crater in the middle of the garden of her Orthodox religious community, which lives a stone’s throw from the front line in eastern Ukraine.

In another corner of the garden, sister Anastasia points to the damage caused by a cluster bomb.

Under almost constant bombardment by Russian forces, with her group of Orthodox nuns and pilgrims, she lives in her village of Adamivka, not far from Sloviansk, in the Donbass.

0h45 | On the Danube, the galley to save Ukrainian cereals

In the Ukrainian port of Izmail, on the Danube, truck drivers are impatient, their trucks overflowing with cereals. At the other end, in Romania, where the river flows into the Black Sea, ships are also chomping at the bit.