On the 19th day of the Russian invasion, a new round of talks between Ukraine and Russia is due to take place today.
Here are the latest developments, minute by minute
6:23 am | New round of Russian-Ukrainian talks begins
The fourth round of talks between Russia and Ukraine began Monday morning by videoconference, said Mykhailo Podoliak, a negotiator and adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
5:50 am | Two dead in a bombing in Kyiv, the Antonov aeronautical factory targeted
5:40 am | Ukrainian strike kills at least 20 in Donetsk
Pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, said on Monday that a Ukrainian strike had killed at least 20 people and injured nine in the center of this major industrial city.
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A deceptive calm hangs in the air of Odessa, a port city in Ukraine so far spared. Concerned citizens have been preparing for war for days, knowing that the Russian army will attack at any moment for strategic reasons.
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A Frenchman who lives in Quebec and who had been placed for adoption in Latvia 28 years ago has found his biological sister in Ukraine thanks to the magic of social networks. Today, despite the distance and the years that have passed, he does everything to allow her to flee the war and join him here, even if they have never met.
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They may not have armies, but they still hurt Vladimir Putin. Since the invasion of Ukraine, dozens of companies have announced that they are limiting or ceasing their business in Russia.
5:19 | Kyiv will demand a ceasefire and Russian withdrawal from talks on Monday
Ukraine said on Monday that it would demand an immediate truce and the withdrawal of Russian forces during a new session of negotiations with Moscow scheduled by videoconference during the day, nearly three weeks after the start of the invasion.
5:15 am | UK welcomes 21 Ukrainian children with cancer
The United Kingdom said on Monday it had taken in 21 Ukrainian children with cancer to allow them to continue their treatment there, interrupted by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, while the government invites the British to host Ukrainian refugees at home.
4h40 | Russia replaced by Serbia in the Davis Cup
Russia, holders of the title but excluded from team competitions due to the war in Ukraine, will be replaced by Serbia in the final phase of the Davis Cup in September, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced on Monday.
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Pressure is mounting in NATO countries which were warned on Sunday by the Ukrainian president that they could be the next targets of Vladimir Putin, who has just asked for help from China to support his invasion of Ukraine.
3h51 | At least one dead in a strike against a building in Kyiv
A strike on a residential building in Kyiv on Monday left at least one dead and 12 injured, Ukrainian relief said, as fighting raged on the outskirts of the capital as Russian troops sought to surround it.
On their Telegram account, the Ukrainian emergency services said that an eight-story building in the Obolon district of northern Kyiv was hit at dawn, presumably “by artillery fire”, causing a fire that has since been brought under control by firefighters.
2h45 | Moscow threatened Western companies with arrests and seizures, WSJ says
The Russian authorities, who have already taken a tough stance against foreign companies wishing to withdraw from the country, have directly threatened some of them, warning them of possible arrests of officials or seizure of their assets, according to the wall street journal.
OPEN LETTER | Why does Ukraine affect us so much?
The war unfolding in Ukraine is terrible and heartbreaking. However, this is not the first time that we have been informed that a war is raging on the planet. Why are we so affected by the aggression of the Ukrainians? We fear that this attack will escalate into a world war, it is possible that the prices of raw materials and gasoline will be affected, etc. ? What if our reaction came from much deeper considerations?
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