[EN DIRECT] 89th day of the war in Ukraine: here are all the latest developments

The war continues for an 89^and day in Ukraine as the Russian army tries to continue its advance in the country.

Here are the latest developments, minute by minute

10:15 a.m. | Starbucks leaves Russia permanently, closing its 130 licensed cafes

Starbucks, which had temporarily closed the 130 establishments bearing its name in Russia after the invasion of Ukraine, announced on Monday that it had made the decision to leave the country definitively, thus following in the wake of other multinationals such as McDonald’s.

9:32 am | Opposed to the war, a Russian diplomat resigns with a bang in Geneva

A Geneva-based Russian diplomat opposed to the war against Ukraine has announced his resignation with a bang, saying in a letter made public that “never” had he been “so ashamed” of his country, according to several concordant sources.

7:24 am | Russia is reviewing Italy’s proposed peace plan

Russia has received the peace plan proposed by Italy and is studying it, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Roudenko said on Monday, quoted by Russian agencies.

7:08 | 87 dead in May 17 Russian bombing of Ukrainian base, says President Zelensky

Eighty-seven people died in a Russian attack on May 17 against a Ukrainian military base in the north of the country, according to a new report given Monday by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

7:04 am | Ukraine’s first lady pleads to WHO for mental health

Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska denounced the unimaginable “horrors” caused by Russian forces in Ukraine on Monday in a speech to the World Health Organization in the form of a plea for mental health.

M^me Zelenska was speaking as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for “maximum” sanctions against Russia, during a videoconference speech during the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos.

6:44 | Zelensky calls on Davos for ‘maximum’ sanctions against Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called in Davos on Monday for more weapons and “maximum” sanctions against Moscow, including a complete halt to trade with Russia, which invaded his country three months ago.

“Punishments […] should be maximum, so that Russia and any other potential aggressor who wants to wage a brutal war against its neighbor clearly knows the immediate consequences of its actions”, he said during a videoconference intervention at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF).

6:27 am | Russian soldier tried for war crime sentenced to life in prison

The first Russian soldier to be tried for a war crime since Russia invaded Ukraine, Vadim Chichimarine, was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison on Monday in Kyiv for the murder of a civilian.

5:25 am | At the Boutcha market, live “so as not to go crazy”

Most stalls keep their curtains down and eyes still easily mist up in the bays, but the rebirth of Boutcha market is bringing a vital breath of fresh air to the martyred city.

Barely visible behind her piles of eggs, Natalia Morgoun, 69, remembers the “cold” that reigned in this suburb of Kyiv in early March, when Russian troops invaded. She also remembers the “silence” – when the guns fell silent – ​​because the vast majority of its inhabitants had fled.

5:18 | In Ukraine, a strategic dam under Russian control

It was a priority target: in the first hours of its attack on Ukraine at the end of February, the Russian army seized a dam and a key hydraulic power station to supply water to the annexed peninsula of Crimea .

Three months later, the turbines at the site, located in Nova Kakhovka, in the Kherson region of southern Ukraine, are running and humming in an incessant hubbub.

4:16 | New Zealand to train Ukrainian gunners

The New Zealand government announced on Monday that it would send some 30 military instructors to the United Kingdom to train Ukrainian gunners.