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11:30 a.m. : Emmanuel Macron’s meeting with President Putin began as planned at 11 a.m., confirms the Elysée. This dialogue aims to avoid a major war in Europe, at a time when Westerners fear more than ever a Russian invasion of Ukraine. The discussion constitutes “the last possible and necessary efforts to avoid a major conflict in Ukraine”, according to the Elysee. Follow our live.
11:33 am : “The Russians are not crazy enough to invade Ukraine”, hopes for his part Pascal, a Frenchman living in Kiev, interviewed by franceinfo. The latter does not intend to change anything in his habits: “There is no question that we stop our life because of the threats.”
11:19 a.m. : “Putin must end the tension and confusion.”
The head of French diplomacy confided his fears to the JDD. “Around Ukraine there is a very significant aggregation of offensive Russian forces which makes possible a rapid and brutal intervention on Ukrainian territory at any time.”
10:59 : The European Union warns against a “handling” some information. The EU member states and the United States are convinced that Moscow is looking for a pretext to attack Ukraine, using violent incidents on the ground and the dissemination of false information by allied agencies.
10:28 : Westerners cannot continue to tend indefinitely “an olive branch” as Russia escalates tension along Ukrainian border, says Charles Michel. “The big question remains: does the Kremlin want dialogue?”; questioned the President of the European Council at the Munich Security Conference.
10:25 a.m. : Boris Johnson says Russia is preparing “what could be the biggest war in Europe since 1945”at a time when Westerners fear more than ever a Russian invasion of Ukraine. “All signs show that the project has somehow already begun”says the British Prime Minister to the BBC. “People need to understand the cost in terms of human lives that this could entail, not only for Ukrainians, but also for Russians.”
10:22 : The Ukrainian army announced yesterday the death of two of its soldiers, the first victims of this new episode of conflict, while numerous violations of the ceasefire have been noted. But in the villages on the Russian border, “we are no longer afraid, we are used to it”. Report.
(BENJAMIN ILLY / RADIO FRANCE)
09:44 : To justify the current tensions, Vladimir Poutine repeats that the transatlantic alliance would not have respected its promise, in the years 1990, not to integrate countries of central and Eastern Europe. We explain why this statement is exaggerated.
09:12 : For its part, Kiev now calls on its Western allies to cease all political “appeasement” to towards Moscow, accused by Washington and Kiev of having massed 150,000 soldiers on the eastern Ukrainian borders. Russia may launch an attack on Ukraine “at any time”, repeats the White House. Joe Biden today called a rare meeting of the National Security Council devoted to the Ukraine crisis.
09:11 : Emmanuel Macron has a last chance interview scheduled for 11 a.m. with Vladimir Poutine. This is an emergency diplomatic effort to try to avoid a Russian invasion of Ukraine, where tensions are growing on the eastern front. Follow our live.
09:05 : We continue with a first point on the news:
Emmanuel Macron has scheduled a last-ditch talk at 11 a.m. with Vladimir Putin to try to avoid a Russian invasion of Ukraine, where tensions are growing on the front line in the east. France called on its nationals to leave Ukraine, the French president assured the Ukrainian president that he would “the last possible efforts to avoid a conflict”.
The team of special envoys from France 2 was with the Ukrainian Interior Minister visiting the front when their group was the target of a bombardment yesterday. Report.
Rallying to the left. After the former Minister of Health Marisol Touraine, it is the turn of the former Minister of Justice Élisabeth Guigou to join Emmanuel Macron, announces the entourage of Emmanuel Macron at JDD.
Finland won the Olympic ice hockey title for the first time in its history by beating Russia in the final of the men’s tournament under a neutral flag (2-1) in Beijing.
Météo-France once again classifies the Nord, Pas-de-Calais, Somme and Seine-Maritime regions as orange alert to strong winds for this evening, two days after the passage of storm Eunice, which caused significant damage. In the region.