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09:29 : Von Moskau erwarten wir dringend Zeichen der Deeskalation. Eine weitere militärische Aggression hätte sehr schwerwiegende Konsequenzen für Russland. Darin bin ich mir mit unseren Verbündeten absolut einig. Wir erleben eine sehr, sehr ernste Bedrohung des Friedens in Europa. (2/2)
09:29 : Auf dem Weg in die #Ukraine. Heute in Kiew und morgen in Moskau werde ich unsere Gespräche zur weiterhin sehr ernsten Lage an der Grenze der Ukraine fortführen. In Kiew ist mir wichtig, der Ukraine unsere fortdauernde Solidarität und Unterstützung auszudrücken. (1/2)
09:35 : German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has flown to Kiev (Ukraine), where he is due to hold new talks to try to defuse the crisis. “We expect immediate signs of de-escalation from Moscow”he wrote on Twitter. “Further military aggression would have very serious consequences for Russia.”
08:59 : Ukraine demands urgent meeting with Russia and OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) countries “within 48 hours”. Kiev accuses Moscow of not sharing information on its massive troop movements at the border. The Vienna Document, an OSCE text (in PDF)promotes measures of transparency between the armed forces of the 57 members of the organization.
07:49 : The threat of conflict still hangs over Ukraine. In the country, reservists train for combat and train civilian volunteers for war. Franceinfo was able to attend one of these training sessions. The government wants to recruit more than 100,000 people to join the “territorial defense brigades”, in support of the armed forces.
(BENJAMIN ILLY / RADIO FRANCE)
07:38 : Here are the main news headlines:
The French Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron won the Olympic title in ice dancing, at the end of a competition conducted masterfully. This is France’s eleventh medal in Beijing, the third in gold.
The United States repeated that Ukraine could be invaded “at any time” by Russia after the failure of the last diplomatic efforts. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is in Kiev today and Moscow tomorrow.
Some 1,300 vehicles stopped near Lille (North), according to the police, before a rally against the health pass scheduled for today in Brussels (Belgium).
“New France” and personal touch: Valérie Pécresse held her first major meeting in Paris in front of several thousand activists. “I defend the French identity, the real one”she hammered.
• The Los Angeles Rams won the second super-bowl of their history by beating the Cincinnati Bengals (23-20). As usual, a great show enlivened the halftime of the American football summit.