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3:03 p.m. : New European Union sanctions over the war in Ukraine target 121 individuals and entities including Iranian drone manufacturers, the EU has announced. These packages of measures decided successively by the EU constitute “larger-scale sanctions” ever adopted, said the President of the European Commission.
2:39 p.m. : Franceinfo retraces a year of war in Ukraine through eight emblematic places of the conflict. A great visual narrative to understand how war took hold in Europe.
2:25 p.m. : Since the Agricultural Show, Emmanuel Macron announced that he would go to China “At the beginning of April”. The Head of State called on Beijing to “help us put pressure on Russia” in order to “stop the aggression” And “building peace”.
11:19 a.m. : Miniatures to express the immensity of the horrors of war. Ukraine Post has printed dozens of new stamp designs since the start of the conflict. This iconography inscribes the main events of the conflict in the collective memory and meets with unexpected success.
11:48 : Prohibited from broadcasting in the European Union since the war in Ukraine, the RT France channel has changed its editorial line, assuming to relay Moscow propaganda openly. In great difficulty now, she seeks to expand her audience in French-speaking Africa. Explanations.
10:57 : Investigations are carried out by investigators from the Central Office for Combating Crimes Against Humanity and Hate Crimes (OCLCH). A unit dedicated to Ukraine conducts investigative work “pretty classic”, according to General Jean-Philippe Reiland, who heads this office attached to the gendarmerie. With one exception, and not the least: “The crime scene escapes us: it is not on national territory and it is difficult to access it.” Going there is therefore essential to understand what could have happened. Three members of the Pnat and seven gendarmes were able to carry out a mission in Ukraine last September.
10:57 : “Justice takes the time to gather evidence so that it can be established. It’s very long, but I understand it.”
An investigation was opened by French justice after the death of journalist Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff, killed by shrapnel, on May 30, 2022, in the Luhansk region. The investigations continue little by little, so his mother, Sylvie Imhoff, takes his trouble patiently.
10:56 : Since the start of the Russian offensive in Ukraine, seven investigations have been opened in France for “war crimes” by the National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor’s Office (Pnat), within which there is a dedicated unit. I will explain to you the painstaking work of the French magistrates and gendarmes, who have to deal with the geographical distance from the crime scene and the limited means.
11:46 : China called on Russia and Ukraine to hold peace talks and rejected any use of nuclear weapons. “All parties should support Russia and Ukraine to work in the same direction, and resume direct dialogue as soon as possible” in view of a “peaceful solution”estimated the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
11:35 a.m. : A year after the invasion of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky set the goal of defeating Russia “This year”. “Whether [nos] partners keep their word and meet deadlines, an inevitable victory awaits us”said the Ukrainian president yesterday at a press conference.