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5:44 p.m. : Russian artists do not escape partial mobilization to fight in Ukraine, says International mail, echoing the Russian press. Thus, the Petersburg theater Karambol had to bring in a replacement actor in disaster in the middle of its tour, in Novosibirsk, in Siberia, because the main role had just been called up for military service. Fortunately, the substitute knew the part perfectly.

A different situation from the Second World War, during which the actors had been exempted.

3:46 p.m. : A strike hit an oil depot which caught fire in the Russian region of Belgorod, bordering Ukraine, reports the governor of the region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, on Telegram. According to him, “there is no risk of spread”. Russia last week denounced a “considerable increase” Ukrainian fire on several Russian border regions.

3:48 p.m. : The head of German diplomacy has warned against the hybrid war waged by Russia, which could seek to divide Europe by encouraging an influx of refugees on its territory. refusing a situation “where people are used as a weapon”Germany is in contact in particular with the Czech Republic and Slovakia to find solutions, declared Annalena Baerbock.

1:59 p.m. : “I packed my emergency suitcase like everyone else at the moment.”

Like many residents of Zaporizhia, Irina anticipated a hasty departure. In her suitcase, she slipped “hygiene products, essential drugs, chargers and then administrative documents”.

1:59 p.m. : The six reactors of the Zaporijjia nuclear power plant, under Russian occupation, were cut off from the electricity network twice this week following bombardments. Franceinfo met residents living around the plant, torn between fear and resignation in the face of the nuclear threat. (ED JONES/AFP)

11:46 : The United States will provide an additional 725 million dollars (746 million euros) in military aid to Ukraine for its defense against the Russian invasion, the Pentagon and the State Department announced this night. In total, American aid amounts to “$18.3 billion” since Joe Biden took office, according to Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

11:40 a.m. : The first Russian soldiers of the new military grouping between Moscow and Minsk have arrived in Belarus, the Belarusian authorities have announced. The creation of this force supposed to defend the country’s borders against a Ukrainian threat was announced this week.

11:01 a.m. : Cost of the operation, according to Elon Musk: 80 million dollars (82 million euros), and the bill should reach 100 million (103 million euros) by the end of the year. The boss of SpaceX asks the Pentagon to take over the financing of the internet network in Ukraine.

10:55 : Elon Musk announces that SpaceX does not have the means to finance “indefinitely” the internet network in Ukraine. Since the start of the Russian offensive, SpaceX has delivered some 25,000 terminals to Ukraine, which provide an Internet connection through a constellation of satellites forming the Starlink network. A phone displays the Starlink internet network logo, in Brazil, May 2, 2022. (SOPA IMAGES / LIGHTROCKET)(SOPA IMAGES / LIGHTROCKET)

11:06 : Here is a first point on the news of this Saturday morning:
The strike in the French refineries of TotalEnergies was renewed on the five sites, declared to AFP the CGT coordinator for the group, Eric Sellini. The strike had already been extended until Tuesday and Wednesday in the refineries of Normandy and Donges (Loire-Atlantique).

Saudi Arabia has announced $400 million in humanitarian aid for kyiv. His Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke on the phone to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the official SPA news agency said.
After a summer of 2022 marked by numerous heat waves, autumn is in turn experiencing a heat wave which arrives this weekend. According to Météo France, the rise in temperatures will become general next week with at least 20° in the north of the country, and more than 25° in the southern half.

Rescuers are trying to save dozens of workers still trapped underground after the explosion in a coal mine that left at least 28 dead and 28 injured, in northwestern Turkey, where the President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

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