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7:18 p.m. : “Mandatory evacuation of families with children and residents with reduced mobility has begun in the community of Kupyansk due to the constant shelling of the territory by Russian forces”says the military administration of the Kharkiv region.
7:23 p.m. : Ukraine is ordering vulnerable people to evacuate the city of Kupyansk in the northeast of the country. According to the military administration, it risks being taken by Russian forces.
5:42 p.m. : The FSB claims to have rejected the “Ukrainian nationalists” infiltrated according to Moscow in the Russian region of Briansk, bordering Ukraine, and who opened fire on civilians. “As a result of the measures taken, the incursion of Ukrainian nationalists has been put to an end”, write the Russian security services in a statement, quoted by Russian news agencies. “The enemy was pushed back into Ukrainian territory and targeted there by a massive artillery strike.”
4:19 p.m. : For the first time since the start of the war in Ukraine, Antony Blinken and Sergei Lavrov spoke to each other today, in India, on the sidelines of the G20 discussions. Excerpt from what the US Secretary of State told his Russian counterpart: “I said to the foreign minister: end this war of aggression, engage in meaningful diplomacy that can produce a just and lasting peace.”
3:22 p.m. : The Bypol group, which brings together Belarusian dissidents, claimed responsibility for a drone strike on a Russian plane stationed in Belarus on Sunday. He now refers to “simple reconnaissance missions” having thwarted the defense of the air base of Matchoulishchy. “During one of them, a drone even landed on the radar antenna of the A-50”, specifies today the group, video in support. These operations, however, did not cause any damage to the aircraft, contrary to Bypol’s initial claims.
1:56 p.m. : “We saw that it was a civilian car, that civilians and children were sitting there”said the Russian president. Today the [les néo-nazis] committed another terrorist act, another crime. We saw that it was a civilian car. We saw civilians and children sitting there.”
1:50 p.m. : During a speech on television, Vladimir Putin accuses Ukrainian saboteurs of having opened fire on civilians in Bryansk and denounces a “terrorist act”.
1:29 p.m. : But who wants the Little Mermaid? Copenhagen’s famous landmark was vandalized last night. A large Russian flag has been painted on its base. The Danish police have opened an investigation, without mentioning any clues as to the origin of this apparent sign of support for Moscow in the midst of the war in Ukraine.
(AFP)
1:16 p.m. : It’s time for our best-of, here are the contents not to be missed:
We ask ourselves four questions about Stepan Bandera, a historical figure presented by Russian propaganda as the symbol of the “Nazification” of the country
The testimony of agent Sonia Souid, who returns for the first time in detail on franceinfo on her accusations of harassment against Noël Le Graët
We explain to you why large retailers are anticipating a “soaring” in the price of baby diapers.
12:59 : For the first time since the start of the war in Ukraine, Antony Blinken and Sergei Lavrov spoke to each other. The American Secretary of State indeed had a “Short” meeting with his Russian counterpart, today, in India, on the sidelines of the G20 discussions. According to a US official, he reiterated the United States’ commitment to support Ukraine and urged Russia to reverse its decision to suspend the New Start nuclear disarmament treaty.
12:18 p.m. : Sergei Lavrov confirms that no joint communiqué will emerge at the end of a ministerial meeting of the G20 in India. “We talk about good manners. Well, our Western counterparts have gotten really bad at it. They don’t think about diplomacy anymore, they just blackmail and threaten everyone”the head of Russian diplomacy told reporters.
12:05 : The growing involvement of the United States and NATO in Ukraine risks leading to a direct military confrontation in the “catastrophic consequences”, warned Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov during a speech in Geneva (Switzerland), boycotted by many Western diplomats. Speaking before the Conference on Disarmament, he denounced countries that push “climbing”.
12:05 : For its part, the Ukrainian presidency denounces as a “deliberate provocation” from Moscow this information reporting the infiltration of “saboteurs” Ukrainians. “Russia wants to scare its population to justify” his invasion of Ukraine, declared on Twitter Mykhaïlo Podoliak, adviser to the presidency.
12:02 : The Russian army tries to“eliminate” a group of “saboteurs” Ukrainians infiltrated in the Briansk region, bordering Ukraine, announced the Russian security services (FSB) and local authorities. The governor of the Bryansk region, Alexander Bogomaz, claimed on Telegram that “the saboteurs opened fire on a moving vehicle”after what “a resident was killed and a 10-year-old child injured” and hospitalized.
10:37 : For their part, the Russian ministers, Sergey Lavrov, and the Chinese ministers, Qin Gang, “unanimously rejected attempts to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, to impose unilateral approaches through blackmail and threats”Russian diplomacy said in a statement.
10:32 : “It is imperative that the G20 speak out on behalf of the extension and expansion of the Grains Initiative to strengthen food security for the most vulnerable”Anthony Blinken told G20 foreign ministers in New Delhi.
10:29 : The agreement on Ukrainian grain exports expires on March 18. This is why the American Secretary of State Antony Blinken asked, during a meeting at the G20, that Russia renew it. The “Black Sea Grain Initiative” (official name of this agreement) helped to alleviate the world food crisis caused by the war, thanks to the export of 20 million tons of grain.
09:50 : Vladimir Poutine “Is he ready to negotiate a return to principles and a just peace? For the moment, nothing suggests it”, argued the head of government before the Bundestag. He also lamented that the Russian President “Betting instead on threatening gestures, such as the recent suspension of the New Start agreement with the United States”.
09:47 : Germany and “other partners” are in talks with Kyiv about “future security commitments for Ukraine”announced Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
08:56 : A missile strike hit a residential building in Zaporizhia, southeastern Ukraine, killing at least two people, city secretary Anatoly Kurtev announced on Telegram. The building was “almost completely destroyed” by the bombardment, he added. Rescuers are on the scene trying to find survivors.
07:57 : He is the bogeyman waved by Russia to justify the need for a “denazification” from the country. His name is Stepan Bandera and was a Ukrainian nationalist leader guilty of collaborating with Nazi Germany during the 1940s. Our journalist Quang Pham answers four questions about this historical figure presented by Russian propaganda as the symbol of “nazification”. from the country.
(YURIY DYACHYSHYN / AFP)