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1:00 p.m. : The Kremlin also recognizes “errors” in the conduct of the mobilization decreed by Vladimir Putin. “There are cases where the decree has been violated“explains his spokesperson, without specifying how. “Mistakes will be corrected”he assures.
12:59 : Russia does not have “made a decision” on whether or not to close the country’s borders to men of military age, says Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. The neighboring countries of Russia have seen an influx of many Russians seeking to flee the mobilization since last week.
10:19 : “We have a duty of asylum” to welcome Russian deserters, said François Bayrou on franceinfo. It thus aligns itself with the position of Germany, which says it is ready to do the same. Nevertheless, “the democratic States, and in particular those of the European Union, musttalk “between them” organization of this welcome, he added.
10:14 a.m. : In a press release, the Russian investigation committee specified that the suspect was a young man of 25 years, resident of Oust-Ilimsk, an industrial city located in full Siberia.
09:55 : A man opened fire this morning at a Russian army recruitment center in Siberia. A soldier who worked there was seriously injured and is currently in intensive care, the governor of the Irkutsk region, Igor Kobzev, announced on Telegram. (GOOGLE MAPS)
09:50 : “We don’t know what will happen tomorrow, so we prefer to leave the country.” After the announcement of the partial mobilization in Russia, franceinfo met Russians fleeing their country at the Finnish border. (AFP)
08:21 : Faced with Russian determination, Ukraine is also trying to mobilize soldiers. Since the beginning of the war, young men can no longer leave the country. Franceinfo has collected testimonies from Ukrainians who do everything to avoid going to fight. (SERGEY BOBOK / AFP)
08:21 : “I don’t want to kill my Slavic people, my brothers, my sisters.” The partial mobilization, decreed by Vladimir Putin last week, is far from unanimous in Russia. AFP collected the testimony of Alex, a former Russian officer, who fled to Finland. “I have a physical disgust to be in the presence of our Russian citizens who support the war”explains the man who is now a computer engineer.
07:57 : Hello @Nicojaffa. Giorgia Meloni opposed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine from the start of the conflict. On the other hand, as is well detailed in this France 24 article, its position vis-à-vis the Kremlin has not always been so clear-cut, since it had supported Vladimir Putin in 2014, during the invasion of the Crimea.
07:57 : Hello Franceinfo. Thank you for your work. What is Ms Meloni’s position on the war in Ukraine?
08:20 : “It is very important that Moscow hears us and knows that the consequences would be horrible.“
“Any use of nuclear weapons would have catastrophic effects for the country that uses them, of course, but also for many others”also underlined the head of the American diplomacy.
08:20 : Washington has urged Moscow, through private channels, to end its rhetoric agitating the nuclear threat. “We were very clear with the Russians”said last night the head of the American diplomacy, Antony Blinken, in an interview with the chain CBS News.