Moscow bombs a refinery in the east of the country

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5:55 p.m. : I take this opportunity to warmly recommend that you read the story of my comrades Benoît Jourdain and Vincent Matalon on the fall of Mariupol, published this morning on our site.

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5:53 p.m. : Warning of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, on the capture of Mariupol : “The elimination of our soldiers, of our men will put an end to all negotiations” of peace between Russia and Ukraine, he thundered in an interview with the Ukraïnska Pravda news website. For him, the two parties would then find themselves in “deadlock”.

5:43 p.m. : Russian forces hit an oil refinery in Lysytchansk, a town near the frontline in eastern Ukraine this morning, local authorities say. “The Russians are systematically targeting it to exhaust the rescuers. There is no fuel there. Only hydrocarbon residues are burning”explains the Ukrainian governor of the Luhansk region, Serguiï Gaïdaï, on his Telegram channel.

2:50 p.m. : Despite the resumption of Russian bombardments in kyiv, the French embassy has decided to return to the Ukrainian capital. At the beginning of March, she had been relocated to Lviv, in the west of the country, for security reasons. Franceinfo returns to this return to the capital.

2:50 p.m. : The Ukrainian authorities provide an initial assessment of the bombardment which hit a military factory in the suburbs of kyiv this morning, killing one person and injuring several, according to the authorities. On Telegram, the mayor of the capital, Vitali Klitschko, announced that a person had been killed andt “several” hospitalized after this strike on the Darnytsky district.

2:09 p.m. : Here is what to remember from the news of this Saturday at midday:

Extinction Rebellion activists have settled in the heart of Paris for an action that should last three days. The goal: putting climate issues back at the center of the debate”. Follow our live.

The president and candidate for his re-election, Emmanuel Macron, will hold a meeting at 3:30 p.m. in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône). The candidate of the National Rally, Marine Le Pen, was on the move to Saint-Rémy-sur-Avre (Eure-et-Loir). In addition, demonstrations against the far right are organized throughout France, while anti-Macron activists are to march this afternoon in Paris at the initiative of the Patriots, by Florian Philippot. Follow our live.

Moscow claimed responsibility for the bombing this morning of a military equipment factory, notably manufacturing tanks, in the suburbs of kyiv. Follow our live.

The participants in the 2nd women’s edition of Paris-Roubaix set off at 12:35 p.m. To not miss anything from the end of this race, go to the live commentary of francetv sport.

1:38 p.m. : Thousands of the faithful attended last night the Stations of the Cross presided over by the Pope at the Colosseum in Rome. On this occasion, two friends, a Russian and a Ukrainian, carried the cross together. A decision that caused controversy, we explain in this article. Ukrainian nurse Irina (second from right), and Russian nurse Albina (right) hand over the cross to a migrant family during the Stations of the Cross presided over by the Pope in Rome, April 15, 2022. (AFP PHOTO / VATICAN MEDIA) (AFP PHOTO / VATICAN MEDIA)

1:13 p.m. : “I have a friend who went to the Russian zone south of Zaporizhia to look for his son and his girlfriend who had disappeared. Eventually he found the burned bones of the young woman, and her burned son too, who apparently had survived a few days but was already dead when his father found him.”

The stories of Ukrainian refugees in Zaporijia, in a reception center, draw the map of a territory of arbitrariness where the Russian occupiers assert their new power through violence and humiliation. Franceinfo collected their testimonies. Civilians who fled the town of Energodar upon their arrival in Zaporizhia, March 9, 2022. (DMYTRO SMOLIYENKO / AVALON / MAXPPP)

12:17 p.m. : British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is now banned from entering Russia. This decision, which also concerns other senior British officials, was taken after London imposed new sanctions on Moscow.

12:42 p.m. : Here is what to remember from the news of this Saturday at midday:

Extinction Rebellion activists have settled in the heart of Paris for an action that should last three days. The goal: putting climate issues back at the center of the debate”. Follow our live.

The president and candidate for his re-election, Emmanuel Macron, will hold a meeting at 3:30 p.m. in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône). The candidate of the National Rally, Marine Le Pen, for her part, is traveling to Saint-Rémy-sur-Avre (Eure-et-Loir). In addition, demonstrations against the far right are organized throughout France, while anti-Macron activists are to march this afternoon in Paris at the initiative of the Patriots, by Florian Philippot. Follow our live.

Moscow claimed responsibility for the bombing this morning of a military equipment factory, notably manufacturing tanks, in the suburbs of kyiv. Follow our live.

The 2nd women’s edition of Paris-Roubaix starts at 12:35 p.m. In the absence of the British defending champion, Lizzie Deignan, and the second, the Dutch Marianne Vos, positive for Covid-19, the race promises to be very open. To not miss anything of the race, go to the live commentary of francetv sport.

11:03 am : Much further west of Mariupol, not far from kyiv, is the town of Borodyanka. It was massively destroyed by the Russian army, which left two weeks ago. Since then, residents have been trying to collect their belongings and clean the streets, although shelling could hit the area again. Here is the franceinfo report on the spot. An administrative building damaged by shelling in the city of Borodyanka, April 12, 2022. (ANNA VOYTENKO / MAXPPP)(MAXPPP)

10:59 : The last Ukrainian resistance fighters hide in the huge Azovstal factory. Local authorities assure that this battle of Mariupol left 20,000 dead. “We totally ignore the results of this battle, no one can know,” tempers Luc Lacroix, according to which “nobody can have a global vision of the situation.”

10:58 : Very quickly, the Russian forces set up a siege. A week after the start of the Russian invasion, on March 1, half the city had no electricity. On the 3rd, the mayor of the city noted “the blockade”. The inhabitants then found themselves trapped and victims of bombardments which shocked international opinion.

10:58 : After more than forty days of fierce fighting and bombing, Mariupol is almost destroyed. This Russian-speaking city of nearly 450,000 inhabitants by the Sea of ​​Azov is symbolic and strategic for Vladimir Putin. With my colleague Benoît Jourdain, I tell you how Mariupol fell into chaos. An aerial view of the city of Mariupol, Ukraine, on April 12, 2022. (ANDREY BORODULIN / AFP) (ANDREY BORODULIN / AFP)

10:41 a.m. : The mayor of kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, has once again called on the inhabitants who have left the city not to return there, but to stay in a “safe place”. Russian fire on the kyiv region had been scarce since the end of March, when Moscow withdrew its troops from around the capital, announcing that it wanted to concentrate its offensive on eastern Ukraine.

10:38 : The bombardment this morning of a factory of military equipment manufacturing in particular tanks, in the suburbs of kyiv, was claimed by Moscow. “High-precision, long-range air-to-ground weapons destroyed production buildings of an arms factory in Kyiv”, the Russian Defense Ministry announced in a statement on Telegram.

09:57 : A military factory manufacturing tanks in particular was targeted this morning by a bombardment in the suburbs of kyiv. The mayor of the capital, Vitali Klitschko, assures on Facebook that he does not have any information on the potential victims at this stage.

09:23 : This warning from Moscow comes as US President Joe Biden pledged $800 million worth of new military aid to Ukraine, including helicopters and armored personnel carriers.

10:08 : Russia warns the United States. In a formal complaint to Washington, Moscow warns the US government to “unforeseeable consequences” which will follow its military aid to Ukraine. According to a diplomatic note reported by the washington postRussia considers that the military equipment supplied to kyiv puts‘”oil on the fire”.

10:08 : Here is a first point on the news of this Saturday morning:

Russia bombed a Ukrainian missile manufacturer after losing the flagship of its Black Sea Fleet yesterday. The Vizar factory, targeted by Moscow, manufactures the Neptune anti-ship missiles, with which the Ukrainians say they fired on the Moskva. Follow our live.
After Alsace, it is in Marseille that the president and candidate for his re-election, Emmanuel Macron, will hold a meeting at 3:30 p.m. In the first round of voting, the city placed Jean-Luc Mélenchon at the top of the votes. According to France Bleu Provence, 3,000 to 4,000 people are expected in the Pharo gardens. Follow our live.

• The Easter weekend should be the most difficult of all the spring holidays in terms of road traffic, according to forecasts by Bison Futé. The day is classified orange at the national level and red in the Great West and the North.

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