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1:08 p.m. : Here is the “best of” of our content of the day on franceinfo:
We tell you the story of these “dragon’s teeth” that Wagner’s mercenaries want to sow to counter Ukrainian tanks
Gas prices, anti-missile shield, European combat aircraft… We decipher the five subjects of tension between France and Germany
We dissect you in 5 infographics the heat wave “completely new” which has been affecting France since mid-October.
12:43 p.m. : The Russian Defense Minister spoke on the phone this morning with his Chinese counterpart. Sergei Shoigu and Wei Fenghe discussed “of the situation in Ukraine” but also allegations from Moscow that Ukraine is preparing a “dirty bomb”, specifies the Russian army on Telegram.
10:00 a.m. : I first thought it was an (excellent) joke, but this line of Swiss fortifications, which reminds one of the one built in Ukraine at the moment which my colleague Fabien Magnenou was telling you about earlier, does exist. Its real name is “fortified line of the Promenthouse”. You will find some images on the website of this association.
09:55 : Hello FI, Switzerland had a similar device whose vestiges remain today: the Toblerone line.
09:38 : The German automobile group Mercedes-Benz will sell its assets in Russia to a local investor. This was announced today by the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade, in the context of the offensive in Ukraine and Western sanctions.
07:28 : “The risk of a civil nuclear problem, of an accident in particular at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant” became “permanent” in Ukraine, alert this morning on franceinfo Édouard Jolly, researcher in theory of armed conflict and philosophy of war at the Institute for Strategic Research of the Military School. This specialist explains that “Ukrainian workers had difficulty accessing the facilities“.
07:10 : It is nicknamed the “Wagner line”. The Russian paramilitary group of the same name announced in mid-October the start of work to set up a defensive ribbon, deemed impassable for Ukrainian armor. The principle is simple: two double rows of pyramidal concrete blocks – “dragon teeth” – completed by a deep trench. Our journalist Fabien Magnenou tells you more here.
(RIA FAN / FRANCEINFO)