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12:02 : It is noon, we take stock:
Strikes made “at least 30 dead and 100 injured” at Kramatorsk station, according to Ukrainian railway company Ukrzaliznytsia. A very large number of people were on the scene, in order to evacuate to the west. Follow our live.
Former presidential candidate Christiane Taubira, who withdrew from the race in early March, announces that she will vote for Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the first round. Follow our live.
Five departments are placed on orange alert for strong winds due to the passage of storm Diego today and tomorrow: Deux-Sèvres, Vienne, Charente-Maritime, Puy-de-Dôme and Haute-Loire. In addition, Savoie is still placed on orange alert for avalanches.
#ISRAEL The Israeli security services announce that they have killed the author of the attack which left at least two dead and a dozen injured yesterday in the center of Tel Aviv. He is a 28-year-old Palestinian from the occupied West Bank, who had no“known affiliation” to an armed faction.
12:02 : The Russian Ministry of Defense denies having carried out an attack against the Kramatorsk station, in a press release quoted by the Ria Novosti agency (in Russian). “The Russian armed forces did not plan and did not plan any shooting on April 8 in this city.” Moscow denounces “a provocation” and affirms that “‘Tochka-U’ tactical missiles”fragments of which have been found, “are used only by the Armed Forces of Ukraine”.
11:47 : There are several reasons for this, depending Les Echos (subscribers article) : the Russian regime has implemented capital controls (impossible to sell rubles against foreign currencies), Russian companies must convert 80% of their currencies into rubles, the Central Bank buys rubles to support its course and Europeans continue to supply oil. Finally, NPR (in English) points out that Vladimir Putin’s threat to force Westerners to pay for hydrocarbons in rubles has driven up the value of the currency.
11:45 a.m. : You are right @When Putin will fold?a dollar is now worth 80 rubles whereas it had risen to almost 140 rubles at the beginning of March, after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
11:45 a.m. : Hello France Info, and thank you for everything. I hear very few comments on the ruble rate, which has risen above its pre-war level. What analysis on sanctions, useless or counter-productive?
11:17 a.m. : World food prices in March reached their “highest levels ever recorded” because of the war in Ukraine, which “causes shock” in the grain and vegetable oil markets, announces the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
11:12 a.m. : The balance sheet of the attack of the attack on Kramatorsk station is getting heavier: the emergency services on the spot now count 35 dead.
11:22 : “It’s a station that we’ve used a lot in recent days because it’s the place from which civilians leave the country”reports Maryse Burgot, special correspondent for France Télévisions in Ukraine, about the attack which targeted the Kramatorsk station. “There are dozens of bodies lying on the ground, firefighters trying to intervene.”
11:23 : Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reacts on Instagram to the strike carried out in Kramatorsk. The Russian Army “lack of strength and courage to stand up to us on the battlefield”he writes, then “They are cynically destroying the civilian population. This evil knows no bounds. And if it goes unpunished, it will never stop.” His message is accompanied by the image of a train car with broken windows.
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11:42 : Russian troops hit Kramatorsk station with an Iskander-type ballistic missile system, says Ukrainian presidential adviser Alexei Arestovitch. [Actualisation 11h40 : il s’agirait en réalité d’un Tockha-U 9M79-1]. Il accuses Russia of having planned this attack. Several images reach us on which we see inert bodies on the ground, sometimes bloody. Due to their violence, we do not broadcast them.
10:50 a.m. : “Two rockets fell on Kramatorsk station”, said Alexander Kamyshin, an official of the Ukrainian railway company Ukrzaliznytsia. At least 30 people died and more than 100 were injured, according to an initial report (in Ukrainian).
10:51 a.m. : Strikes made “dozens of dead and wounded” at Kramatorsk station, according to the governor of the Donetsk region in the east of the country. Thousands of people were on the scene, in order to evacuate to the west, assures the latter.
10:33 am : They hadn’t recorded a song for 28 years. The Pink Floyd group shared a new title overnight entitled Hey, Hey, Rise Up!. The proceeds will be donated to humanitarian organizations with the aim of supporting the Ukrainian population. 
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10:25 a.m. : Hello @Val, no, the process is still ongoing, even if it is struggling to move forward. Ukraine calls on Russia to “reduce one’s degree of hostility” in the negotiations, while Moscow accuses kyiv of going back on proposals made during their talks at the end of March in Istanbul (concerning in particular the status of Crimea, annexed by Russia in 2014).
10:25 a.m. : Hello. More news of possible negotiations between Ukraine and Russia? Is this process stopped?
10:16 a.m. : Let’s make a new update on the news:
The EU has decided on an embargo on Russian coal, the French Presidency of the Council of the EU announced yesterday. In addition, Montenegro and Japan have announced in turn to expel diplomats. Follow our live.
Five departments are placed on orange alert for strong winds due to the passage of storm Diego today and tomorrow: Deux-Sèvres, Vienne, Charente-Maritime, Puy-de-Dôme and Haute-Loire. In addition, Savoie is still placed on orange alert for avalanches.
If she is not qualified for the second round of the presidential election on Sunday, Valérie Pécresse will say “for who” she will vote “but don’t give[a] no instructions” voting, she assured France inter. A decision shared by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, as he had already announced.
The Israeli security services announce that they have killed the author of the attack which left at least two dead and a dozen injured yesterday in the center of the Tel Aviv metropolis. He is a 28-year-old Palestinian from the occupied West Bank, who had no“known affiliation” to an armed faction.
10:07 : Many European countries such as France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Slovenia, Austria or Greece, as well as the United States have massively expelled Russian diplomats since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia.
10:05 a.m. : Montenegro in turn orders the expulsion of four Russian diplomats, reports the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a press release. For its part, Japan announces the expulsion of eight Russian diplomats.
09:25 : “If you hear explosions (and there have been a lot of them in the past few days) – these are rescuers neutralizing ammunition left by the Russian army on our territory. There are a lot of mined and unexplored areas. Don’t do not drive on the side of the roads and do not take the forest paths.
The governor of Sumy, who has just announced on Telegram that the region has just been liberated from Russian occupation, gives instructions to the inhabitants.
09:25 : The Sumy region, bordering Russia, is “liberated” Russian forces, announces its governor on Telegram.
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09:13 : Looking forward to Kyiv.@JosepBorrellF @eduardheger https://t.co/YFAgGr5Tlc
09:15 : European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is on her way to Kyiv, Ukraine. Together with the spokesperson for European diplomacy Joseph Borrell and the Slovak Prime Minister, she will meet the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, and the Ukrainian Prime Minister. On the program: integration of Ukraine into the EU, transport of cereals and aid to refugees.
08:41 : The Ukrainian question remains, once again, at the center of the concerns of your newspapers. The world there is the question of the European embargo on Russian gas, while that on coal has just been adopted, while West Francid interested in looting.
07:18 : The World Health Organization yesterday confirmed 103 attacks on health services in Ukraine, with 73 people killed and 51 injured, including health workers and patients. The institution has also requested humanitarian access to the city of Mariupol, besieged by Russian forces. 
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07:24 : Fearing an offensive against the eastern regions, the Ukrainian authorities continue to ask the civilian population to leave them. Evacuations by train to the west, interrupted due to a damaged part of the railway, resumed last night. 
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07:21 : We take stock of the titles:
The EU has decided on an embargo on Russian coal and the closure of European ports to Russian ships, announced the French Presidency of the Council of the EU. This fifth package of sanctions also provides for the ban on exports to Russia up to 10 billion euros and new sanctions against Russian banks. Here’s what to remember from yesterday.
Five departments are placed on orange alert for strong winds due to the passage of storm Diego today and tomorrow: Deux-Sèvres, Vienne, Charente-Maritime, Puy-de-Dôme and Haute-Loire. In addition, Savoie is still placed on orange alert for avalanches.
#PRESIDENTIAL The official first-round campaign is entering its final hours. Public meetings, distribution of leaflets and digital propaganda of the candidates will be prohibited. No interview, poll or estimate of results may be published before the results on Sunday at 8 p.m.
Ketanji Brown Jackson has become the first confirmed African-American justice on the Supreme Court. To underline the symbolic nature of this appointment, Kamala Harris, the first black woman to become vice-president of the United States, chaired the voting session.