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09:53 : Russian forces now control “a part” of Sievierodonetsk, a city in eastern Ukraine that they have been shelling and trying to take for weeks, announced Serguiï Gaïdaï, the governor of the region. However, he assured that the Russians “cannot move freely”Ukrainian fighters “always remaining” in the city. “The enemy is planning an operation to clear the territory of the neighboring villages”he added.
09:35 : It is high time to take stock of the news.
• BFMTV image reporter Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff, 32, died yesterday in Ukraine. The Secretary General of Reporters Without Borders, Christophe Deloire, denounces the “Russian disinformation” and ensures that journalists “are targeted”.
• The 27 member countries of the European Union approved this evening an embargo on Russian oil covering more than “two-thirds” of their imports from this country, announced the President of the European Council, Charles Michel.
• Inflation accelerated in May and reached 5.2% over one year, according to INSEE. This is the first time that this 5% mark has been exceeded since September 1985.
• The clash of the titans between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic takes place tonight from 8:45 p.m. Franceinfo sport summarizes what you need to know about this 59th duel between the two players.
• Emmanuel Macron returns to Cherbourg (Manche) where he will visit the city’s hospital, while health professionals fear a dark summer in the emergency services, due to lack of staff.
09:25 : “The journalists were wearing helmets and bulletproof vests but the shrapnel hit his neck. He couldn’t get out. This is the first time this has happened. Journalists have already accompanied our patrols by police.”
Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff, 32, died while accompanying civilians on board a humanitarian bus near Sievierodonetsk, in the east of the country. Serhiy Gaidai, the governor of Luhansk, clarified the circumstances of the tragedy for franceinfo. “It was a large caliber 152 mm shell, the shrapnel of which pierced the armored windscreen“, he described.
09:11 : According to the French ambassador in kyiv, Etienne de Poncins, it is “difficult to know if those who fired knew that a journalist was on the bus”, after the death of Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff. He lamented “systematic incidents” that occur during evacuation convoys, as was already the case in Mariupol where “one out of two convoys had been the victim of shots”.
09:12 : Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff is the 8th journalist to have been killed on the ground in Ukraine. According to Christophe Deloire, “since the beginning of the conflict, journalists have been shot like rabbits”. In total, RSF has established at least 50 events against journalists who are “qualified as war crimes”. According to him, journalists “are targeted and obviously the Kremlin assumes this (…) there is a responsibility of the Kremlin, of Vladimir Putin for these war crimes”.
08:31 : Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff “was equipped with protective equipment since he had a helmet and a bulletproof vest, that will not have been enough”, says @cdeloire #le79inter https://t.co/0T7fuWKZE3
08:31 : On France Inter, the secretary general of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) clarified the circumstances of the death of Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff. He has been killed “a shrapnel, a shell that exploded right in front of this humanitarian convoy, right in front of the armored truck in which it was which was going to look for Ukrainian civilians in the Donbass to evacuate them”. According to the secretary, this “shell was aimed at this convoy”.
08:24 : For 30 years, Lithuania has completely dispensed with Russian energy. The Baltic State has given itself the means to free itself from its main supplier by building new infrastructures, replacing gas with biomass and making energy savings. Franceinfo wonders about the means available to France to imitate Lithuania.
07:27 : Many of you are indignant at the lack of treatment in one of the national and regional dailies of the death of the journalist, BFMTV image reporter Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff. In fact, two newspapers devote their front page or a part to this drama: South West and The Parisian.
07:27 : #MEDIA. Hello. I am surprised, looking at your press review, not to read any headlines on the death of the journalist-photographer of BFMTV.
07:27 : @newspaper. Nothing on F. Leclerc Imhoff? No newspaper makes its front page?
07:27 : Hello. No 1st page, no headline on the Death of the journalist… The media prefer to concentrate on football. Pitiful. Sad
07:22 : #Unity Agreement to ban export of Russian oil to the EU. This immediately covers more than 2/3 of oil imports from Russia, cutting a huge source of financing for its war machine. Maximum pressure on Russia to end the war. #EUCO
07:22 : The information was announced yesterday. The Twenty-Seven have decided on an embargo on Russian oil covering more than “two-thirds” of their imports from this country, announced the President of the European Council, Charles Michel. This reduction, which will be implemented by the end of the year, “Will remove a huge source of funding from the war machine” Russian and exercise “maximum pressure” on Moscow to urge it to end the war, he claimed on Twitter.
07:20 : The countries of the European Union agreed last night to reduce their imports of Russian oil by more than “two thirds”, announced Charles Michel, the President of the European Council.
06:45 : Charles Michel, the Chairman of the Board, assured that this withdrawal of Swift from the largest Russian bank was a “impactful measure”. So far, seven Russian institutions have been deprived of access to Swift, a secure messaging platform allowing crucial operations such as funds transfer orders between banks. Follow our live.
06:42 : As part of its new sanctions package, the EU has agreed to exclude Russia’s main bank, Sberbank, from the Swift international financial system.
09:27 : We begin with the traditional update on the news.
• BFMTV image reporter Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff, 32, died yesterday in Ukraine. He was covering a Ukrainian evacuation operation near Sievierodonetsk. He was killed by “a Russian bombardment”, said French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna. The anti-terrorist prosecutor’s office (Pnat), competent in matters of crimes against humanity, has opened an investigation.
• The 27 member countries of the European Union approved this evening an embargo on Russian oil covering more than “two-thirds” of their imports from this country, announced the President of the European Council, Charles Michel.
• The comedy adapted from Shakespeare As you would likein a version by Léna Bréban, dominated the evening where the theater awards are given, with four statuettes: best private theater show, best private theater director, best private theater actress (Barbara Schulz), best actress in a supporting role (Ariane Mourier).
• Marin Cilic beat world number two Daniil Medvedev to advance to the quarter-finals on the Philippe-Chatrier court tonight. Archi-dominated for more than an hour and a half, the Russian was under no illusions against the number 20 seed, losing in three straight sets (6-2, 6-3, 6-2).
• UEFA announces the opening of a “independent investigation” on the incidents that occurred on Saturday during the Champions League final at the Stade de France.