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07:47 : Chelsea, the club of Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, is on the brink because of the war in Ukraine. On a very favorable waiver after their 2-0 first leg victory, the Blues travel to Lille in the knockout stages of the Champions League in a critical context. We explain the situation in this article.

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07:41 : Moldova will not be able to manage this crisis alone. Judging the country overwhelmed by the influx of refugees, the Prime Minister appealed to Europe. “We need support from Europe, especially for foodalso insists Mariana Turcani. We share the same values, we defend them here.” Find my report here.

08:05 : The involvement of civil society is coupled with that of NGOs and the Moldovan government. The latter has set up “Moldova for Peace”, which coordinates the reception of refugees. “We learned by doing”explained Mariana Turcanu, in charge of the organization.

07:38 : Two-thirds of Ukrainian refugees are hosted by private individuals, a model “unique” allowed by the proximity between the Moldavians and the Ukrainians. In particular, I met Igor, who has welcomed dozens of people into his home and also gives wooden games, which he produces, to refugee children.

07:35 : I went to Moldova, a small country wedged between Ukraine and Romania. At least 100,000 Ukrainian refugees have arrived there since the start of the war in Ukraine. A significant influx, for the poorest country in Europe and its 2.6 million inhabitants. In this article, I tell you how local solidarity is organized.

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07:24 : Release returns to the gesture of the producer Marina Ovsiannikova, who denounced the war in Ukraine in full Russian television news.

07:00 : ?? Blockages of oil depots ➡️ “For several months, we have gone through diplomatic channels. And then nothing, so unfortunately, in 2022, the only way to be heard is to block”, says François Calvez, president of the CNATP of Finistère. https://t.co/2NGHQUM6Vo

06:58 : François Calvez, president of the CNATP of Finistère, explains on franceinfo the reasons for the blocking of oil depots in France. “For several months, we have gone through diplomatic channels. And then nothing”, he says. The oil depots of Brest and Lorient are blocked by transporters, farmers and even fishermen who denounce the rise in fuel prices, a consequence of the war in Ukraine.

07:41 : Russian oligarch Suleyman Kerimov, close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, is targeted by European sanctions. But he is also well known to French justice, as our investigation shows. Justice suspects him of having acquired, via front companies, four prestigious villas at the Cap d’Antibes.

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07:38 : “I believe that we need a peacekeeping mission from NATO, or even possibly from a larger international structure, but a mission which will be able to defend itself and which will act on Ukrainian territory, which will be on of this country with the agreement of the President and the Government of Ukraine and it will not be a defenseless mission.”

The Polish Deputy Prime Minister made these remarks last night. Alongside the Polish, Czech and Slovenian Prime Ministers, he met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Prime Minister Denys Chmygal in Kiev.

06:21 : On the ground, kyiv spent another night under curfew. kyiv. Yesterday, Polish Prime Ministers Mateusz Morawiecki, Czech Petr Fiala and Slovenian Janez Jansa visited the Ukrainian capital which Russian forces are trying to besiege.

06:30 : Joe Biden, the American president, will announce a new envelope of 800 million dollars to help Ukraine, according to a senior White House official. He must make this announcement after a video intervention by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky before the United States Congress.

07:38 : It is a little after 6 o’clock, here are the main titles:

• US President Joe Biden is to announce additional security assistance of $800 million, according to a senior US official. Yesterday, around 29,000 people were evacuated from several besieged towns in Ukraine, 20,000 in Mariupol, a port in southern Ukraine alone.

• Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin is expected in Corsica today. The French government is “ready to go as far as autonomy” he said in an interview with Corse-Morning. He says he intends to hire a “unprecedented discussion around the institutional question.”

• Emmanuel Macron will hold his first campaign meeting on April 2 in Paris, franceinfo learned from the candidate’s entourage. This meeting will therefore take place a little more than a week before the first round of the presidential election.

• China is taking steps to free up hospital beds to prevent hospitals from being potentially overwhelmed by an outbreak of Omicron cases. Tens of millions of people are confined to the country. For its part, New Zealand will reopen its borders earlier than expected. “We are ready to welcome the world back”said Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.