the Russian army claims to have taken control of the city of Kherson, in the south of the country

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09:17 : It is time to make a new point on the news of this Wednesday morning, centered on the evolution of the situation in Ukraine:

• The Russian army claims to have taken control of the city of Kherson, in southern Ukraine, on the border with Crimea. “We are still Ukraine. We are still resisting.” had declared the mayor of the city, a few minutes earlier. Follow our live.

• A Russian convoy, which stretches over tens of kilometres, is still 25 km from Kiev. A convoy stopped by a natural obstacle, the river, whose bridges were cut, but also by the lack of gasoline and possible logistical problems, we explain in this article.

• US President Joe Biden lashed out at Vladimir Putin in his first “State of the Union Address”. He denounced a “dictator” who “thought the West and NATO would not respond” to the invasion of Ukraine.

Six days after Russia invaded Ukraine, more than 677,000 people have fled the war and flocked to neighboring countries, according to the UN. David Culot, a Frenchman living in Kharkiv, told our journalist about his hasty departure with his family, and his journey through Ukraine, under the bombings

09:14 : The “economic war” was not one. At the heart of criticism, in particular from the former Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, the interview with the Minister of the Economy yesterday morning on franceinfo caused a shock wave within the government. Our journalist returns to this backpedaling.

08:55 : “Today I will try to find solutions to gather the dead, to restore electricity, gas, water and heating in the places where it has been cut. But I warn you: succeed in doing this today would be a miracle”continued the mayor of Kherson.

08:55 : “We are still Ukraine. We are still resisting”. The mayor of the city of Kherson expressed himself on his Facebook account a few minutes before the Russian authorities declared to have conquered this border city of Crimea.

08:52 : Some “1,500 French soldiers are mobilized” in the region, including “500” “who will arrive in Romania”further specified the spokesperson for the Ministry of the Armed Forces, on the set of franceinfo.

08:43 : ?? War in Ukraine ➡️ “Neither France, nor Europe, nor NATO are threatening military action against Russia. We are not at war”, reacts Hervé Grandjean, spokesperson of the Ministry of the Armed Forces, after Bruno Le Maire’s remarks yesterday.

08:50 : “Neither France, nor Europe, nor NATO are threatening military action against Russia. We are not at war.”

Hervé Grandjean, spokesperson for the Ministry of the Armed Forces, reacted this morning on franceinfo to the remarks of Bruno Le Maire, the Minister of the Economy, who had spoken yesterday of “economic war”before returning to his remarks.

08:30 : Ihe spokesman for the Russian armed forces, Igor Konashenkov, also assured that the “civil infrastructure” and public transport operates normally in Kherson.

08:36 : The Russian army claims to have taken control of the city of Kherson, in southern Ukraine.

08:21 : ?? Testimonials from Ukraine ➡️ “For fifteen minutes, we have been hearing explosions coming from Kharkiv”, says Irina, French teacher in Kharkiv. https://t.co/cAHZMeBBbB

08:54 : This morning, franceinfo also collected the testimony of Irina, a Ukrainian French teacher based in Kharkiv, a city where Russian airborne troops landed overnight. This morning, she heard explosions from her home, she says.

08:18 : ? Column of tanks out of gas? ➡️ “This is the information given by the Pentagon. The Russian army has always had logistical problems”, explains Dominique Trinquand, military expert, according to whom “the attack on Kharkiv is very important to have a logistical axis”. https://t.co/MS8B7P402c

08:17 : The military expert Dominique Trinquand mentioned precisely this morning on franceinfo the logistical problems that seem to be encountering the Russian army. Find his intervention in our article.

08:14 : Hello @Marina. This Russian military convoy, observed overnight from Monday to Tuesday on American satellite images, has not moved since, and is therefore still 25 km from the Ukrainian capital, notes in this article the special envoy of franceinfo on square. How to explain this immobility? No certainty, but it is possible that the lack of gasoline and supplies is the cause.

08:09 : Hello, do we know where the Russian military convoy is approaching Kiev?

08:08 : “Today, we find ourselves in a situation where it affects a European country and we approach the issues in a different way (…) We want to do it for everyone and stop these policies of discrimination.”

To facilitate the movement of Ukrainian refugees, the SNCF announced, on Monday, free transport on French trains. From now on, unions and associations are asking for the generalization of this free admission for all refugees.

08:02 : “France will be able to welcome all those who come forward.assures Didier Leschi, director general of the French Office for Immigration and Integration (Ofii). He was questioned this morning on France Inter about Ukrainian refugees.

07:50 : “I heard a suitcase fall, I jumped. A car going by too fast, I’m thinking of a rocket. You can’t imagine the trauma. It’s for life.”

Today, David is in Hungary with his family. He already knows that this exile will mark him forever, in the head and in the body.

07:48 : The hours that follow are endless and unforgettable. He drives for nineteen hours without stopping. Arriving in Vinnytsia, a town located southwest of Kiev, “I had hallucinations, I saw shadows, the road was a kaleidoscope”he testifies.

07:47 : At dawn on February 24, bombs were dropped at 5 am on military positions 10 kilometers from the home of the Kharkivs. “The house shook, I heard a sound of death, which you don’t hear with your body but with your soul”, he recalls. In a hurry, he embarks with his whole family in his car, heading West.

07:44 : Six days after Russia invaded Ukraine, more than 677,000 people have fled the war and flocked to neighboring countries, according to the UN. David Culot, a Frenchman living in Kharkiv, told me about his hasty departure with his family, and his journey through Ukraine, under the bombardments. (DAVID CULOT)

07:30 : Sberbank withdraws from the European market. The announcement by Russia’s largest banking group comes after massive financial sanctions were imposed in retaliation for Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. “The group’s subsidiary banks are facing abnormal outflows of funds and threats to the security of their employees and offices,” the group said in a statement quoted by Russian news agencies.

07:19 : Finally, other dailies rightly give their front page to the situation of Ukrainian refugees fleeing the fighting and heading for western Europe.

07:14 : For its part, South West goes to another Ukrainian city: Lviv. The daily publishes a report in this city in the west of the country which sees an influx of Ukrainians on their way to Poland.

07:09 : The expected assault by Russian troops on the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, is making the headlines in many newsstands this morning.

07:04 : In Europe, the sanctions imposed on Russian banks are already having consequences. Weakened by these measures decided after the invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops, the European subsidiary of the Russian bank Sberbank will file for bankruptcy, the EU banking regulator announced last night. The assets of the institution’s clients will be guaranteed up to 100,000 euros, as required by European legislation in this area.

06:45 : ExxonMobil will gradually withdraw from the major oil field of which it is the operator, in Russia. The American oil giant is thus acting on behalf of a consortium comprising Russian, Indian and Japanese companies: the Sakhalin-1 project. In a press release, the group assures that it will no longer invest in new projects in Russia.

06:38 : Hello @this audience! Russia is subject to a large number of sanctions, including in sports. As for tennis, the ATP (like the WTA), indicated that Russians and Belarusians could continue to participate in tournaments, but “not under the flag” of their country, and “until further notice”.

06:37 : Hello, the almost first, Medvenev will also be banned from class?

06:34 : “I was on a mission for my country”.

Ukrainian Elina Svitolina easily beat Russian Anastasia Potapova (81st) tonight at the WTA tennis tournament in Monterrey, Mexico. “All the bounties I earn here will go to the military, so thanks for the support“, declared the athlete, very moved, under the applause of the public.

(AP / SIPA)

06:23 : In order to implement the sanctions against Russia, Visa, Mastercard and AmEx have removed Russian banks from their card network. Mastercard has thus “blocked from multiple financial institutions” on its payments network, the company’s chief executive said in a post dated Monday evening.

06:20 : The human toll is already heavy in Kharkiv on the seventh day of the Russian offensive on Ukraine. City of 1.4 million inhabitants near the border with Russia, it was targeted by several bombings yesterday which left at least ten dead and more than 20 injured, according to local authorities.

06:18 : Russian airborne troops landed in Kharkiv overnight, the Ukrainian military said on Telegram. She reports ongoing fighting in Ukraine’s second city and assures that the Russian army has “attacked a hospital” local.

06:16 : “Putin is now more isolated than ever from the rest of the world.”