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1:22 p.m. : This is his second visit in less than a week. “In the first line”Sergei Shoigu has “verified the conditions for the deployment of military personnel and equipment”. It also “inspected the areas of positioning of military units, the conditions of accommodation and heating of personnel”specifies the ministry on Telegram.
(SERGEY FADEICHEV / SPUTNIK / AFP)
1:22 p.m. : Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has visited the front line in Ukraine to inspect the positions of his army, his ministry announced.
12:05 : It is noon. We make a new point on the news of the day:
• About 40% of TGVs are canceled over the Christmas weekend due to a strike. But what will be the situation for the New Year weekend? Bruno Le Maire demands management “a solution in the next few hours”. Follow our live.
• The Kremlin accuses the United States of conducting a “indirect war” against Russia, the day after Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to Washington. Follow our live.
• Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that he is in a position to form the next government, with his partners from the ultra-Orthodox and far-right parties.
11:59 : The ex-boss of the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, was injured in a Ukrainian strike on Donetsk, stronghold of pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, and must undergo surgery, a-t- he announced on Telegram.
11:24 : “Volodymyr Zelensky, both head of state and warlord, going from Bakhmout to Washington, the symbol is strong”comments Dominique de Villepin, former Prime Minister and former Minister of Foreign Affairs, on France Inter.
11:11 a.m. : “We are on a strategy of absolute defense of Ukraine, of victory for Ukraine, which will be built in the end by a new text which must build a new order ensuring the political and security stability of this region and of the Europe.”
Back from Jordan, the Head of State explains to several media, including the World, that he doesn’t have “don’t want it to be the Chinese and the Turks alone who negotiate the next day”.
11:04 am : “So far, we can note with regret that neither President Biden nor President Zelensky have said anything that could be perceived as a potential willingness to listen to Russia’s concerns.”says the Kremlin.
10:54 : The Kremlin accuses Washington of carrying out a “indirect war” against Russia.
09:00 : It’s 9 o’clock. We make a first point on the news of the day:
• “Your money is not charity, it is an investment in global security and democracy“, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the US Congress. A look back at this historic visit.
• The railway company plans two out of five TGVs canceled on Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 December. The company plans one out of two TGVs on the North and Atlantic axes, three out of five TGVs on the South-East and East axes, two out of three Ouigo.
• Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that he is in a position to form the next government, with his partners from the ultra-Orthodox and far-right parties.
08:12 : French President Emmanuel Macron believes that Ukraine’s entry into NATO would be experienced by Russia as a confrontation and that it is not the “most likely scenario”in an interview with several media.