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8:29 p.m. : Last night, Emmanuel Macron opened the door to the training of Ukrainian pilots, without, however, supplying planes to kyiv. This is a delicate position for Western countries, the reasons for which our journalist Fabien Magnenou explains to you in this article.
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5:56 p.m. : What is Volodymyr Zelensky up to? This is the debate in Manon Mella’s Talk with Thibault Lefèvre, reporter for the international editorial staff of Radio France, and General Jérôme Pellistrandi, editor-in-chief of Review National Defense. See you at 6 p.m. on the franceinfo Twitch channel.
5:47 p.m. : The world is isolating Russia to force it to stop the war, but Georgia is welcoming Russian airlines and sending its own to Moscow. All while 20% of Georgian territory remains occupied by Russia with impunity. The Kremlin will surely be delighted with such a result.
5:54 p.m. : Ukraine castigates the resumption of air links between Russia and Georgia, decided by Moscow last week after a four-year ban and in the midst of war with kyiv. “The world is isolating Russia to force it to stop the war, but Georgia welcomes Russian airlines and sends its own to Moscow”denounced on Twitter the spokesperson for Ukrainian diplomacy, Oleg Nikolenko.
5:19 p.m. : Lieutenant Colonel Rostyslav Lazarenko, a Ukrainian military pilot, finished his 300th combat sortie. This is the record number among Ukrainian Air Force pilots.
5:19 p.m. : The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense pays tribute on Twitter to one of its soldiers. Lieutenant Colonel Rostyslav Lazarenko has just completed his 300th combat sortie, which is “a record for a Ukrainian Air Force pilot.”
4:35 p.m. : Ukraine’s Deputy Defense Minister says kyiv has taken over 20 square kilometers in the northern and southern suburbs of Bakhmout in recent days. On the other hand, “the enemy [russe] move a little in the city”recognizes Hanna Malyar on Telegram, destroying “completely” places with his artillery. “We are carrying out counter-offensive actions in certain directions near Bakhmout”writes for his part the commander of the land forces, Oleksandr Syrsky, during a visit to the front line.
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4:00 p.m. : We notably met Dmitro, a farmer who lost an eye after his tractor hit a mine. He gave me news yesterday. He was able to leave the hospital for the first time after his accident, here he is back in his village with his family.
3:54 p.m. : A few days ago, moreover, we told you in this report produced in the Mykolaiv region about the difficult demining of Ukrainian agricultural land.
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3:51 p.m. : Some agricultural land could be unusable for years, worries the Red Cross. Unexploded bombs, scattered shells… “This could render significant portions of arable land unusable for years to come.warns Andrew Duncan, head of the ICRC unit in kyiv.
1:50 p.m. : According to Cyril Ramaphosa, Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky have “agreed to receive the mission and the African Heads of State, in Moscow and kyiv”.
1:49 p.m. : South African President wants to send a “peace mission” to Ukraine and Russia “as soon as possible”. Cyril Ramaphosa wants to go there with five other African leaders (those of Senegal, Zambia, Congo, Uganda and Egypt) to try to “to find a peaceful solution to the devastating conflict”.
1:26 p.m. : The dragnet is much broader: another person was arrested and the homes of 18 other Supreme Court judges were searched. If the facts are confirmed, the defendants risk between 8 and 12 years in prison. French justice had refused the extradition of Konstantin Jevago last March.
Here is a photo of the banknotes seized by the anti-corruption prosecution:
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1:24 p.m. : Vsevolod Knyazev, who had been at the head of the institution since 2021, is suspected of having interceded in favor of the Ukrainian oligarch Konstantin Jevago in a court decision.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office hold a press conference.
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4:08 p.m. : The president of Ukraine’s Supreme Court has been taken into custody in a $2.7 million corruption case.
12:48 : Facing the press this afternoon, the Kremlin spokesman also returned to the Ukrainian cereals file. Before extending the agreement to resume exports by sea, “there are still a lot of questions”, made Dmitry Peskov understand.
He says there are still obstacles to his own fertilizer and grain exports.
12:48 : The Russian army confirms that it struck military installations in Ukraine last night. She promises to have “hit all targets”. However, the Ukrainian forces had earlier claimed to have shot down all the missiles.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the strikes targeted “deployment points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces”, ammunition depots and Western weapons. Follow our live.
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11:37 : The IEA specifies in its monthly report that Russian exports reached 8.3 million barrels per day last month, the country having not carried out its threat to cut its production by 500,000 barrels per day. “It is possible that Russia will increase its volumes to compensate for the loss of income”observes the organization.
11:29 : Russian oil exports in April reached their highest level since the start of the invasion of Ukraine. And this despite heavy Western sanctions. They represent a windfall of 15 billion dollars, announced the International Energy Agency (IEA).
09:42 : “An incredible new success for the Ukrainian Air Force!” Tonight Ukraine claims to have shot down six Russian Kinjal hypersonic missiles “and 12 other missiles” in a new attack. The announcement was made on Twitter by Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov.
07:17 : German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni, who have all received Volodymyr Zelensky since Saturday, will lead the European family to Reykjavik. Without the Ukrainian president? The latter is invited as head of state of a member country, but his presence remains uncertain.
07:19 : The leaders of 46 member states of the Council of Europe are meeting this afternoon in Iceland. It is only the fourth summit of the pan-European organization in nearly 75 years of existence. The goal is to multiply the means to hold Russia criminally responsible for the destruction and crimes caused by its invasion of Ukraine.