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10:51 a.m. : It was the last train that was able to connect Kramatorsk to Lviv before the bombing of the station. And on the descent, the refugees, relieved to have escaped the worst, are very worried and warn: “It’s going to be as terrible as the Battle of Kursk in World War II”. Report by Laurent Macchietti and Camille Magnard.
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10:33 am : It’s a small story in the big one. A Russian ship, however commanded by a son of a Ukrainian opposed to the regime of Vladimir Putin, was refused access to the port of Sète (Hérault). Our journalist Arthur Fradin returns to this incredible affair.
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09:31 : Political will, uncertainty of the outcome of the war, legal brakes… Even completed, the investigations will not necessarily lead to trials. We explain why in this article.
10:26 : France is also investigating war crime charges on behalf of the “universal skill”. The Pnat, the French National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor’s Office, has opened several investigations concerning French nationals. “The objective is not only to trace the military responsibilities, but also the political responsibilities of the principals”explains Clémence Bectarte, lawyer at the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH).
10:26 : “When I interrogate a person, I check everything they say. I ask them about the time, the weather, what they heard, what noise the bomb was making, from which direction did it come, etc.”
Since 2014, this researcher from the Ukrainian NGO Truth Hounds has already presented 20 reports, interviewed more than 1,500 witnesses and traveled 156,000 kilometers across the country.
10:26 : Since the start of the war, the International Criminal Court, the UN and several countries have opened investigations into possible war crimes committed in Ukraine. On the spot, many NGOs, States and civilians are mobilizing to gather evidence of these abuses, which could one day make it possible to judge those responsible. Explanations.
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09:08 : Ukraine belongs in the European family.And today, Ukraine takes another important step towards EU membership.We will accelerate this process as much as we can, while ensuring that all conditions are respected.#StandWithUkraine https://t.co/q7Yi5gMOBH
09:08 : Europe is going “speed up the process” membership of Ukraine “as much as possible”assured during her visit to the country the President of the European Commission Ursula Von der Leyen. “Ukraine belongs to the European family”she said.
10:24 a.m. : We start with a first point on the news:
• The reserve period began at midnight in France and in Corsica as the first round of the presidential election approaches. Candidates for the Elysée are therefore prohibited from disseminating any electoral propaganda, poll or results relating to the election, so as not to influence the vote. This rule also applies to the media.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky calls for “a strong global response” after the bombing of Kramatorsk station, which killed at least 50 people.
Savoie is the only department still placed on orange alert this morning, for a risk of avalanches.