For the second day in a row, Russian energy sites are attacked by drones. Vladimir Putin sees the hand of the Ukrainians in this. “The main goal, if they fail to undermine the presidential election in Russia, is to at least try to prevent citizens in some way from expressing their will”, assured the Russian president, Wednesday March 13, in an interview given to the Rossia 1 channel and the RIA Novosti press agency. Follow our live stream.
A refinery targeted near Moscow. “The Ryazan refinery was attacked by a drone. (…) According to initial information, there are injuries”wrote the regional governor on Telegram. According to him, “a fire broke out” on the site of the oil giant Rosneft, located around 200 km from Moscow.
A relative of Navalny attacked in Lithuania. Exiled Russian opposition figure Leonid Volkov was hospitalized after being attacked with a hammer outside his home in Vilnius. Aged 43, he suffers in particular from a broken arm. This attack was described as “shocking” by the Lithuanian government.
An interview with Emmanuel Macron scheduled for Thursday evening. After the debates in the National Assembly and the Senate on the security agreement concluded with Ukraine, the President of the Republic will grant an interview to TF1 and France 2. The Head of State will answer Anne’s questions -Sophie Lapix and Gilles Bouleau live from the Elysée.
Wide support forNational Assembly. French MPs gave broad support for the security agreement between Paris and kyiv on Tuesday evening, despite the abstention of the RN and the opposition of LFI. Some 372 elected officials voted for and 99 against the French aid strategy for Ukraine during this non-binding vote. The debate will now take place in the Senate on Wednesday from 6:15 p.m.