Volodymyr Zelensky says Russia has ordered ‘about 2,000 drones’ from Iran

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5:09 p.m. : Volodymyr Zelensky criticizes the neutrality observed by Israel since the invasion of his country by Russia. This attitude has allowed, according to him, a “alliance” between Moscow and Tehran, including the delivery of Iranian drones to the Russian army. And he didn’t mince his words during a speech at a conference organized by the Israeli daily Ha’aretz : “This alliance simply wouldn’t have existed if your politicians had made a decision at the time. The decision we were asking for.”

4:14 p.m. : Monuments in memory of Russian commanders Alexander Suvorov and Fedor Ushakov (19th century) have also been transferred from Kherson to the left bank, announces the deputy head of the occupation administration, Kirill Stremoussov. This move was made on “personal instruction” of the occupying governor, Vladimir Saldo, because of possible bombardments or attacks.

(KIRILL STREMOUSSOV / TELEGRAM)

2:00 p.m. : It is 2 p.m., here is a new point on the news:

• The funeral of Lola, 12, begins in Lillers (Pas-de-Calais). Hundreds of people are there. The girl’s parents said they wanted a ceremony “worthy”far from “political unrest”.

• Electric day in perspective at the National Assembly. Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne faces this afternoon the motions of censure of the Nupes and the RN on the 2023 budget. These two texts, however, have no chance of being adopted.

• Big favorite to succeed Liz Truss after the abandonment of Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak, former finance minister, could be appointed Prime Minister this afternoon by the Conservative Party.

• According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the development of a “dirty bomb” by kyiv entered its “final phase”. Moscow also says it has information on contacts between Volodymyr Zelensky’s cabinet and British representatives to obtain the technology to produce nuclear weapons. Follow our live.

1:44 p.m. : Moscow claims to have information on contacts between Volodymyr Zelensky’s cabinet and British representatives in order to obtain the technology to produce nuclear weapons. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the development of a “dirty bomb” by Ukraine entered its “final phase”. Moscow says it has prepared “strengths and means” capable of evolving in a radioactive environment, in order to respond to the possible explosion of such a bomb.

1:12 p.m. : Evacuations of civilians continue in the Kherson region, in parallel with the Ukrainian counter-offensive. At this stage, more than 22,000 people have already been evacuated to the left bank of the Dnieper, announced the deputy head of the occupation administration, Kirill Stremoussov. The evacuation program began last Wednesday, from the city’s river station.

1:14 p.m. : 13 hours passed by a few minutes, here is the “best of” of our content of the day on franceinfo:

Our journalist Florence Morel is interested in the situation in maternities which face a crying lack of staff.

• # We tell you in pictures the damage caused by the two tornadoes in the Somme and Pas-de-Calais.

Our journalist Gaël Joly collected the testimony of two sisters, refugees from the Kherson region, as the Ukrainian forces arrive at the gates of this city in the south-east of the country.

12:50 p.m. : In my call with @RafaelMGrossi I officially invited IAEA to urgently send experts to peaceful facilities in Ukraine which Russia deceitfully claims to be developing a dirty bomb. He agreed. Unlike Russia, Ukraine has always been and remains transparent. We have nothing to hide.

12:49 : Ukraine invites the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to visit facilities in the country, as Moscow accuses kyiv of developing a “dirty bomb”. “We have nothing to hide, unlike Russia”, writes Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. The latter claims to have spoken by telephone with the director general of the IAEA, who would have given his agreement.

12:38 : At a press conference just now, the Kremlin spokesman estimated that France and Germany were not demonstrating “no desire” to participate in a mediation in the peace negotiations on the war in Ukraine. Dmitry Peskov’s full sentence is this: “IThey show no desire to listen to the position of the Russian side and to participate in any efforts related to mediation.”

12:39 : Russia accuses Ukraine of carrying out a strike on the town of Nova Kakhovka, in the Kherson region. Three missiles hit the area of ​​the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station, according to the emergency services quoted by the RIA Novosti agency. According to the mayor, Vladimir Leontiev, the dam has not suffered major damage and continues to operate. kyiv and Moscow accuse each other of wanting to sell the structure, which would cause major flooding.

(MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES / AFP)

10:03 : The chairman of the Russian Investigative Commission, Alexander Bastrykin, has commissioned a report after statements by propagandist Anton Krasovsky, according to several Russian media. The latter had called for the drowning and burning of Ukrainian children.

09:36 : Together with her sister Anna, Valentina lived under Russian occupation for eight months before her village of Mykhailivka was liberated. franceinfo met them as Ukrainian forces are about to retake Kherson. A report by Gaele Joly can be found here.

(GAELE JOLY / RADIO FRANCE)

09:32 : Hello @Feverish. This somewhat strange term is used to talk about a classic ammunition, surrounded by radioactive materials. It does not have the explosive power of a nuclear bomb, but it contaminates the targeted area with radioactive dust.

09:32 : Hello FI, what is a “dirty bomb”? The Russians are worse than children, difficult to remain stoic in front of their remarks!

09:16 : Images traveled around the world this weekend. During a television broadcast, propagandist Anton Krasovsky called for the killing of Ukrainian children by drowning them in a river or by burning them. Russia Today (RT) editor-in-chief Margarita Simonian announced her dismissal last night, calling the statements a “wild and disgusting”.

(RT)

09:04 : “No one would be fooled” if Moscow escalated the conflict in Ukraine on the pretext of kyiv employing a “dirty bomb” mentioned by the Russian government. This is what Paris, London and Washington said on Monday in a joint statement. Ukrainians and Westerners suspect that Russia is ready to detonate a “dirty bomb” to justify military escalation, for example by employing a tactical nuclear weapon in retaliation.

08:54 : Evacuations of civilians continue in Kherson. The men who are still on the right bank can now join the territorial defense units, announce the local occupation authorities. These units were created by decree of Vladimir Putin, within the framework of the martial law introduced in the annexed territories.

08:51 : “I think the morale of the Russians is broken. They are currently evacuating soldiers and collaborators”. On franceinfo, a colonel in the Ukrainian army analyzes recent advances on the Kherson front.