A very symbolic visit. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the Kherson region, partially occupied by the Russians in southern Ukraine, on Thursday March 23. He notably went, according to images from the presidency, to Possad-Pokrovské, a locality which suffered significant destruction and was in the hands of the Russian army until its withdrawal in the fall of 2022. Follow our live.
Russia warns of risks in the event of an arrest of Vladimir Putin. After the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant against the Russian president for the war crime of “deporting” Ukrainian children in connection with the invasion of Ukraine, the former president Dmitry Medvedev, current number 2 of the Russian Security Council, assured that an arrest of the leader of the Kremlin would be “a declaration of war”.
New concerns around the Zaporijjia power plant. Nuclear safety at the south-eastern Ukraine site “remains in a precarious state”, alerted Wednesday Rafael Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The plant’s last emergency power line, damaged since March 1, “remains disconnected and in repair, he assures.
“Russia will lose this war”. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Wednesday near Bakhmout, epicenter of the front and symbol of Ukrainian resistance in the east of the country. He recalled that his country would eventually emerge victorious from the conflict. “Here in the Donbass, in the Kharkiv region, wherever the Russian evil has come, it seems obvious that this terrorist state cannot be stopped other than by our victory”did he declare.
China has not delivered weapons to Russia. The United States, which had warned Beijing against any delivery of weapons of war to Moscow, estimated on Wednesday that China had not at this stage “crossed the line” of these deliveries. “I think the diplomatic, political, and to some extent material support [de la Chine] to Russia is of course against our interest to see this war come to an end”however, underlined the Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, to Congress.
At least nine dead in Russian attacks. New strikes by the Russian army hit the kyiv region on Wednesday and killed at least eight people. Another attack hit a residential building in Zaporizhia head-on, killing at least one person and injuring dozens. Ukraine “will respond to all attacks” Russians, warned Volodymyr Zelensky.