The boss of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner announced on Friday March 10 the opening of 58 recruitment centers in 42 cities in Russia, when his men are on the front line in the bloody battle for Bakhmout in Ukraine. “New fighters are arriving there, (they) will accompany us to defend their country and their families”, said businessman Evguéni Prigojine, quoted on Telegram by the press service of his company Concord. Follow our live.
The words of the Ukrainian President. After the massive strikes carried out by Russia on Thursday, Volodymyr Zelensky assured Friday: “No matter how treacherous Russia’s actions are, our state and our people will not be shackled. Neither missiles nor Russian atrocities will help them.” “We have already shown what Ukraine is capable of,” also said the Ukrainian president in his daily speech.
Electricity not restored everywhere. Some electrical installations damaged by the Russian strikes still need to be repaired. Kharkiv, Zhytomyr, Odessa, Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv and Zaporizhia regions “experience difficulties”detailed the Ukrainian president in his video.
A meeting Monday in Geneva on the grain agreement. Russia announces the holding, Monday, March 13, of a meeting in Geneva with the UN on the agreement on Ukrainian grain exports, which expires on March 18. The stakes are high, since Ukrainian cereals are intended in particular for many poor countries.
“Massive retaliatory strikes”. Russia has justified carrying out strikes “massive” in Ukraine on Thursday, “in retaliation” to a recent incursion into its territory which it attributes to “saboteurs” from Kyiv. The Ukrainian President, for his part, denounced the “wretched tactics” Russians after the strikes that hit ten regions of Ukraine.