One week after the Russian invasion began, Vladimir Putin’s forces captured Kherson, a major city in southern Ukraine. The second round of talks is set to begin this Thursday morning.
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Prime Minister Jean Castex will be a guest on TV news at 1pm on TF1 this Thursday. “The prime minister will come to clarify the contours of the sustainability plan announced yesterday, he will also announce the latest measures against Covid and will answer live questions from Jacques Legro,” the channel said on Twitter.
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Paris “urges” the French, “whose presence is not essential” in Russia, to leave the country, according to the Foreign Ministry.
“In the context created by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the application of international sanctions imposed on that country, increased vigilance is needed,” the French Foreign Ministry said. foreigners on your website. On Sunday, Paris had already recommended that “Frenchmen passing through Russia” leave the country.
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The independent Russian radio station Echo of Moscow, a historical figure in the Russian media landscape, has announced its self-dissolution after being banned from broadcasting by the authorities for covering the invasion of Ukraine.
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Russian and Belarusian athletes will finally be excluded from the Beijing Winter Paralympics, the International Paralympic Committee (IOC) said on the eve of the opening of the competition. Caught after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in which Belarus is cooperating, the IPC announced on Wednesday that these athletes could participate in the Games under a neutral flag, a decision that has been contested in several countries.
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Germany has decided to increase arms supplies to war-torn Ukraine by sending 2,700 additional anti-aircraft missiles, a government source told AFP.
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“The worst is yet to come” in the war waged by Russia in Ukraine, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Thursday as the Russian army surrounded several Ukrainian cities it struck.
“We can be afraid of the logic of the siege, which the Russians are used to,” warned the head of French diplomacy on public television France 2. “Remember Aleppo, Grozny,” he said. launched against these two cities in Syria and Chechnya, destroyed by Russian bombs in recent decades.
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The social network Twitter, in turn, blocked the accounts of the Russian media RT and Sputnik in the European Union as a result of a ban imposed by member states and which came into force on Wednesday.
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One million refugees have fled Ukraine to neighboring countries since the Russian invasion began a week ago, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said on Thursday.
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Ukrainian authorities confirmed the presence of the Russian army in Kherson, a large city in the south of the country on Wednesday night, which Moscow said it had captured in the morning after fierce fighting.
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The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court announced on Wednesday night the “immediate start” of an investigation into the situation in Ukraine, where war crimes are allegedly committed after receiving the green light from 39 countries – members of the ICC.
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A Ukrainian member of the local mission of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) died on Tuesday during the “bombing” of Kharkiv by Russian forces, the international organization said on Wednesday night.
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Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky congratulated himself on Thursday night for thwarting Russia’s “vile” plans, which invaded his country, saying he was proud of the “heroic” resistance of Ukrainians. “We are a nation that thwarted the enemy’s plans in a week. Plans written over the years: vile, full of hatred for our country, our people, “Zelenski said in a video published in the Telegram.
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Music streaming giant Spotify on Wednesday announced the closure of its offices in Russia and the removal of Russian-sponsored content from its website. The move was in response to an “unprovoked attack on Ukraine,” a statement from Spotify said.