From The Parisian
March 29, 2023 at 6:50 am, modified March 29, 2023 at 10:43 am
The essential
- The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is expected today at the Zaporijjia nuclear power plant. Russia says it is ready for dialogue.
- The IOC is calling for a return to competition for Russian athletes, but delays for the 2024 Olympics are angering Berlin and Warsaw. Moscow is screaming for discrimination.
- Russia is said to have shot down US long-range missiles. Ukraine has not given any information about the use of these devices.
- At the discussion forum “Peace in Ukraine”, organized by Washington, demands that Russia withdraw from “every square meter” of its territory.
- In the Donetsk region, the city of Avdiivka is on the verge of being “erased from the face of the earth.”
- Zelenskyi welcomes the National Assembly’s decision to recognize the Holodomor as a genocide.
10:43
Departure of representatives of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine
Representatives of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, which is dependent on the Moscow Patriarchate, will leave the Lavra of the Caves Monastery in Kiev. In recent weeks, Ukrainian intelligence has highlighted the involvement of certain officials in Moscow.
This morning a service brought believers together.
10:28
Russia still intends to achieve all the goals of the “special military operation”.
Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, reiterated that Russia intends to achieve all the goals of its “special military operation”. “Despite the steady increase in military aid from the United States and other Western countries to Ukraine, all the stated goals of the special military operation will certainly be achieved,” he told TASS agency.
10:24
Nato: Sweden to summon Russian ambassador after threat of “retaliation”.
09:56
Canada is providing Ukraine with a subsidized loan of about $1.9 billion
This loan is provided for in the federal budget of Canada. It is granted through a special account of the IMF in support of Ukraine. In addition, Canada will increase funding for its State Department to approximately $65 million to provide targeted support to Ukraine in humanitarian and psychological assistance, demining, agriculture and other priority areas.
09:39
Serbia sends four trucks for humanitarian aid
Serbia has sent four humanitarian aid trucks to Ukraine. These trucks were loaded with equipment to refurbish the energy infrastructure.
09:04
Russia’s decision to install nuclear weapons in Belarus: ‘Pray! ‘ says Donald Trump
Donald Trump, the former President of the United States, has commented on Putin’s decision to move nuclear weapons to Belarus. “This situation was caused by us. That’s what happens when you have incompetent people running your government. All I can say to you now is: PRAY! »
08:55
Global commodities trader Cargill halts exports of Russian grain
Global commodities trader Cargill has announced it will halt exports of Russian grain with the start of the next export season, which starts on July 1. “The cessation of its export activities on the Russian market will not affect the volume of domestic grain shipments abroad,” the Russian Ministry of Agriculture replied.
08:29
Hundreds of new graves at the Wagner PMC military cemetery in two months
Christian Tribert, a journalist for the New York Times, showed through Maxar satellite images that hundreds of new graves of Wagner’s soldiers had appeared in the cemetery of the village of Bakinskaya, Krasnodar Territory.
08:21
Zelensky warns of the consequences of losing Bakhmout
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy has warned that if Russia manages to seize Bakhmut, the consequences will be significant. According to him in an interview with AP, if that city were to fall, President Putin would “sell this victory to the West, to its society, to China, to Iran.” In a separate note, Zelensky also said he wanted Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit him and was still waiting to speak to him.
08:11
Construction of Russia’s nuclear-powered mega icebreaker has been delayed
The construction site of the future Russian nuclear icebreaker called “Russia” is at a standstill. The reason ? Russia bombed the EnergoMashSpetsStal factory in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region.
The problem is that this factory is supposed to supply large components for the hull. In addition to the delays expected for the completion of the works planned in principle in 2027, the additional costs of this project could be doubled compared to the sums originally planned.
07:56
Moscow launches more and more cyber attacks against Europe
According to American and French analysts, Moscow is increasingly using cyber attacks in Europe. In a report, French arms company Thales says Russia is beating Poland, the Nordic and Baltic countries with an arsenal of cyberweapons aimed at division and spreading anti-war messages. Microsoft said in a threat analysis earlier this month that Russian actors launched attacks in at least 17 European countries in the first six weeks of this year.
“In the third quarter of 2022, Europe was engaged in high-intensity hybrid cyber warfare at a conflict inflection point,” said Pierre-Yves Jolivet, vice president of cyber solutions at Thales. These attacks are increasingly being carried out by Kremlin-affiliated “hacktivist” groups rather than official groups.
07:50
Ukrainian bombing raids on the occupied city of Melitopol
The city, occupied by the Russians for a year, was bombarded by the Urians. According to the deposed and exiled mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, several explosions were heard in the city, damaging the city’s power supply system, according to the Russian news agency TASS. As a result, the power went out in the city and the surrounding villages. A locomotive depot was also destroyed. “There were no injuries,” TASS said.
07:42
Moscow begins testing its new ICBM
Russia has started exercises with the Yars ICBM and several thousand soldiers, the Defense Ministry said. Putin intends to make this system, which replaced the Topol system, part of Russia’s “invincible weapons” and the mainstay of the ground component of its nuclear arsenal.
07:33
In Russia, the labor shortage was exacerbated by the war
The Russian president’s desire to expand his troops is adding to labor shortages in the country, already hit by the withdrawal of hundreds of thousands of workers from the frontlines, notes Bloomberg, which estimates around 500,000 people would have joined the army last year.
Hundreds of thousands of working-age Russians also fled the country following the announcement of the mobilization last September, compounding the phenomenon of population decline. The US agency estimates that the working-age population could decline by 6.5% over the next ten years.
07:05
The IAEA this morning in Zaporizhia
The director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, is expected today at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, which is occupied by Russian forces and whose safety the international community fears.
Grossi and his delegation are scheduled to arrive at the site in the morning and leave in the afternoon, the Tass agency said, citing an official from the Russian operator Rosenergoatom. This is Grossi’s second visit to Zaporizhia, Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, since the conflict began in February 2022.
Arrived in Ukraine Earlier this week, the head of the IAEA had to cross the front line to enter Russian-controlled facilities.
06:49
I’Holodomor, a genocide: Zelenskyy welcomes a “historic” decision
The National Assembly on Tuesday recognized as genocide the Holodomor, that famine instigated by Soviet authorities in Ukraine in the early 1930s that caused the deaths of several million people, a vote welcomed by Ukraine’s president.
In a resolution passed almost unanimously (168 votes to 2), MEPs urged the government to do the same and respond to Kiev’s strong expectations of this painful memory revived by the Russian invasion of the country. “Thanks to the members of the National Assembly for this historic decision. The totalitarian regime of the Kremlin, past or present, could not and never will destroy truth and justice! ” welcomed the President of Ukraine in a tweet published in French.
06:46
Ukraine is pleased with the “postponement” of the IOC’s decision on Russian athletes at the 2024 Olympics
Ukraine said it was satisfied with the “postponement” of the IOC’s decision on the possible participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes in the Paris 2024 Olympics, as the international body avoided deciding the issue on Tuesday.
“We managed to postpone the decision on the integration of Russians and Belarusians into the 2024 Olympics,” Ukrainian Sports Minister Vadym Gutzait said on Facebook. He said he wanted to “work to ensure” that no “patriotic” Russian athlete “can enter international sports arenas.”
06:46
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