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3:56 p.m .: “The situation is critical. At the same time (…) our defenders control certain industrial facilities and infrastructures in the region, as well as in the private sector,” Deputy Defense Minister of Ukraine Ganna Maliar explained on Telegram.
3:51 p.m.: According to the Defense Ministry, Ukraine still says it controls areas in Bachmout, citing a “critical” situation.
3:51 p.m.: In a video broadcast by his press service, the head of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner, Evguéni Prigojine, indicated that his men would hand over control of the town of Bachmout to the Russian army on May 25, which he announced the plug .
3:09 p.m.: Observers doubt the strategic importance of Bachmout’s conquest for Russia, but it would allow Moscow to win after several humiliating setbacks.
3:26 p.m .: The leader of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner had yesterday on Telegram, however, considered it unlikely that the city of Bachmout, the epicenter of months of fighting in eastern Ukraine, would be conquered in the coming days. The battle for this Donbass city is the bloodiest and longest since the Russian invasion began on February 24, 2022.
3:04 p.m.: “On May 20, 2023 at noon Bakhmout was completely taken,” says Yevgeny Prigoyine in a video broadcast by his press service on Telegram, in which he stands next to armed men in front of destroyed buildings.
3:05 p.m.: Yevgeny Prigoyine, head of the Wagner Group, said Russian forces had completely taken over the town of Bakhmout.
3:04 p.m.: Volodymyr Zelenskyy had been asking his western allies for months to provide him with planes that would allow the Ukrainian army to attack Russian troops in depth. So far, Kiev’s allies, and particularly the United States, have refused to respond positively to these requests, citing the risk of the conflict escalating.
2:57 p.m.: “It poses enormous risks for them,” warned Alexander Grouchko, quoted by the Russian agency TASS (in Russian). “In any case, all our plans take this into account and we have all the necessary means to achieve the goals set,” he added.
2:58 p.m.: The day after US President Joe Biden announced he would authorize Western countries to supply US-made F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, Moscow responded with the voice of its Deputy Secretary of State: “We see that Western countries still clinging to it.” The scenario of escalation.
2:19 p.m .: Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s presence at the G7 summit “can be groundbreaking,” said Emmanuel Macron in the introduction to a bilateral meeting of the two heads of state in Hiroshima.
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2:19 p.m .: The President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, are currently talking privately on the sidelines of the G7 summit, according to the special envoy of franceinfo.
2:16 p.m .: The President of Ukraine will also meet with his American counterpart Joe Biden in Hiroshima to discuss the practical implementation of the American decision to authorize future deliveries of fighter jets to Kiev. Bilateral meetings are also planned with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and French President Emmanuel Macron.
1:04 p.m.: During his visit to Japan and his participation in the G7 summit, Volodymyr Zelenskyy met Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. “It is important to continue the dialogue between Ukraine and Italy on bilateral relations,” the Ukrainian President said on his Telegram account.
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12:53 p.m.: Just a year ago, the city of Mariupol was captured by Russian troops after weeks of resistance. The city is now mostly in ruins and almost deserted. And it is one of the priority goals of the Ukrainian army, which is preparing its counter-offensive. Our journalist Omar Ouahmane tells you more here.
11:59 am: “It is a source of pride” that France is “at the origin” of Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s presence at the G7 summit, Renaissance MP Sylvain Maillard said on francenfo. The President of Ukraine arrived in Hiroshima, Japan, on an official French plane in the morning. “France stands with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, stands with Ukraine and therefore supports all diplomatic measures that help the Ukrainians,” added the Parisian-elect.
11:30 am: Kiev claims to have repelled a new Russian drone attack on the capital. According to the Ukrainian ministry on Telegram, rescuers extinguished a fire on the roof of a nine-story residential building with a total area of 80 square meters. Damage had previously been found in four apartments. No injuries were reported, he said.
11:15 am: This statement is the result of negotiations between countries such as the United States, which is taking a firmer position amid rising tensions with China, and others on the European side, who insist on avoiding any climate of “confrontation” with the Asian giant.
10:28 am: At the G7 leaders’ meeting in Hiroshima, Japan, they called on China to “pressure Russia to end its aggression against Ukraine,” while saying they want “constructive and stable” relations to Beijing.
10:32 a.m.: As Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived for the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan, he posted a message on social media: “Japan. G7. Important meetings with partners and friends of Ukraine. Strengthened security and cooperation for our victory. Peace today.” will be closer.
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