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6:29 p.m.: The Ukrainian flag again flies over the village of Davydiv Brid, Kherson region.
6:29 p.m .: According to footage from the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, soldiers hoist the Ukrainian flag on a television tower in Davydiv Brid, Kherson region. This village is one of the most important places recaptured today as part of the Ukrainian counter-offensive. The front line retreated 30 kilometers in one day.
6:26 p.m .: The Ukrainian Council Presidency announces that NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has officially received Ukraine’s application for membership in the alliance. The next step is to discuss this application with all NATO member states.
6:09 p.m.: It’s 6 p.m., here’s a new track reminder:
• Russia’s Defense Ministry recognizes a significant withdrawal by its army in Ukraine’s Kherson region, according to a map shown during its daily briefing. Follow our life.
• After a reference to the Adrien Quatennens affair by MP Aurore Berger during a speech on domestic violence, this afternoon’s session of questions to the government was very excited at the Assembly. Follow our life.
• The Nobel Prize in Physics 2022 rewards the French Alain Aspect, the American John Clauser and the Austrian Anton Zeilinger for their “revolutionary experiments” on quantum mechanics.
• The European Parliament has finally given the green light for the obligation to have an identical charger for everyone smart phone and portable electronic devices sold in the EU by autumn 2024.
18:01: This map shows that Russian forces have abandoned a large number of locations, including Dudtchany, on the west bank of the Dnipro River. The Ukrainian army has been waging a major counter-offensive in the Kherson region of southern Ukraine for several days.
18:01: Russia’s Defense Ministry is recognizing a significant withdrawal by its army in Ukraine’s Kherson region, according to a map shown during its daily briefing.
5:17 p.m .: A tweet with 275 characters was enough for the American Elon Musk to get angry at all Ukrainian officials. The SpaceX founder has proposed a peace deal between Kyiv and Moscow based on new independent referendums in the occupied territories and a neutrality status for Ukraine. The local officials didn’t like that.
(CARINA JOHANSEN / NTB VIA AFP)
5:07 p.m.: Between 600,000 and 700,000 Russians have left their country since the mobilization announcements, according to Forbes Russia, which cites sources within the presidential administration. About 200,000 of them made their way to Kazakhstan. However, it is impossible to estimate the number of these Russians who intend to return soon.
4:56 p.m.: Ukrainian forces strike again at the Antonov Bridge in Kherson, strategically to resupply Russian forces stationed in this war-held city. According to several Russian sources, three HIMARS missiles hit the infrastructure.
4:55 p.m.: Russian forces were forced to withdraw in the face of the Ukrainian counter-offensive in the Kherson region of southern Ukraine. The head of the Russian garrison in Kherson was the first to admit a Ukrainian “breakthrough” and, in particular, the loss of the village of Dudchany. The Russian Telegram channel Rybar, which follows the movements of Russian forces, confirms that the aim of this counter-offensive is “to cut off supplies to the Russian grouping on the right bank of the Dnieper”.
1:46 p.m .: More than 200,000 people have been called up to fight with the Russian army in Ukraine since Vladimir Putin announced a “partial” mobilization of the population. This figure was shared by the Russian Defense Minister while Russian forces are in trouble in eastern Ukraine.
09:40: It’s time to make a new reminder of the main titles:
• “There is no bayou case. There is no prosecution.” Julien Bayou, EELV MP for Paris, speaks in the Assembly for the first time since retiring from the EELV Executive Committee and as Chair of the Environment Group. For him, Sandrine Rousseau “went too far”.
• He is Emmanuel Macron’s closest associate. The general secretary of the Elysée, Alexis Kohler, was charged with “illegal interests”. He’s being kept at his post and that’s making the opposition flinch.
• The Court of Justice of the Republic yesterday ordered a trial against Keeper of the Seals, Eric Dupond-Moretti. The justice minister has been accused of “illegal advocacy” in cases it takes against him in court. His lawyers denounced “an instrumentalization” and lodged a cassation appeal. Here’s what the minister can expect.
• “There are new liberated villages in several regions,” says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Track the situation in our life.
7:48 a.m.: Critics even make a place for themselves on national antennas in Russia. And while Russian propagandists try to find an explanation for the defeats, the thesis of corruption and incompetence of the general staff is making its way among the most ardent supporters of the war. You can find our explanations in this article.
7:21 a.m .: The spokesman for the Russian Presidency, Dmitry Peskov, had to react: “In difficult times, emotions must be excluded. (…) We prefer to make estimates [de la situation] measured and objective.”
7:47 am: Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov is specifically targeting General Alexandre Lapin, the commander in chief of the Russian Army’s Central District, who is accused of setting up his headquarters away from the fighting. Ramzan Kadyrov raged against “nepotism in the army” and said this officer was “covered by the chiefs of staff”. “If it were up to me, I would demote him, strip him of his rewards and send him to the front lines with a machine gun to wash his shame in blood,” a- he also launched.
7.47 a.m .: After the loss of the city of Lyman by Russian troops, voices are being raised against Moscow’s strategy. Chechen Ramzan Kadyrov and Evgueni Prigoyine, founders of the Wagner militia, are no longer silent in their criticism of the military leadership, which they blame for the recent failures of the Russian army.
(MICHHAIL METZEL / SPUTNIK / AFP)
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