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11:11: “Since the start of the second phase of the special operation, a phase that began two days ago, one of the objectives of the Russian army has been to gain complete control of Donbass and southern Ukraine.”
According to one of its generals, the Russian army is aiming for “total control over the Donbass and southern Ukraine”. “This will ensure a land corridor to Crimea and put a strain on the vital infrastructure of Ukraine’s economy,” he said, according to Russian news agencies.
10:04 a.m. According to the Ministry of National Education, 11,588 students coming from Ukraine are currently enrolled on French territory. That’s 388 more than a week ago. Specifically, 40% of these students are welcomed into elementary school, 31% into college, 19% into kindergarten, and 10% into high school.
9:16 a.m .: Evacuations of civilians have been difficult or impossible in Ukraine in the past few days. Yesterday, only three buses carrying people evacuated from the besieged port of Mariupol arrived in Zaporizhia, a major city in the southeast.
09:11: In Ukraine, no evacuation corridor for civilians can be organized today “due to the danger that threatens our routes,” explains Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk. “I address to all those waiting for their evacuation: wait, please hold on!” she added in a message on Telegram.
09:07: It’s just after 9 a.m., here are the most important headlines:
• The campaign ends at midnight tonight. Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron remain on the ground until the end: the RN candidate will be in Abbeville (Somme), Emmanuel Macron in Figeac (Lot). Follow the home stretch in our lives.
• Emmanuel Macron reiterates that the reassessment of teachers’ salaries “is not dependent on anything”. This is a development because he sparked controversy prior to Round 1 by proposing to tie a “significant” increase in teachers’ salaries to “new missions”.
• The French judiciary has issued an international arrest warrant for Carlos Ghosn, former head of the Renault-Nissan alliance. The Nanterre Public Prosecutor’s Office, which made this announcement, specifies that this mandate is part of an investigation, specifically into misuse of company assets and money laundering.
• The port city of Mariupol, which allegedly “liberated” Moscow, is still defying Russian forces, the Ukrainian government says, after which thousands of Ukrainian militants continue to fight bitterly.
07:07: Let’s start the day with a first reminder of the main titles:
• The official campaign ends at midnight tonight. Emmanuel Macron is expected in the Lot. Last night he was a guest of France 2’s “20 Hours”. Last night Marine Le Pen violently attacked the outgoing President at his last meeting in Arras (Pas-de-Calais).
• The port city of Mariupol, which allegedly “liberated” Moscow, is still defying Russian forces, the Ukrainian government says, after which thousands of Ukrainian militants continue to fight bitterly.
• Jacques Perrin died in Paris at the age of 80. The actor, filmmaker and producer, who had starred in Donkey Skin or Le Crabe-tambour, also co-directed the documentary Le Peuplemigration.
• WHO strongly recommends Pfizer’s antiviral Paxlovid for patients with less severe forms of Covid-19 and ‘at higher risk of hospitalisation’. At the same time, the panel issued a “weak recommendation” for remdesivir from the American laboratory Gilead, which it had previously advised against.
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