What there is to know
The British Ministry of Defense announced on Saturday, March 25, that the Russian attack on the Donbass town of Bachmout was virtually over. “It is probably the result of the extreme exhaustion of the Russian armed forces”, he said in his latest report on the conflict, on twitter. Follow our life.
Vladimir Putin threatens to use depleted uranium shells if Ukraine receives them from Westerners. “Russia, of course, has something to answer for. We have, without exaggeration, hundreds of thousands of such grenades. We are not using them at the moment,” the Russian president said in an interview with Russian television.
The UN accuses Ukrainians and Russians of “summary executions” of prisoners. “We are deeply concerned by the summary executions of 25 Russian prisoners of war and those incapacitated” and “15 Ukrainian prisoners of war,” Matilda Bogner, head of the United Nations Monitoring Mission, said in Kyiv on Friday.
Emmanuel Macron in China. The French head of state will pay a “state visit” to China from April 5 to 8, accompanied by EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. “The French and Chinese Presidents will hold in-depth talks on the war in Ukraine to work towards a return to peace, while respecting international law, in particular the sovereignty of Ukraine’s territorial integrity,” the Elysée said.
A former French aid worker killed. A French volunteer was recently killed in the Bakhmout region, press reports confirmed on Friday. The regional daily Ouest-France reported on March 22 the death of Kevin D., a former humanitarian who left more than a year ago to fight alongside the Ukrainians. The 30-year-old was killed in mysterious circumstances near Bakhmout, where a bloody battle between Russian and Ukrainian forces has been raging for eight months.