In Kyiv, a nine-story building was hit by a Russian shell

• On the nineteenth day of the war in Ukraine on Monday, March 14, from 9:20 am (Paris time), a new negotiation session will take place via videoconference between Russia and Ukraine. There is a glimmer of hope this time after the failure of the first three sessions in Belarus and then Thursday’s meeting in Turkey between Russian foreign ministers Sergei Lavrov and Ukrainian Dmitry Kuleba.
• The New York Times reported on Sunday, citing US officials who wished to remain anonymous, that Russia has asked China for economic and military assistance to fight the war and circumvent Western sanctions. US security adviser Jake Sullivan warned Beijing that there would be repercussions if China provided Moscow with assistance to offset sanctions-related losses.
• Emmanuel Macron spoke on Sunday with Vladimir Zelensky. He informed the President of Ukraine about the details of the additional assistance that the European Union decided to provide to Ukraine during the Versailles summit, which took place on Thursday and Friday. The French president also exchanged agreement with Joe Biden to “strengthen the sanctions already in place against Russia, support Ukraine, and jointly undertake all initiatives useful for cessation of hostilities.”
• In besieged Mariupol (southeastern Ukraine), where the situation is “almost hopeless” according to Doctors Without Borders, residents are hoping for the arrival of a humanitarian aid convoy. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that the convoy should arrive on Monday afternoon. The International Committee of the Red Cross has warned of a “worst case scenario” as city hall reports more than 2,100 dead.
• Brent Renault, a 50-year-old freelance American journalist, was shot dead Sunday in Irpen, on the northwestern outskirts of Kyiv, where fighting has been going on for days. He became the first foreign journalist to be killed since the start of the Russian invasion on 24 February.
• ‘About 1,300’ Ukrainian soldiers have been killed since Feb. 24, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday, as well as at least 596 civilians, according to UN estimates on Sunday, which highlight those casualties are likely very lower than they actually are. .
• Within 24 hours, about 100,000 people joined the ranks of refugees fleeing the fighting, according to estimates released Sunday by the United Nations, bringing the number to almost 2.7 million.

Read all our articles, analyzes and reports about the war in Ukraine:

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Report. “This is no longer for life” In Nikolaev, the Russian army deliberately fires on civilians

Analyze. Worst-case scenario for Ukraine and Russia

Podcast. Ukrainian chronicles: everyday war

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