Cover photo: In the frontline town of Vuhledar, Ukraine, Saturday, February 25, 2023. Evgeniy Maloletka/AP
- According to Volodymyr Zelenskyy, 1,877 Ukrainian towns and villages are in the hands of Russian forces. The city of Mariupol, which is now occupied by Moscow troops and had almost half a million inhabitants before the war, has been more than 90 percent destroyed, the Ukrainian President also said on Saturday at a solidarity event organized by the federal government.
- The European Union (EU) on Saturday officially adopted a new package of sanctions targeting 121 individuals and entitiesincluding 96 other Russian entities (companies or government agencies), as well as three Russian banks and seven Iranian drone manufacturers.
- The Wagner group, fighting alongside the Russian army in Ukraine, claimed responsibility for capturing the village of Iahidne on Saturday., on the northern outskirts of Bakhmout, in the Donbass. These claims are currently unverifiable by independent sources.
- Russia on Saturday denounced the West’s stance of “destabilizing” G20 activities., closed, in India, with no deal. The United States, the EU and the G7 have “disturbed the acceptance of collective decisions” by trying, according to Moscow, to impose a “dictate” through “clear blackmail” in order for their interpretation of the Ukraine conflict to appear in the joint press release.
- According to the police headquarters, around 3,000 people gathered in Paris on Saturday to support Ukraineto mark the first anniversary of the start of the Russian invasion of the country. Assemblies were also held in other major cities (Bordeaux, Montpellier, Rennes) and in the regions.
- In response to Beijing’s proposed peace plan, Emmanuel Macron announced that he would visit China in April. The French leader wants to call on Beijing to “help put pressure on Russia” to “stop aggression” in Ukraine and “make peace”.
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