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10:02 p.m.: A Czech company manufactures fake inflatable weapons that are supplied to the Ukrainian army. This ploy already existed during the Second World War and is back in fashion, France 2 notes in this far from bloated report.
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9:54 p.m.: I awarded Oleksandr Matsiyevsky the title of Hero of Ukraine. A Ukrainian warrior. A man who will forever be known and remembered. For his courage, for his trust in Ukraine and for his “Glory to Ukraine!”. Glory to the hero! Honor the heroes! Glory to Ukraine!
9:54 p.m .: Private Oleksandr Marsiyevsky was declared a “Hero of Ukraine” by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. It was he who was executed for shouting “Slava Ukraïni”, “Free Ukraine”, in a video that went around the world. “He will be celebrated and commemorated forever,” the Ukrainian President wrote on his Twitter account.
7:52 p.m .: In an interview with the newspaper “Bild am Sonntag”, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba calls on Germany to speed up its ammunition deliveries. He insists it’s his army’s “#1 problem” right now.
5:18 p.m .: The Auchan Group denies opening a new store in Russia, a country where the brand has remained despite criticism. While the Portal agency reports on a creation, a manager of the company in La Voix du Nord denies: “It is just a change of sign and the conversion of a former Atak store into a myAuchan” convenience store in Moscow, a concept that has existed in Russia since 2016.
1:21 p.m.: Police in Moldova claim to have dismantled a “Moscow-orchestrated” network to destabilize that country, a former Soviet republic bordering Ukraine. “People have come from Russia with a very specific educational task,” said a police chief, who said seven people had been taken into custody. At the call of the party of a pro-Russian oligarch, there have been demonstrations against the Moldovan government in recent weeks. A new rally is expected this afternoon.
1:08 p.m.: In the face of the Russian army, Ukrainian soldiers are receiving help from foreign volunteers, especially from other countries neighboring Russia and concerned about Moscow’s inclinations. This is the case of Sarmité, a nurse from Latvia, who testifies at the microphone of Thibault Lefèvre and Eric Audra. “For years, Poland and the Baltic states have been warning Western countries about Russia and Putin,” she recalls. For them, the West “didn’t take us seriously”.
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11:40 a.m.: “You will not see us launch a counter-offensive as long as we deem our weapons and ammunition insufficient to carry it out. Planning for this operation has already begun, but unlike Russia, we will not launch an offensive of action without that.” Considering the lives of civilians and the lives of our soldiers, even in this high-intensity war.”
Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Olga Stefanichyna gave an interview to the Sunday newspaper (paid article). It will be “complicated for us to offer resistance,” explains Bakhmout, including her, and repeats the call for new arms deliveries.
10.15 a.m .: A Ukrainian attack helicopter pilot tells AFP after a raid at Bakhmout: “At the beginning of the war we had no drones. The missions were more complicated and less effective. But in the summer we started receiving drones and other devices. Today we are more efficient.”
10:16 a.m.: “We have to buy time to gather reserves and launch a counteroffensive that is not far away,” announced the commander of the Ukrainian land forces Oleksandr Syrsky, quoted by the army press service. Yesterday the head of the Wagner militia called for a new advance of his men in Bakhmout, which is now the main target for Russian troops.
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