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news of the day
The G7 challenges the IMF about the war in Ukraine. In a joint statement, the world’s major powers urged “the IMF and Ukraine to put in place a credible, ambitious, fully funded program with appropriate conditions by the end of March 2023”.
Gathered around the Japanese presidency, the superpowers welcomed the sanctions on the Russian economy, which have “significantly weakened Russia’s ability to wage its illegal war”.
sentence of the day
We have not cracked, we have overcome many trials and we will triumph. We will hold to account all those who have brought this evil, this war on our land”
These are the words spoken by Volodymyr Zelensky, on the eve of the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Ukrainian president castigated the attitude of Russia, which, according to him, chose “the way of the murderer, the way of the terrorist, the way of the torturer, the way of the looter” in starting this war and that this “choice of ‘State’ would necessitate ‘State responsibility for the terror committed’.
The number of the day
500 million euros. Like the sum spent by France to welcome Ukrainians during this year of conflict. The Ministry of the Interior, which advanced this figure on Thursday, detailed the use of this envelope.
Nearly 220 million euros were spent “under the allowance for beneficiaries of temporary protection” granted to Ukrainians, around 260 million “under accommodation” and 10.1 million “under ‘day care and transport’. About 100,000 Ukrainian refugees settled on the national territory have benefited from support.
The trend
Ukraine will enter its second year of war against the Russian army. On February 24, 2022, Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine. Since then, conflict has raged between the two countries. On Friday, the first anniversary of the war, Ukrainian intelligence expects large-scale provocations.
“They are planning a minor missile strike on the 23rd and 24th [février], they have two dates. Believe me, we have already survived this more than 20 times,” said Kyrylo Budanov, the head of the Defense Ministry’s Main Intelligence Directorate.
Ukrainians, who have been plunged in particular into darkness and cold after the destruction by Russian bombing of much of the country’s energy infrastructure, hope that “victory is ahead of them”.