Did you miss the latest events on the war started by Vladimir Putin in Ukraine? Do not panic, 20 minutes takes stock for you every evening at 7:30 p.m. Who did what ? Who said what? Where are we ? The answer below:
news of the day
Shell announces its intention to “withdraw from Russian oil and gas”. The British oil giant will proceed with a gradual withdrawal “to align with new government directives”. Shell said that, “as an immediate first step, the group will stop all spot purchases on the Russian crude oil market” and will “close its service stations, as well as its aviation fuel and lubricants activities in Russia”.
In the process, Bruno Le Maire declared that Europe had “solutions to become independent of Russian gas”. The French Minister of Economy added that he wanted to “accelerate” to be able to “take up the challenge of winter 2022-2023”. Confirming that gas prices would be “blocked” until the end of 2022 for consumers in France, the minister spoke during a trip to Normandy about a series of European solutions to deal with the “gas shock” linked to the Russian conflict. -Ukrainian and its consequences on the economy of the continent.
sentence of the day
“Spring this year is like this war, severe. But we will win. »
This sentence is signed Volodymyr Zelensky and comes straight from the streets of Kiev where the Ukrainian president filmed this hopeful video message.
The number of the day
2 millions. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees announced at the end of the morning that the threshold of two million Ukrainians wishing to leave their country would be exceeded during the day. “So it doesn’t stop,” said Filippo Grandi after visiting Romania, Moldova and Poland, three countries bordering Ukraine. The number was precisely 2,011,312 people and to date Poland has received more than half of them, ie 1,204,403.
The trend of the day
But what are the Westerners doing? This is obviously the question posed by Volodymyr Zelensky who denounces this Tuesday the “promises” not kept by the latter. “We have been hearing promises for thirteen days. Thirteen days that we are told that we will be helped in the sky, that there will be planes, that they will be delivered to us, ”said the Ukrainian president in a video posted on Telegram. “But the responsibility for this also rests with those who have not been able to make a decision in the West for 13 days. On those who did not secure Ukrainian skies from Russian assassins,” he added. So, what do we do ?