Find here all of our live #UKRAINE
8:13 p.m. : “Official Russophobia in the West is unprecedented, its scale is grotesque”, thundered Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, at the podium of the UN General Assembly. Incidentally, he also accused the United States of taking “almost for an envoy of God on Earth”.
8:04 p.m. : 8 p.m. and briquettes, let’s take stock of the news for this Saturday evening.
• While Vladimir Putin signed a law toughening the penalties against the deserters, an influx of cars is signaled in the direction of Georgiatwo days after the announcement of the partial mobilization.
Arizona revives 19th-century law almost completely banning abortionweeks after the Supreme Court decision that torpedoed legislation on this right a few weeks ago.
Caramba, failed again. The launch of the Artemis rocket, scheduled for Tuesday, is postponed again, due to bad weather conditions.
After the passage of post-tropical storm Fiona, 500,000 homes are still without electricity in Canada.
7:55 p.m. : September 24, 2022. The #TechnoParade in yellow and blue. Thousands of people alongside Ukrainian artists parading in #Paris 💙💛 #StandWithUkraine #UkraineWillWin 🇺🇦🇪🇺#StopRussianAggression #SlavaUkraini 🌻🌻🌻#StopRussianTerror #Ukraine
6:48 p.m. : “The population is taken aback [par l’annonce de la mobilisation de 300 000 personnes, selon le chiffre officiel]. We have seen all these departures. We also see great confusion in the implementation of this mobilization with many errors and contradictory information, and regions that would be more targeted than others. It’s a fairly general confusion between what the authorities say and what happens on the ground in the recruitment centres. No one understands anything anymore.”
On franceinfo, Caroline Grimaud describes what is happening among the Russian population a few days after the announcement of the partial mobilization.
6:46 p.m. : According to the NGO OVD-Infos, 700 people were arrested by the police during demonstrations opposing the mobilization of reservists to fight in Ukraine, decreed this week by Vladimir Putin. Almost half of these arrests took place in Moscow, according to this count.
6:03 p.m. : 18 hours ! We take stock of the news for this Saturday evening.
• While Vladimir Putin signed a law toughening the penalties against the deserters, an influx of cars is signaled in the direction of Georgiatwo days after the announcement of the partial mobilization.
Arizona revives 19th-century law almost completely banning abortionweeks after the Supreme Court decision that torpedoed legislation on this right a few weeks ago.
Caramba, failed again. The launch of the Artemis rocket, scheduled for Tuesday, is postponed again, due to bad weather conditions.
After the passage of post-tropical storm Fiona, 500,000 homes are still without electricity in Canada.
5:46 p.m. : Russian authorities recognize an influx “important” cars seeking to get to Georgia, in full mobilization to fight in Ukraine, with some 2,300 vehicles counted at a single border post.
4:32 p.m. : The NGO SOS Crimea highlights the fact that the general mobilization very largely targets members of the Tatar minority in this region of Russia annexed to Ukraine less than ten years ago. According to them, 90% of the mobilization orders were received by Tatars, while they represent no more than 15% of the population. “Such a scale of mobilization can lead to a hidden genocide of the Crimean Tatar people“thunders their representative Yevgeny Yaroshenko.
3:56 p.m. : According to the Kremlin, the President of Russia has also signed a law which facilitates access to Russian nationality for foreigners who enlist for a period of at least one year in the army, at a time when Moscow seeks by all means to recruit more men to fight in Ukraine.
(Mikhail METZEL / AFP)
3:55 p.m. : Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law providing for up to ten years in prison for soldiers who desert or refuse to fight during mobilization.
3:50 p.m. : “It’s our duty.” Ukrainian refugees in Russia also vote in the “referendums” of annexation. Testimonials.
(STRINGER/AFP)
2:37 p.m. : Russia announces the replacement of its highest ranking officer in charge of logistics, at the dawn of a vast mobilization campaign and while the offensive in Ukraine has shown difficulties. Army General Dmitry Bulgakov was replaced by Colonel General Mikhail Mizintsev, who until then headed the National Defense Control Center.
2:16 p.m. : It is a little after 2 p.m., we make a new point on the news:
President Emmanuel Macron will meet next week with Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne the leaders of the majority and the ministers concerned to take stock of the reform.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for condemnation of the “pseudo-referendums” of annexation organized by Russia and the pro-Russian separatists, whereas Russia continues these polls in the east of the country. Follow our live.
The hurricane has landfall in eastern Canada early Saturday, in the province of Nova Scotia, with winds exceeding 144 km / h, and the country braces for impact “historical” of the storm, according to the country’s weather services.
More than 700 people, including 60 women, accused of having demonstrated after the suspicious death of Mahsa Aminiwere arrested according to the Iranian authorities.
12:39 : This afternoon, a video spotted on Telegram by @fmagnenou shows a Frenchman received by Kirill Stremousov, a member of the pro-Russian authorities in the occupied region of #Kherson. This Frenchman is presented as an international observer of the referendum. Cocorico 🇫🇷 #Ukraine https://t.co/a1ADXfiKCG
12:54 p.m. : It is presented as a “international observer” annexation referendums. Frenchman André Chanclu, former member of the far-right GUD movement and president of the “Collectif France-Russie”, was filmed in Ukraine alongside pro-Russian authorities from the occupied Kherson region, franceinfo found on Friday.
2:16 p.m. : It’s noon, time to make a new point on the news:
President Emmanuel Macron will meet next week with Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne the leaders of the majority and the ministers concerned to take stock of the reform.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for condemnation of the “pseudo-referendums” of annexation organized by Russia and the pro-Russian separatists, whereas Russia continues these polls in the east of the country. Follow our live.
The hurricane has landfall in eastern Canada early Saturday, in the province of Nova Scotia, with winds exceeding 144 kilometers / h, and the country prepares for the impact “historical” of the storm, according to the country’s weather services.
At least 50 people have been killed in protests after the suspicious death of Mahsa Aminiwho had been arrested by the morality police, according to the NGO Iran Human Rights.
10:34 am : Are we witnessing a parody of referendums in the territories under Russian control? In Donetsk, in the east of the country, the teams of France 2 followed the course of a ballot. They found irregularities. Reportage.
10:16 a.m. : “Russia’s referendums are a sham, a spurious pretext to try to annex parts of Ukraine by force”denounced Friday evening the American president.
10:24 a.m. : Joe Biden assured that the United States and its allies will impose new economic sanctions “quick and severe to Russia” if it annexes territories in Ukraine.
(Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)
10:05 a.m. : It’s 9 o’clock, we start with a point on the news:
President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for condemnation of the “pseudo-referendums” of annexation organized by Russia and pro-Russian separatists.
According to the NGO Iran Human Rights, at least 50 people have been killed in Iran in demonstrations after the suspicious death of Mahsa Aminiwho had been arrested by the vice squad.
Elisabeth Borne will travel to Algeria on October 9 and 10 to relaunch bilateral ties between the two countries, Matignon announces.
Heavy rain is expected today in the North, South-East and Corsica, warns Météo France.
Roger Federer drew a line under almost 25 years of an exceptional career by offering himself as a farewell ball a double with the one who was his greatest rival, Rafael Nadal, at the Laver Cup in London last night.