“China must make Russia understand that it is at an impasse”, says Catherine Colonna, French foreign minister

• One dead in the bombing of Vovchansk. “According to the first information, a woman could still be under the rubble”, said Oleh Synehoubov, the governor of the Kharkiv region, Wednesday noon on Telegram.
• Three wounded in the bombardment of Kupyansk. “Civil buildings and five private homes were damaged”added Mr. Synehoubov, Wednesday on Telegram.
• The Kremlin ” sadness “ by the death of the AFP journalist in Ukraine. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called on Wednesday to clarify the ” circumstances ” of the death of Arman Soldin on Tuesday.
• Russia plans to evacuate more than 3,000 workers from the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant. The power plant “now suffers from a catastrophic shortage of qualified personnel”reacted on Wednesday the Ukrainian atomic energy supplier Energoatom.
• A drone shot down in Kursk, according to Russian authorities. “Debris fell in the village of Tolmachevo. No one was hurt “said the governor of the Russian region of Kursk, Roman Starovoit, on Wednesday morning on Telegram.
• Russia lifts the visa regime and allows air exchange with Georgia. According to a presidential decreeGeorgian citizens will be able, from May 15, to enter Russia and stay there without a visa for stays of less than 90 days, with the exception of stays for professional reasons.
• The alliance must “redouble efforts”believes the NATO Secretary General. Jens Stoltenberg and Admiral Rob Bauer spoke on Wednesday in Brussels during the opening speech of the military committee of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

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