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9:09 p.m. : At the G7, earlier, Joe Biden and Boris Johnson announced a new sanction against Russia: an embargo on Russian gold imports, which will be applied by all G7 states, including France, said Joe Biden. After oil and gas, gold is the export product that brings in the most revenue for Russia, according to WTO data.
9:05 p.m. : Geographical oddity, the enclave of Kaliningrad is a piece of Russia wedged between Poland and Lithuania. And it has become a point of strong tension between Russia and these two fervent allies of Ukraine: Moscow accuses Lithuania of blocking certain goods, justified by European sanctions. France 2 went there.
11:07 p.m. : Let’s remember the main news for this Sunday, June 26:
• Facing risk of fuel, electricity and gas shortages this winterTotalEnergies, EDF and Engie call the French To reduce “immediately” their consumption. The government confirms for its part consider the provisional restart of a coal-fired power plant in Saint-Avold (Moselle).
• A missile hit a residential building in kyiv, killing one person. Russia denies having targeted it and accuses the Ukrainian anti-aircraft missiles. On the sidelines of the G7 summit in Germany, Ukraine once again asked for weapons from the West. Follow our live.
• Eight departments in eastern France are placed on orange alert for the risk of thunderstorms, announces Meteo France.
6:20 p.m. : It’s 6 p.m. and it’s time to recall the main information for this Sunday:
• Facing risk of fuel, electricity and gas shortages this winterTotalEnergies, EDF and Engie call the French To reduce “immediately” their consumption. The government confirms for its part consider the provisional restart of a coal-fired power plant in Saint-Avold (Moselle).
• A missile hit a residential building in kyiv, killing one person. Russia denies having targeted it and accuses the Ukrainian anti-aircraft missiles. On the sidelines of the G7 summit in Germany, Ukraine once again asked for weapons from the West. Follow our live.
• Eight departments in eastern France are placed on orange alert for the risk of thunderstorms, announces Meteo France.
6:17 p.m. : Four months after the start of the Russian offensive in Ukraine, Russia is adapting to the departure of many companies. Renault factories are making Ladas, soda shelves have been filled with Cool Cola and McDonald’s restaurants have just reopened under a new brand. The inhabitants of Moscow met by France 2 claim not to see the difference.
5:58 p.m. : Along with the strikes that hit kyiv, Russia has claimed responsibility for missile strikes against three sites in northern and western Ukraine, which the Russian Defense Ministry presents as military training centers. One of these sites is located in the Lviv region, about thirty kilometers from the border with Poland. It is not known whether these strikes resulted in casualties.
5:47 p.m. : In a press release, the Russian Ministry of Defense describes as “fake” claims that his army hit a residential area in the Ukrainian capital. It is the Artiom arms factory which, “as military infrastructure, was the target”.
Also according to Moscow, the damage caused to a nearby residential building was caused by a Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile.
4:01 p.m. : Russia says it hit a missile production plant in kyiv, not a residential area.
5:46 p.m. : “A body was found, six residents were injured, four of whom were hospitalized, including a 7-year-old girl”said the mayor of the Ukrainian capital, Vitaly Klitschko, who went there in the early morning.
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion, this is the third time that this district located northwest of kyiv has been targeted by missiles. He was first hit in mid-March, then on April 28, during the visit of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
3:42 p.m. : The strike which targeted a residential area near the center of kyiv made a dead and four injured, according to a new report from the town hall. Follow our live.
3:01 p.m. : Russian strikes in the center of #Kiev. A 9-storey apartment building was hit this morning around 6:30 a.m.
3:01 p.m. : Gilles Gallinaro, one of franceinfo’s special envoys in Ukraine, arrived in front of the residential area near the center of kyiv, targeted by Russian strikes this morning.
3:55 p.m. : British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warns Emmanuel Macron against the temptation of a negotiated solution “now” in Ukraine at the risk of prolonging “global instability”, says Downing Street. During a meeting on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Germany, the two leaders “agreed that this was a critical moment for the evolution of the conflict and that it was possible to turn the tide of the war”said a spokesman for the British government.
12:38 : The Ukrainian government is calling for more weapons and sanctions against Moscow from the G7 countries, meeting in Bavaria (Germany), after the new Russian strikes at dawn on a residential area near the center of kyiv. “The G7 summit must respond with more sanctions against Russia and more heavy weapons for Ukraine”urged on Twitter Dmytro Kouleba, the head of Ukrainian diplomacy, calling for “defeat sick imperialism” Russian following this attack which left at least four wounded in the Ukrainian capital.
6:02 p.m. : It’s noon, here are the titles:
Eight departments in eastern France are placed on orange alert for the risk of thunderstorms, announces Meteo France.
• Ukraine is demanding more weapons and sanctions against Moscow from the G7 countries, meeting for a summit in Bavaria (Germany), after the Russian strike earlier in the morning on a residential area near the center of kyiv. Follow our live.
• Emmanuel Macron confirmed Elisabeth Borne as Prime Minister and instructed her to form a new government in early July. Follow our live.
• The three main energy suppliers in France are calling for a reduction in consumption in the face of to soaring pricesin a column published in The Sunday newspaper
12:30 p.m. : The G7, meeting at the summit in Bavaria (southern Germany), and NATO must “to stay together” against Russian aggression against Ukraine, says US President Joe Biden in a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Russian President Vladimir Putin hoped “that, one way or another, NATO and the G7 are divided”estimates the tenant of the White House. “But we haven’t and we won’t.”
10:29 : Strikes 🇷🇺 early this morning on residential buildings in #Kyiv near the central station. Clearly targeted civilians. One of the residents rescued from the rubble had nationality and a passport 🇷🇺… #WeStandWithUkraine solidarity 🇫🇷🇺🇦🇪🇺 https://t.co/qktSswyJ6Q
10:29 : The French Ambassador to Ukraine, Etienne de Poncins, talks about the strikes that hit a residential complex near the center of kyiv this morning.
12:11 p.m. : It’s 9 a.m., let’s take a look at the news:
Yaël Braun-Pivet, who had been Minister of Overseas for a month and should become President of the National Assembly on Tuesday, left the government, according to a decree published today in the Official Journal. On his side, Elisabeth Borne is confirmed as Prime Minister and is tasked by Emmanuel Macron with forming a new government in early July.
• Four explosions were heard in Kyiv early this morning, affecting a residential complex near the center of the capital. This strike aims to“intimidating Ukrainians” approaching the NATO summit (from June 28 to 30 in Madrid), estimated the mayor of the Ukrainian capital, Vitaly Klitschko.
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday that the global outbreak of monkeypox was a health threat whose evolution was very worrying, without reaching for the moment the stage of a global health emergency.
American Sydney McLaughlin broke her 400m hurdles world record in 51”41 yesterday in Eugene (Oregon), to become United States champion over the distance and validate her ticket for the Worlds in three weeks.