The International Criminal Court (ICC) declared on Tuesday March 5 that it had issued arrest warrants against a lieutenant general and an admiral of the Russian army on suspicion of crimes committed in Ukraine. These two officers are “Sergei Kobylach and Viktor Sokolov”specified the court, which sits in The Hague (Netherlands), adding that these proceedings concern facts “committed between at least October 10, 2022 and at least March 9, 2023”. Follow our live stream.
Emmanuel Macron calls on kyiv’s allies “not to be cowardly”. “War has returned to our soil, powers that have become unstoppable are expanding the threat every day” And “we will have to live up to History and the courage it implies”, declared Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday, during his visit to Prague (Czech Republic). Furthermore, one of the objectives of this visit is to address, with his Czech counterpart Petr Pavel, the amount of Paris’ contribution to the Czech initiative aimed at purchasing munitions outside the European Union, to then deliver them to the Ukrainian army.
The debate on Ukraine will take place on March 12 in the National Assembly. This debate will be followed by a vote, the franceinfo political service learned on Tuesday from parliamentary sources. This debate was announced after Emmanuel Macron’s controversial remarks on sending ground troops to Ukraine, on February 26, at the end of an international summit on Ukraine which was held in Paris. The French president is due to receive party leaders on Thursday to discuss the situation in Ukraine.
Ukraine claims it destroyed Russian warship in Black Sea. kyiv also said it had struck an oil depot in the Russian region of Belgorod, which borders Ukraine. In recent weeks, similar attacks against oil sites have followed one another in Russia.
France will contribute to the reconstruction of the Chernihiv oblast. “A partnership between the French and Ukrainian communities is essential for the sustainable development of the Chernihiv region”located on Ukraine’s northern border with Russia, emphasized the Deputy Prime Minister for the reconstruction of Ukraine in a press releasespecifying that “joint work is already underway (…) for a total amount of more than 5 million euros”.