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news of the day
At least one person was killed in Kiev in Russian bombardments which targeted the Antonov aeronautical factory and hit an apartment building, the town hall of the Ukrainian capital announced on Monday.
“Occupants bombed a residential building and the Antonov factory (…) According to an initial report, two people died and seven were injured,” Kiev mayor’s office wrote earlier on Telegram. Another strike against a Kiev residential building left one dead and 12 injured in Kiev on Monday morning.
sentence of the day
“Putin’s war is getting more brutal every day. »
This observation is signed by Ursula von der Leyen. The President of the European Commission also assured that “the EU is with the Ukrainian people”. “We are supporting them with macro-financial aid of €1.2 billion and €500 million in humanitarian aid,” she added in a message posted on Twitter.
The number of the day
35. This is the number of American F35 combat aircraft that the German army intends to buy from the American manufacturer Lockheed Martin. The goal? Replace its Tornado fleet intended to ensure its nuclear mission for the benefit of NATO, as well as 15 Eurofighter for other missions, a parliamentary source said on Monday.
At the same time, Germany confirmed on Monday that it wanted to spend record sums on its army from 2022, against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, in order to be able to exceed the 2% of GDP recommended by NATO “in the next years”, according to a draft budget unveiled on Monday. This budget, which must be debated in Parliament in the coming days, provides for this year 50 billion euros in military spending, a “record”, according to a government source. Added to this is an exceptional fund endowed with 100 billion euros set up in 2022, but which will be used over several years.
The trend of the day
The fourth round of talks between Russia and Ukraine began on Monday morning by videoconference, said Mykhaïlo Podoliak, a negotiator and adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. “Communication (with Moscow) remains established even if it is complicated”, wrote on Twitter Mykhaïlo Podoliak, indicating that “both parties expressed their specific positions”.
In the afternoon this fourth session ended but will respond tomorrow morning reported a negotiator from Kiev. “We are taking a technical break in the negotiations until tomorrow” to allow “additional work by the sub-working groups and the clarification” of certain terms, Mykhaïlo Podoliak said on Twitter.