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6:41 p.m. : Since 6 p.m., you can follow “Le Talk”, the franceinfo program on the Twitch platformon the subject : “How will winter harden the war?”. You can come and ask your questions to researcher Anna Colin Lebedev, a specialist in post-Soviet societies, who is invited, and who will discuss with journalists Agathe Mahuet, live from kyiv, and Gaëlle Joly.
6:10 p.m. : Let us recall the main information of this Wednesday:
• The Russian Minister of Defense announced the withdrawal of its army from the city of Kherson and the entire western bank of the Dnieper River. A maneuver that would represent a turning point in the Ukrainian counter-offensive. kyiv reacted with suspicion and assures not to observe any withdrawal on the ground.
• The fate of the Senate and House of Representatives remains uncertain pending the results of several key states. We explain to you what to remember from the results and why the Republicans did not win the landslide victory that the polls predicted.
The Minister of Health announced the triggering of the Orsan plan to help care for children sick with bronchiolitis, while hospitalizations reach a level not seen in 10 years.
•The RATP updated its traffic forecast for tomorrow’s strike day: five metro lines will be completely closed, and the rest of the network very disrupted. Movement will be less followed at the SNCFand will only have consequences “moderate”mainly on the TER.
Didier Deschamps will unveil shortly after 8 p.m. the list of players who will represent France at the World Cup in Qatar. An announcement to follow in our live.
5:50 p.m. : “How will winter harden the war?” : this is the question asked this evening in “Le Talk”, the franceinfo program on the Twitch platform, from 6 p.m. Researcher Anna Colin Lebedev, a specialist in post-Soviet societies, is invited, and will discuss with journalists Agathe Mahuet, live from kyiv, and Gaëlle Joly.
5:54 p.m. : While we are still waiting to know the political color of the two chambers of the American Congress, the head of NATO wants to be reassuring about what the result may change in Ukraine. “It is absolutely clear that there is strong bipartisan support in the United States to continue support for Ukraine, and that has not changed”Jen Stoltenberg told the press after meeting with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London.
5:44 p.m. : The Ukrainian presidency says it does not see “no sign” on the ground of a withdrawal of Russian forces around Kherson, a few hours after the announcement by the Russian Minister of Defense of the withdrawal of his troops. “A part of the Russians is kept in the city”declares an adviser to the presidency, Mykhaïlo Podoliak, castigating “staged television statements” from Moscow.
4:45 p.m. : It remains to be seen how this announcement from Moscow will materialize on the ground. As we explained in an article yesterdaythe Ukrainian general staff fears that the withdrawals announced by the Russian army in the Kherso region are a means of setting a trap for the Ukrainians.
4:28 p.m. : The Russian soldiers are called upon to withdraw from the city of Kherson, but all the positions located west of the Dnieper river, which cuts in two this region which Vladimir Putin decreed the annexation in September.
4:26 p.m. : Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu gave the order on television: “Proceed with the withdrawal of the soldiers”he said, in response to a proposal from General Sergei Surovikincommander of Russian operations in Ukraine, who called the decision a “not at all easy” to take.
4:24 p.m. : The Russian Defense Minister orders Russian forces to withdraw from the city of Kherson, the target of a Ukrainian counter-offensive.
3:48 p.m. : Budapest wants the Hungarian Parliament to ratify the accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO “during the fall semester” which ends on December 7. It is one of the last two countries, with Turkey, not to have given its agreement for the two countries to enter into the military alliance. Viktor Orban’s chief of staff attributes the delay to a legislative gridlock caused by EU demands on anti-corruption measures. He promises that Stockholm and Helsinki “can count” on Hungary.
3:49 p.m. : The leader of the Russian occupation administration in the Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, confirms that his number 2, Kirill Stremoussov, is dead. He claims that the senior official was killed in a “car accident”.
3:18 p.m. : “The information about his death is not official”, added the same source, while many Russian media, as well as military bloggers, announce his death. The governor of annexed Crimea, Sergei Axionov, spoke “a huge tragedy” and “an irreparable loss”. We do not know the circumstances of this “accident”as the Ukrainian counter-offensive approaches the city.
3:40 p.m. : The deputy head of the occupation administration of the Kherson region, Kirill Stremoussov, today fell victim to a “accident”, announces its health manager, Vadim Ilmiev. This character, born in the Donetsk region, embodied the face of the Russian occupation in the occupied Ukrainian regional capital.
1:57 p.m. : The European Commission proposes to the Twenty-Seven to grant Ukraine aid of 18 billion euros in 2023, in the form of loans whose interest would be borne by the Member States. She must allow “to cover a significant part of Ukraine’s short-term financing needs for 2023, which the Ukrainian authorities and the International Monetary Fund estimate to be 3 to 4 billion euros per month”pleads the European executive.
2:09 p.m. : Emmanuel Macron’s speech was particularly expected on the subject of nuclear deterrence, after the criticisms that had accompanied some of his statements on the subject mid-October on France 2. “Today, even more than yesterday, the vital interests of France have a European dimension. Our nuclear forces contribute to the security of France and Europe”reaffirms the Head of State. “Let us be careful, sometimes, to dramatize certain remarks”.
1:40 p.m. : “Some of today’s challenges will be with us for a long time. When peace returns to Ukraine, we will have to draw all the consequences, that is to say, build a new security architecture and a renewed framework of stability and arms control, where Europe will be around the table.”
09:30 : With the war in Ukraine, Europe revealed his weaknesssays General Vincent Desportes, professor of military strategy at Sciences Po and HEC. “We need an autonomous defense capability” and an “European defense” to prepare for conflict “long durations”he advocates.