Ukraine: “hospitals are targets for the Russian army”, according to the director of establishments in the north of the country
Guest of BFMTV this Thursday morning, the director of hospitals in northern Ukraine, Yuliya Siedaia, said, “Hospitals are separate targets for the Russian army”, taking in particular for example Kharkiv, the second city of the country. .
First transfer to France of Ukrainian refugees in Moldova
A first charter with 74 Ukrainian refugees on board is due to land in Bordeaux this Thursday afternoon, coming from Moldova, a country bordering Ukraine that Paris has pledged to help by transferring 2,500 displaced from the conflict to France, learned Agence France-Presse with the authorities.
“It is the fulfillment of the commitments made by France, in conjunction with its European partners and with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to help Moldova deal with the influx of Ukrainian refugees on its soil” , welcomed the Ministry of the Interior.
Ukraine: what do we know about the new intercontinental missile tested by Russia?
The Russian military announced on Wednesday the first successful test firing of the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, a new-generation ultra-long-range weapon that President Vladimir Putin has hailed as “unparalleled”. What do we know about it? A former military aviator responds.
All Mariupol under Russian control except for the industrial site of Azovstal which Putin calls to besiege
Russia announced on Thursday morning that all of Mariupol was under Russian control with the exception of the Azovstal industrial site.
Vladimir said his forces had “successfully” taken control of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, ordering the remaining Ukrainian fighters to be besieged rather than storming Azovstal where they are entrenched.
“The end of the work to liberate Mariupol is a success,” the Russian president told his defense minister, Sergei Shoigu, after telling him that an assault on the Azovstal site was “not appropriate” and that it was necessary to besiege “the area in such a way that not a single fly would pass”.
The Spanish Prime Minister arrived in kyiv with his Danish counterpart
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez arrived Thursday morning with his Danish counterpart Mette Frederiksen in kyiv where they are both due to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the Spanish government announced.
Sanchez said on Wednesday that he would convey to the Ukrainian president, during this trip, “the unfailing, clear commitment of the European Union” and of Spain “for peace”.
Ukraine: nine bodies of civilians found in Borodyanka, some with “signs of torture”, according to local police
Nine bodies of civilians found in Borodyanka, some with “signs of torture”, police in the Ukrainian capital announced overnight from Wednesday to Thursday.
“These people were killed by the (Russian) occupiers and some of the victims show signs of torture”, accused on Facebook local police chief Andriy Nebytov. Borodianka was, according to kyiv, the scene of “massacres of civilians” during the month of March, when Russian forces occupied the city.
Ukraine: four evacuation buses left Mariupol according to kyiv
Four evacuation buses left the city of Mariupol on Thursday, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said.
As a reminder, an agreement was reached on Wednesday with Russia on a humanitarian corridor to evacuate civilians from the besieged port of the city in southeastern Ukraine. The first of its kind since April 16, according to a Ukrainian official.
Washington sanctions Russian bank Transkapitalbank and a network of oligarchs
The US Treasury announced on Wednesday sanctions against the Russian bank Transkapitalbank and a vast network surrounding the oligarch Konstantin Malofeev, which would have been used to circumvent the punishments aimed at Moscow.
The measures against Transkapitalbank aim to prevent this private institution from accessing global financial networks by prohibiting American institutions and individuals as well as those with activities in the United States from doing business with it.
According to the Treasury, the bank has set up its own system of financial transfers on the Internet and offers access to banks in China, the Middle East and elsewhere, to allow the settlement of payments in US dollars without going through the global SWIFT system and avoiding transiting payments by the American banking system.
Ankara accuses NATO countries of wanting a lasting war to weaken Moscow
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Wednesday accused NATO countries of wanting a lasting war in Ukraine in order to “weaken” Moscow.
“There are countries within NATO who want the war to continue,” said the head of Turkish diplomacy.
“Their goal is for Russia to weaken,” added Mevlut Cavusoglu, as Russian-Ukrainian negotiations, which were supposed to continue online since the last face-to-face session in Istanbul in late March, appear to have stalled.
Westerners expect massive Russian cyberattacks against them
The United States and four other Western countries warned on Wednesday that their intelligence services had information that Russia was preparing to launch massive cyberattacks against Ukraine’s allies.
The countries forming the so-called “Five Eyes” alliance (United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and New Zealand) have specified that Moscow could use these cybercriminal groups to launch attacks against States, institutions , and businesses.
“Growing intelligence indicates that the Russian state is exploring options for potential cyberattacks,” they said in a joint statement.
Ukraine offers Russia talks in Mariupol
Ukraine on Wednesday offered Russia a “special session of negotiations” in Mariupol, a besieged port city on the Sea of Azov, to save “civilians and soldiers”, said two Ukrainian negotiators.
“We are ready to hold a special negotiation session in Mariupol. To save our guys, (the battalion) Azov, soldiers, civilians, children, the living and the wounded. Everyone,” Mikhailo Podolyak wrote, advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on his Twitter account.
“We are ready to come with Mykhailo Podolyak at any time for these negotiations, as soon as we receive confirmation from the Russian side,” said Ukrainian chief negotiator David Arakhamia on his Telegram channel.
After weeks of fighting, the city appears to be falling to Russian forces, which have stepped up their strikes, according to one of the beleaguered Ukrainian military commanders in Mariupol.
kyiv says it suspects the Red Cross of being an “accomplice” of Russia
A Ukrainian official on Wednesday criticized the International Committee of the Red Cross for not cooperating with her country on the fate of Ukrainian refugees in Russia, suspecting it of being “accomplice” of “deportations”, accusations strongly rejected by the ICRC .
“The ICRC is not fulfilling its mandate” concerning the people evacuated, according to her by force to Russia by the Russian army, launched Lyudmyla Denissova, in charge of human rights at the Ukrainian Parliament on Ukrainian television.
“I suspect them of being accomplices” of Russia, she continued, after speaking Wednesday with an official of the Ukrainian branch of the ICRC.
Evacuation corridor from Mariupol ‘didn’t work’, kyiv says
The corridor to evacuate civilians from the besieged port of Mariupol in southeastern Ukraine on Wednesday “did not work”, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said, accusing the Russians of violating the ceasefire and blocked the buses.
“Unfortunately, the Mariupol humanitarian corridor did not work as planned today,” the official lamented in the evening after announcing Wednesday morning a “preliminary” agreement with Russia for this corridor, the first of this type since Saturday. .
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