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The fact of the day
Russian strikes again targeted infrastructure in Ukraine during the night from Saturday to Sunday, killing at least one person in the Lviv region (west), Ukrainian authorities said, claiming to have shot down nine missiles and nine drones.
“A man died as a result of the attack [sur une infrastructure essentielle]. Rescuers search through the rubble. There could be other people underneath,” said the governor, Maksym Kozytsky, without specifying the exact type of infrastructure affected.
In its daily report, the Russian army said on Sunday that it had targeted electricity, gas and infrastructure linked to the Ukrainian military industry with missiles and drones. “There is not a night or a day without Russian terror trying to shatter our lives again,” denounced President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The number of the day
1,500. This is the number of Russian artillery shots which hit 14 localities in the Donetsk region (east), killing at least two civilians and injuring five others, Ukrainian police said on Sunday. A 19-year-old man was killed and another injured in Borova, Kharkiv region, and two other civilians injured in the city of Kharkiv during strikes on Saturday evening and overnight, the regional governor reported.
Sentence of the day
“ While calling for respect for the principles of international law, I call for a general exchange of all prisoners between Russia and Ukraine. » »
Pope Francis renewed his call to “not give in to the logic of weapons” during his Easter message to the Vatican. “Let us not allow the ongoing hostilities to continue to seriously affect the civilian population who are now exhausted, especially children. How much suffering we see in their eyes. By their looks they ask us: why? Why so many deaths? Why so much destruction? “, he said during his blessing.
“War is always an absurdity and a defeat! Let us not let the winds of war blow ever stronger across Europe and the Mediterranean. Let us not give in to the logic of weapons and rearmament,” added the Argentine pope.
Today’s trend
France will deliver “hundreds” of old but “still functional” armored vehicles and Aster missiles to Ukraine, as part of a new aid package for kyiv in its war against Russia, according to its Minister of the Armed Forces .
“To hold such a large front line, the Ukrainian army needs, for example, our armored front vehicles: it is absolutely key for the mobility of the troops,” explained Sébastien Lecornu in an interview with The gallery published Saturday evening. “This old equipment, still operational, will be able to directly benefit Ukraine in significant quantities. We can talk about hundreds of them for 2024 and early 2025,” he added.
Our file on the war in Ukraine
Responding to pressing requests from kyiv to strengthen its anti-aircraft defense capabilities, Paris will also “unlock a new batch of Aster 30 missiles” for the SAMP/T MAMBA device, the equivalent of the American Patriot. “We are also developing remotely operated munitions in a very short time, to deliver them to the Ukrainians this summer,” added the minister.