the French minister of the armies arrived in kyiv, the first trip for a member of the government since February 24

Cover image: France notably plans to provide six to twelve additional Caesar guns, in addition to the 18 already on site. Libkos / AP

According to the latest census of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights stopped on December 26the war has killed at least 6,884 civilians in Ukraine since it began on February 24. The organization also counts 10,947 injured, but it believes that all these figures are probably far below reality.
According to the Ukrainian authorities, Russia bombed the Kherson maternity hospital on Tuesday, December 27. “Five women who had just given birth were still present. Miraculously, no one was hurt”explained the deputy head of the cabinet of the Ukrainian presidency, Kirill Timoshenko.
Russia will ban, on the 1^er February 2023, the sale of its oil to countries using the price cap. This measure targets the countries of the European Union, the G7 and Australia, which decided at the beginning of December to cap the price of the Russian black gold they buy at 60 dollars (56 euros) per barrel, in order to limit income from Moscow.
The requirements of ” demilitarization and denazification » territories under Ukrainian control must be accepted ” amicably “, otherwise the Russian army will take care of it, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reaffirmed on Tuesday in a maintenance given to the TASS news agency.
According to Kyiv City Council Deputy Chairman Petro Panteleev, the Ukrainian capital is exposed to recurring power cuts throughout the winter due to Russian attacks on energy infrastructure.

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