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8:15 p.m. : Here is a new point on the essential news of the evening:
• The day of interprofessional strike “for wages and the defense of the right to strike” mobilized 107,000 participants, including 13,000 in the capital, according to the count of the Ministry of the Interior. For its part, the CGT has nearly 300,000 participants, including 70,000 in Paris. Follow our live.
• Faced with a counter-offensive from Kyivthe Russian army is preparing to evacuate the population of the city of Kherson, capital of the region which bears the same name and was annexed by Russia in southern Ukraine.
The Prime Minister notes a “significant improvement” in the fuel crisis. “Less than 25% of service stations” encountered supply difficulties at midday, according to Elisabeth Borne, against 28.1% yesterday.
Emmanuel Macron received Lola’s parents this morning. In the Assembly, the government was questioned by several LR and RN deputies on the murder of the 12-year-old girl. “STo use the coffin of a 12-year-old girl like you use a step stool, it’s a shame”castigated the Minister of Justice, Eric Dupond-Moretti.
8:08 p.m. : For his part, the occupation leader of the Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, confirms the evacuation of civilians from several localities (Berislav, Bilozersk, Snihirav and Aleksandrovsk) to the left bank of the Dnieper. “Ukrainian forces are preparing a large-scale offensive”, he explains, and the Russian army must have a clear field to set up a defensive line.
8:05 p.m. : Moreover, General Sergei Surovikinin charge of operations in Ukraine for ten days, says that the situation on the ground in Ukraine is “tense” for the Russian army, after several significant reverses in the East and the South.
8:03 p.m. : “The Russian army will ensure above all the safe evacuation of the population” of Kherson, because the Ukrainian strikes targeting civilian infrastructure “create a direct threat to the lives of the inhabitants”General Sergei Surovikin told Russian public television channel Rossia 24.
8:03 p.m. : The Russian army is preparing to evacuate the population of the city of Kherson, capital of the eponymous region annexed by Russia in southern Ukraine, in the face of a counter-offensive from kyiv.
5:55 p.m. : The toll of the crash of a Russian military plane last night is growing. At least 15 people have died, authorities said. The investigators favor the track of a “technical fault” on the aircraft, a Sukhoi 34.
(AFP)
3:34 p.m. : The Minister of Ukrainian diplomacy proposed to President Volodymyr Zelensky to break diplomatic ties with Iran, accused of supplying drones to Moscow for its bombardments. “In view of the extensive destruction caused by Iranian drones to the civilian infrastructure of Ukraine, the deaths and injuries caused to our people (…) I submit for the consideration of the President a proposal for the severance of diplomatic relations with Iran”said Dmytro Kouleba.
2:16 p.m. : “We can’t sleep, there are explosions and it’s very scary. But we women, we work, we get busy. We will never get down on our knees. Never !”
As Russian bombardment intensifies in Ukraine, our journalists Arthur Gerbault and Thibault Lefèvre went to meet the inhabitants of the targeted towns. Like Nikopol, in the southeast of the country.
(AFP)
1:59 p.m. : At 2 p.m., we summarize the main news headlines:
The circulation of regional trains is disturbed today, with one TER and one Intercity train out of two on average in France, announces the SNCF. A little more than 6% of teachers are also on strike today, announces the Ministry of National Education. Find in our article all the sectors affected by the strike.
The Russian army claims to have taken over a village in the Kharkiv region of northeastern Ukraine, near the border with Russia. For his part, Volodymyr Zelensky announces on Twitter that 30% of Ukrainian power plants have been destroyed since October 10. Follow our live.
The prefects will be more mobilized to help transport fuel to service stations, announced the government at the end of a meeting at the Elysée devoted to shortages. “There will be requisitions as necessary“, warned Olivier Véran, spokesperson for the government, on France 2.
1:18 p.m. : “During offensive operations, units of the Russian army captured the locality of Gorobivka”, in northeastern Ukraine, close to the border with Russia, the Russian Defense Ministry said. This is the first advance of the Russian army since it was driven out of this area in September by a Ukrainian counter-offensive.
1:14 p.m. : The Russian army says it has taken over a village in the Kharkiv region, a first since September.
1:12 p.m. : The situation is “critical” in Ukraine, for its part reacted the Ukrainian presidency. Kyrylo Tymoshenko, a presidential official, judged “necessary for the whole country to prepare for the possibility of power, water and heating failures”.
1:06 p.m. : The Russian army confirms having targeted energy infrastructures in Ukraine this morning. “The Russian armed forces continued to strike with high-precision, long-range air and sea weapons against the military command and energy systems of Ukraine”said the Russian Defense Ministry, assuring that “all targets hit”.
12:10 p.m. : At least two people were killed this morning in the Russian strikes in kyiv, according to the Ukrainian prosecutor’s office. The report also mentions one injured.
12:01 : At noon, here is a new point on the news:
The circulation of regional trains is disturbed today, with one TER and one Intercity train out of two on average in France, announces the SNCF. A little more than 6% of teachers are also on strike today, announces the Ministry of National Education. Find in our article all the sectors affected by the strike.
The prefects will be more mobilized to help transport fuel to service stations, announced the government at the end of a meeting at the Elysée devoted to shortages. “There will be requisitions as necessary“, warned Olivier Véran, spokesperson for the government, on France 2.
Volodymyr Zelensky announces on Twitter that 30% of Ukrainian power plants have been destroyed since October 10. Power outages are ongoing in Kyiv and other areas after the Russian strikes. Follow our live.
Karim Benzema was crowned Ballon d’Or last night. The Real Madrid striker became the first Frenchman since Zinédine Zidane in 1998 to achieve this consecration, which the Spaniard Alexia Putellas obtained for the second year in a row.
11:55 a.m. : The Kremlin assures “not having information” on the use by his army of Iranian-made drones in Ukraine. kyiv, for its part, accuses Moscow of using it to strike electricity and water supply infrastructures.
11:45 a.m. : Hello @Julian. You have understood everything about Russian strategy. On the front, Russian forces are slowly advancing on the eastern front, continuing their attempt to repel Ukrainian forces. In the region of Kherson, in the South, the Ukrainian army maintains strong pressure on the Russians. To help you see more clearly, here is a map on-line by the Ministry of the Interior, dated yesterday.
11:39 : Hello and thank you for your work, For several days we have understood that Russia has been bombing Ukraine’s energy sources, and therefore indirectly (even directly) the civilian population. What about the situation at the front please? Thanks ! Julian
11:05 a.m. : Another kind of Russian terrorist attacks: targeting 🇺🇦 energy & critical infrastructure. Since Oct 10, 30% of Ukraine’s power stations have been destroyed, causing massive blackouts across the country. No space left for negotiations with Putin’s regime. @United24media https://t.co/LN4A2GYgCK
11:04 am : “Since October 10, 30% of Ukraine’s power plants have been destroyed, causing massive power cuts across the country. There is no room for negotiations with the Putin regime anymore..”
11:03 am : Volodymyr Zelensky announces on Twitter that 30% of Ukrainian power plants have been destroyed since October 10.
11:17 a.m. : In kyiv in particular, the operator DTEK reported “interrupts” in the supply of electricity and water for the inhabitants of part of the capital. “Engineers are making every effort to restore supply”he assured on Facebook.
10:28 : The Ukrainian capital and several other regions are experiencing power and running water outages after Russian strikes targeted essential infrastructure in the morning for the second consecutive day, local authorities announced. Follow our live.
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10:12 a.m. : Authorities announce power outages in Kyiv and other regions after Russian strikes.
09:34 : Russian forces continue to target Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. The Governor of the Dnipropetrosk region, Valentin Reznichenko, social media announcement that Dnipro equipment was targeted by two strikes. Some neighborhoods are deprived of electricity and there are water cuts. The city of Zhytomyr has no power, announces Mayor Sergei Sukhomline. Hospitals are supplied with back-up systems.
09:06 : It’s a little after 9 o’clock, so we ask ourselves a little and we take stock of the news:
The circulation of regional trains is disturbed today, with one TER and one Intercity train out of two on average in France, announces the SNCF. Transport, schools, public service… Find in our article all the sectors affected by the strike.
The prefects will be more mobilized to help transport fuel to service stations, announced the government at the end of a meeting at the Elysée devoted to shortages. “There will be requisitions as necessary“, warned Olivier Véran, spokesperson for the government, on France 2.
Electrical installations were hit by three strikes in Kyiv the next day Russian attacks launched with drones in the Ukrainian capital, announces a close adviser to the Ukrainian presidency.
Karim Benzema was crowned Ballon d’Or last night. The Real Madrid striker became the first Frenchman since Zinédine Zidane in 1998 to achieve this consecration, which the Spaniard Alexia Putellas obtained for the second year in a row.
08:50 : Electricity installations were hit by three strikes in kyiv, the next day Russian attacks launched with drones in the Ukrainian capital, announces a close adviser to the Ukrainian presidency.
09:30 : A power plant was hit by three strikes in kyiv, according to the Ukrainian presidency.
08:49 : Ukraine accuses Russia of having “kidnapped” two officials of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, under Russian control, in southern Ukraine. Russian forces have them “led to an unknown destination”according to the operator Energoatom in a press release on a social network.
08:22 : At least 13 people died in the crash of a Russian military plane. The Investigative Committee of Russia, in charge of the main criminal investigations, underlines on Telegram that it is opening a “criminal investigation” after this crash on a residential building of approximately 600 inhabitants.