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12:21 p.m. : Good morning from Ukraine https://t.co/W0JvoS7IpL
12:21 p.m. : Loup Bureau, TV5Monde’s special envoy to Ukraine, publishes on his Twitter account a striking photo, taken this morning on the spot.
12:16 p.m. : “Anyone who wants to come over here and defend our country, please come, we will give you arms”Ukraine’s President Zelensky addresses the nation from Kyiv saying “we have to defend our country, to defend Europe”https://t.co/lzLryg1HqN https://t.co/zVF243no5C
12:16 p.m. : “Anyone who wants to come here and defend our country, come, we will give you weapons”.
In a video recorded from Kyiv, the Ukrainian president addresses the nation: “we must defend our country, defend Europe”.
12:11 p.m. : A missile hit this apartment building at 8am this morning in #Kiev #Ukraine. Of the injured, the balance sheet is in progress. Some had spent the night in the neighborhood school shelter. https://t.co/eOk4L8JLel
12:10 p.m. : An imposing residential building in Kiev was hit by a missile strike shortly after 8 a.m. this morning (7 a.m. in Paris), indicated the mayor of the city on Facebook. Ukrainian emergency services report 6 people injured, and 80 evacuees. Here are images filmed by a journalist on site.
12:08 : If you find it difficult to follow what is happening in Kiev, our journalist Vincent Matalon sums up the situation. Fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces is taking place in particular at the moment on Victory Avenue, one of the main arteries of the capital.
12:04 : Let’s take a look at this morning’s news:
Kiev is under missile fire from Moscow and fighting is taking place in the city, where the Ukrainian president is calling on his people to take up arms against the Russian invasion which, according to Ukraine, has killed nearly 200 civilians. Poland also claims that 100,000 Ukrainians have arrived in the country. Follow our live.
“This war will last” and “we have to prepare for it”, seriously warned Emmanuel Macron at the end of a short half-hour speech, just before the opening of the Agricultural Show. “What we are going through will not be without consequences for the agricultural world and the sectors that are yours”warned the Head of State, who is convening a restricted defense council 17 hours.
The Ukrainian President called on Germany and Hungary to have the “courage” to approve the exclusion of Russia from the SWIFT interbank system, a measure discussed by the EU in reaction to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and to which Berlin and Budapest are reluctant.
12:22 p.m. : Hello @Breton and thank you for following us. Several initiatives have been launched in France to support the Ukrainian civilian population. In particular, you can make donations to humanitarian NGOs or go through local associations. We have listed them in this article.
11:59 : Hello franceinfo. Is there a French organization to welcome Ukrainians fleeing their country? How can we organize ourselves to welcome them?
11:43 am : This morning, the @FranceenUkraine team is still in #Kiev, still at work, still at the service of 🇫🇷, still in support of martyred #Ukraine. Friendship 🇫🇷🇺🇦 is to be there until the end https://t.co/un8xeqtnph
12:21 p.m. : The French Embassy in Ukraine “is still in Kiev, still at work, still at the service of the French, still in support of martyred Ukraine”, writes Etienne de Poncinsthe French ambassador to Ukraine, on Twitter.
12:21 p.m. : “The risk of cyberattack is high” in France, alert the Ministry of the Interior in a letter addressed to the prefects. “Great vigilance is required” in the current international context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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11:30 a.m. : “Since the start of war operations in Ukraine and until today, along the entire length of the border with Ukraine, 100,000 people have crossed the border, coming from Ukraine to Poland”, Polish Deputy Interior Minister Pawel Szefernaker told reporters.
12:19 p.m. : Poland claims that 100,000 Ukrainians have crossed its borders since the Russian attack.
12:22 p.m. : A merchant ship transporting vehicles to St. Petersburg was intercepted in the English Channel and diverted to Boulogne-sur-Mer (Pas-de-Calais), announces the maritime prefecture. The ship is suspected of belonging to a Russian company targeted by sanctions imposed by the European Union in response to the war in Ukraine.
12:17 p.m. : The Czech Republic will donate to Ukraine machine guns, automatic and precision rifles, pistols and ammunition, worth 7.6 million euros, announces the Czech Minister of Defense.
10:48 : “There are more than 150 missiles, either cruise missiles or ballistic missiles, that have been fired at Ukraine”, says on franceinfo Hervé Grandjeanthe spokesperson for the Ministry of the Armed Forces. “It seems quite clear that Russia’s will is to change the regime and the authorities currently in place in Kiev”he analyzes.
10:32 : “Unfortunately, according to operational data, 198 people died at the hands of the invaders, including three children, and 1,115 were injured, including 33 children”said Minister Viktor Lyashko on Facebook.
10:32 : The Ukrainian Minister of Health reports 198 civilians killed, including three children, and more than a thousand wounded.
11:00 : “If we don’t take up arms, there will be a massacre. A mountain of corpses.”
On the third day of the offensive launched by Vladimir Putin, the Ukrainians fear a breakthrough by Russian soldiers in the capital. On site, our journalists Gilles Gallinaro and Omar Ouahmane met several localswho decided to fight with the means at hand. 
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10:59 : “We emphasize that only official Russian sources have current and reliable information”, the Roskomnadzor agency said in a statement. Officially, Moscow calls its intervention in Ukraine a “special military operation” intended for “maintain the peace”.
10:58 : The Russian media regulator orders national publications to remove from their content any reference to civilians killed by the Russian army in Ukraine, as well as the terms “of invasion”, “offensive” or of “declaration of war”.
10:17 a.m. : On the side of the regional dailies, the Russian invasion also monopolizes the headlines.
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10:17 a.m. : “The battle for Kiev has begun”, also title Le Figaro, with several articles on the subject.
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10:18 a.m. : Release also devotes most of its pages to “the shattering entrance” Russians in the country.
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10:18 a.m. : Let’s take a look at the press side. The world devotes its weekend edition to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, including a report by Benoît Vitkine, correspondent in Moscow.
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10:19 : “The noose is tightening” in Kiev, testifies our journalist Dorothée Olliéric, special correspondent in the Ukrainian capital. “Residents expect an assault in several parts of the city”she continues as we hear shelling very close to her, a few kilometers away.
09:36 : A novice in politics until his election in 2019, the young Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, tries to forge the stature of a statesman able to stand up to Vladimir Putin. We explain to you how the 44-year-old leader gained legitimacy.
(UKRAINE PRESIDENCY / AFP)
10:58 : In the east of the country, in Kharkiv, the fighting is also raging. This city, the second from Ukraine, is the target of intense bombardments. Running in the streets has become the daily life of the inhabitants, as Maryse Burgot, special correspondent for France Télévisions on the spot, tells us.
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10:57 : According to information from France Télévisions, Emmanuel Macron again spoke on the phone with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky this morning to get some news. The latter told him that they had held Kiev.
09:11 : The Ukrainian forces affirmed this night to have repelled a “attack” night of Russian soldiers against one of their positions on Victory Avenue, one of the main arteries of Kiev. From the center of the capital, AFP journalists also heard fairly loud explosions very early on Saturday.
09:07 : Emmanuel Macron convenes a restricted defense and national security council at 5 p.m. on the situation in Ukraine, announces the Elysée.
09:05 : The President of the Republic considered that the crisis, “chosen unilaterally” by Vladimir Putin, will have consequences for French exports, mentioning “wine outlets” or cereals. If you missed his speech, find it here.
10:55 : “The war will last, this crisis will last.”
Express visit for President Macron, this morning at the Agricultural Show, due to the conflict in Ukraine. “War is back in Europe”he launched in front of professionals in the sector, warning them of the “consequences on the agricultural world”.
10:55 : President Volodymyr Zelensky this morning called on Ukrainians not to lay down their arms and to defend the country’s capital. He filmed himself in the streets of Kiev. “I’m here”he launched, while the Ukrainian army and the Russian forces clash for the control of the city.