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12:23 p.m. : “The worst is still ahead of us.”
The minister deplores the “Wall” drawn up by Moscow in the face of the demands for a ceasefire expressed yesterday by Paris and Berlin. He says to himself “pessimistic” because “the small spaces (towards a way out of the crisis) seem to be closing”because “the strengthening of military actions and the blocking of discussions”.
12:18 p.m. : Jean-Yves Le Drian deplores the failure of diplomatic negotiations at this stage. “President Putin is stuck in his maximalism and his war goals, he does not budge, he acts in the form of a diktat he wants to impose on Ukraine, which is really unbearable”he accuses.
12:21 p.m. : “Nowhere in Ukraine today are we safe from bombs. The attack by Russian forces is global over the whole territory.”
Guest of the program “Political Questions” on France Inter and franceinfothe head of French diplomacy denounces “indiscriminate strengthening of strikes” on the part of Russia and the continuation of “the logic of siege warfare” around major cities.
12:00 p.m. : It is noon, here is a new point on the news of this Sunday:
• At least 35 people were killed in the bombardment of a military base in the Lviv region, about twenty kilometers from the Polish border, according to the local administration. The number of injured is 134, according to the same source. Follow our live.
• H-1 before the closing ceremony of the Paralympic Games in China. Fourth in the table of nations, France ends the competition with 12 medals, including seven gold. This morning, the leader of the Blues, Arthur Bauchet, won gold in slalomhis fourth medal in China.
• On the eve of the lifting of the obligation to wear a mask in most closed placesand despite the upsurge in contamination, a “hospital rebound” should be avoidablesays Professor Bruno Mégarbane. However, he calls on vulnerable people to continue to cover themselves.
• Anger and calls for calm on the Island of Beauty. Eleven days after the attack in prison of Yvan Colonna, a large demonstration is expected in Bastiaat 3 p.m., with a watchword: “truth and justice” for the independence activist, always between life and death.
11:52 : Another bombardment, this time in Mykolaiv, near Odessa, in the south of the country, left nine dead, according to the local governor. Yesterday, strikes had notably affected residential areas, including a cancer center and an eye hospital.
11:49 : According to a journalist from Timeforeigners could be among the victims of the strikes in Yavoriv. “I was there yesterday, he writes on Twitter. It’s a serious escalation from Russia. (…) A coordinator of foreign volunteers in Ukraine told me that the base was a rallying point for thousands of them, who came from all over to help Ukraine.”
11:40 a.m. : Thirty-five people died and 134 were injured in the Russian strikes that hit a Ukrainian military base close to the Polish border, according to the governor of the region, Maxim Kozitsky. A first report had reported nine dead and 57 wounded on this base located in Yavoriv.
11:38 : The strikes on a military base near Lviv attributed to Russia by the Ukrainian authorities left 35 dead, according to a new report communicated by the regional governor.
10:30 a.m. : “It would take a few years to design a system that would allow, if the Russians left, to keep the ISS in orbit.”
According to this space specialist, the International Space Station “would fall into the atmosphere” at the end of “some months” if Russia stopped correcting its orbit. However, he judges that the Russian threats on this plan come under a “very symbolic display”.
10:24 a.m. : Our special correspondents Boris Loumagne and Laurent Macchietti surrendered at the Kyiv zoo, which has become a refuge for keepers and their families, installed in the future aquarium in the basement. Outside, the animals are struggling to bear the sound of sirens and strikes, to the point that the zoo’s elephant has been placed on tranquilizers.
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10:43 am : Meanwhile, in Kiev, the siege by the Russian army is becoming clearer. Moscow forces yesterday destroyed the nearby airport of Vassylkiv and are 25 kilometers from the capital, according to the Ukrainians. Only the roads to the south remain clear.
10:12 a.m. : The base affected not far from the Polish border has served in recent years as a training ground for Ukrainian forces under the supervision of foreign instructors, notably American and Canadian. It is above all on this base that some of the military aid delivered by Western countries arrives.
10:05 a.m. : According to an initial assessment provided by the Ukrainian military authorities, the Russian strikes which targeted a military base in the west of the country left nine dead and 57 injured. The attack took place in Yavoriv, about 40 kilometers northwest of Lviv.
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09:59 : France announces the establishment of a one million euro fund to host Ukrainian artists and cultural professionals, as well as students in the cultural field. This device will also be “open to dissident Russian artists”, says the Ministry of Culture.
09:15 : Let’s go to the newsstand now, as long as it doesn’t rain. Some are once again dominated by the war in Ukraine, seen from Lviv, Odessa or France.
10:37 : Here are the first titles of this Sunday, March 13:
• End clap for the Paralympic Games in China. Fourth in the medal table, France ends the competition with 12 podiums, including two last night: Arthur Bauchet won gold in slalom and the Chalençon-Daviet pair won silver in the open cross-country ski relay.
• Western Ukraine is not spared. Russian forces bombarded a military base located in the Lviv region, about twenty kilometers from the Polish border, according to the local administration. In the south of the country, Mariupol hopes for the arrival of a humanitarian convoy. Follow our live.
• Chinese health authorities announce that they have identified nearly 3,400 cases in 24 hours, a record number since the start of the epidemic in February 2020. They are rushing to stem the outbreaks by confining the affected areas, populated by millions of people.
• Anger and calls for calm on the Island of Beauty. Eleven days after the attack in prison of Yvan Colonna, a large demonstration is expected in Bastiaat 3 p.m., with a watchword: “truth and justice” for the independence activist, always between life and death.