The essential :
- Volodymyr Zlensky spoke on Monday with Emmanuel Macron and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte ahead of the G7, NATO and European Union leaders’ summits on Thursday, March 24, with a view to coordinate their “positions”. They will be “firm, believe me,” he said. The French president also spoke again on Tuesday for an hour with Vladimir Putin without an agreement for the ceasefire demanded by the French president.
- The Ukrainian president also declared himself ready to discuss everything with Vladimir Putin if he agrees to negotiate directly with him, including Crimea and Donbass, but with “security guarantees” in advance. He will speak on Wednesday before the National Assembly.
- Joe Biden assured that it was “clear” that Russia was considering using chemical and biological weapons in Ukraine, warning that such a decision would lead to a “harsh” Western response. Russia replies that it will only use nuclear weapons in Ukraine in the event of an “existential threat” against it.
11:02 p.m. – Volodymyr Zelensky will address French MPs on Wednesday
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will intervene on Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. live by video in front of French deputies, the presidency of the National Assembly said in a press release on Friday. “The war situation affecting the Ukrainian people concerns all the peoples of Europe, and their parliamentary assemblies”, she underlined. Volodymyr Zelensky has already addressed by video link to MEPs on March 1, then before the British parliament, Canadian parliamentarians, the American Congress and the German Bundestag. On Sunday, he still has to address the Israeli parliament.
10:26 p.m. – Ukrainian children with cancer evacuated to the United States
The United States announced on Tuesday that it had evacuated to an American hospital four Ukrainian children whose cancer treatment had been “rendered impossible” by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “Children are among the most vulnerable during a crisis,” said US Foreign Minister Antony Blinken, announcing the evacuation in a tweet accompanied by photos of some of them. He said these patients needed “urgent and highly specialized treatment”. Accompanied by family members, these children, who had initially been evacuated to Poland, were transported to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, on Monday, the US State Department said. .
10:13 p.m. – War in Ukraine: Pervi Kanal, the official voice of the Kremlin
Owned by Moscow, the channel is a centerpiece of the propaganda system. The intervention of Marina Ovsiannikova had disrupted her antenna.
Read Olivier Ubertalli’s article War in Ukraine: Pervi Kanal, the official voice of the Kremlin
9:47 p.m. – Putin and the circle of diehards
The head of the Kremlin placed his KGB comrades in key state positions. He enriched them and they remained faithful to him. So far at least.
Read the investigation of Marc Nexon Poutine and the circle of the irreducible
9:23 p.m. – Macron and Putin once again discussed
French President Emmanuel Macron again spoke for an hour on Tuesday with Vladimir Putin, the Elysée announced, without an agreement for the ceasefire demanded by the French president. For his eighth phone call with the Russian leader since the start of the invasion of Ukraine on February 24, “there is currently no agreement but the president (Macron) remains convinced of the need to continue its efforts”, explains the French presidency. “There is no other way out than a ceasefire and Russia’s good faith negotiations with Ukraine. The President of the Republic stands alongside Ukraine,” he added. ‘Elysium. The Kremlin was content to indicate that this meeting had taken place “on the initiative of the French side” and had focused on “the situation in Ukraine, including the negotiations in progress” between Russian and Ukrainian representatives.
9:11 p.m. – Macron denounces the use of “explosive weapons”
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday denounced Russia’s use of “explosive weapons in densely populated areas”, saying that “everything about Russia’s aggression against Ukraine is unacceptable”. “International law is flouted, civilian infrastructure is bombed, explosive weapons are used in densely populated areas, and aid workers are targeted,” the French president said in a video to the first European Humanitarian Forum which s is open on Monday in Brussels. “International humanitarian law is that line that separates barbarism from our common humanity,” he added.
9:03 p.m. – Volodymyr Zelensky will speak at the NATO summit
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is invited to address by videoconference the leaders of the NATO countries who are meeting on Thursday for an extraordinary summit devoted to the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, we learned on Tuesday from of the Atlantic Alliance. “It will be an opportunity for the leaders of the allied countries to hear directly from President Zelensky about the catastrophic situation in which the Ukrainian people find themselves due to Russia’s aggression,” a NATO official said. , adding that the Allies, which provide “a significant amount of essential military equipment” to Ukraine, will consider what more they “can do to strengthen” their support.
8:50 p.m. – Two “superpower bombs” hit Mariupol
On the 27th day of the conflict in Ukraine, two “superpowered bombs” hit Mariupol on Tuesday, according to the authorities of the large port city ravaged by Russian bombing where 200,000 civilians are stuck, while the inhabitants of kyiv, under curfew, landed in their homes.
8:26 p.m. – Washington denounces the conviction of Navalny
The United States on Tuesday denounced the new sentence of Russian opponent Alexei Navalny to nine years in prison, aiming according to them to “silence” dissident voices in Russia and “hide” the war in Ukraine. “We strongly condemn the orchestration of a sham trial by the Russian Federation,” US Foreign Ministry spokesman Ned Price told reporters. It is a new “attempt to silence Navalny and other opposition figures and voices who criticize the Russian authorities”, and “another example of the growing repression carried out by the Russian government against the dissenting opinions and freedom of expression, in order to hide the Kremlin’s brutal war,” he added.
8:15 p.m. – Crucial day Thursday for Joe Biden
Chaining a NATO summit, a G7 summit and a European Union summit, Joe Biden will “work with the allies on long-term adjustments” concerning NATO’s presence in Eastern Europe, continued the national security adviser. The American president will also “announce joint action to strengthen Europe’s energy security” and reduce its dependence on Russian gas, said Jake Sullivan. He will also unveil “additional American contributions” for humanitarian actions in Ukraine and for the reception of millions of Ukrainians who have fled the war, Jake Sullivan pointed out. “This war is not going to end easily or quickly,” he warned.
7:23 p.m. – Westerners will announce new sanctions against Russia on Thursday
Westerners will announce “new sanctions against Russia and strengthen” those that already exist on Thursday, US President Joe Biden’s national security adviser announced at a press conference on Tuesday. Jake Sullivan also assured that the United States had “not seen China supplying military equipment to Russia” since Joe Biden’s recent exchange with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, while assuring that Washington “continues to watch” for such potential actions by Beijing.
6:22 p.m. – TotalEnergies announces the end of all purchases of Russian oil or petroleum products by the end of 2022
The French group TotalEnergies announces its decision to stop all purchases of Russian oil or petroleum products, “at the latest by the end of 2022”. The company, which has been criticized for not having left Russia, explained in a press release that it was taking “additional measures” in the face of “the worsening of the conflict” in Ukraine.
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