France no longer receives any Russian gas by pipeline
10:27 a.m .: France no longer receives any Russian gas by pipeline, announces the network manager GRTgaz
The manager of the French gas transmission network GRTgaz announced on Friday that it would no longer receive Russian gas by pipeline since June 15, with « the interruption of the physical flow between France and Germany ».
The Russian giant Gazprom has considerably reduced its deliveries to European countries in recent days, in particular to Germany via the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline, which could have caused the interruption of supplies to France. But the French manager reassured about the filling of French stocks which amounts to 56% against 50% usually on the same date.
10:25 a.m .: The Severodonetsk factory impossible to evacuate without “complete ceasefire”
The large Azot chemical plant in Severodonetsk, where around 500 civilians have taken refuge in recent days, is impossible to evacuate without « a complete ceasefire », the governor of the Lugansk region, Sergei Gaïdaï, said on Friday. As Russian forces have been trying to take control of this key city in Donbass for weeks, he deemed it « impossible and dangerous » to try to leave the site « due to constant shelling and fighting ».
9:45 am: « Ukraine is in the European family » assures Macron
« Normally Ukraine could not be a candidate, » conceded Emmanuel Macron in an interview with BFMTV on his return from kyiv. “We do it because it’s war. And to add: “Ukraine is in the European family. »
“The road will be long but it is a sign of hope”, he indicated while stressing that it was also “a message addressed to Russia”.
9:30 a.m .: The “extremely alarming” humanitarian situation in the Donbass says the UN
The humanitarian situation in Ukraine, after nearly four months of Russian invasion, is « extremely alarming » and « especially in eastern Donbass », said Ocha, the UN humanitarian agency, as the fighting between Ukrainian and Russian armies are raging in the east of the country.
8:35 a.m.: “I will not vote for any new membership of the European Union without social harmonisation”
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of La France insoumise, indicated this Friday morning on BFMTV that he was « favorable » to Ukraine’s candidacy for the European Union but that he « will not vote for any new membership without social harmony « .
7 a.m.: Macron offers to go through Romania for cereals blocked in Ukraine
French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that France was helping Romania to transit the large quantities of cereals blocked in Ukraine in the absence of a « framework » allowing them to leave through the Black Sea because of the Russian blockade. .
« We will continue the diplomatic showdown against Russia, with the Secretary General of the United Nations », to use the port of Odessa as a maritime exit port for seeds (corn, wheat…) » which are blocked, ”explained the French president on the private television channel TF1, questioned in kyiv.
Washington urges Moscow to treat Americans captured in Ukraine humanely
The United States on Thursday urged Russia to consider any American volunteer fighter captured in Ukraine as a prisoner of war and thus guarantee them humane treatment.
The US State Department also announced that a third American was missing in Ukraine, in addition to the two former US servicemen who were reportedly captured by Russian troops during clashes last week.
6:40 a.m .: Russia “lost strategically”, says a senior British soldier
Russia has “already lost strategically” its war in Ukraine and “will never take control” of the country, said British Chief of Defense Staff Admiral Tony Radakin. « President Putin has used 25% of the power of his army to reap tiny territorial gains, » said the soldier in remarks reported by the British agency PA on Friday.
“Any claim that this is a success for Russia makes no sense. Russia is losing,” he said. “She may have some tactical successes in the next few weeks,” he admitted. But Russia has already lost on the strategic level”, he affirmed, stressing that “NATO is more powerful”, a fortiori “Finland and Sweden seeking to join” the organization.
President Putin used 25% of his army’s might to make tiny territorial gains
5:50 am: Brussels should recommend granting Ukraine EU candidate status
The European Commission is expected to present a positive opinion on Ukraine’s candidate status for EU membership on Friday. An exceptionally fast procedure, which could augur the decision of the EU next week. The 27 must indeed decide next week whether or not to grant Ukraine this status. A decision that must be unanimous.
Traveling to kyiv the day before, the French leaders Emmanuel Macron, German Olaf Scholz and Italian Mario Draghi declared themselves in any case in favor of granting « immediate » candidate status to kyiv, specifying that this status would be accompanied by » a roadmap « . And conditions.
kyiv is « ready to work » to become a « full member » of the EU, replied Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
In Mariupol, « horrors » inflicted on the population
“The horrors inflicted on the civilian population” of the port of Mariupol (southeast), which fell under Russian control in May after a terrible siege, “will leave an indelible mark, including on generations to come”, declared Thursday the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet.
“Between February and the end of April, Mariupol was probably the deadliest place in Ukraine. The intensity and extent of the fighting, destruction, (number) of dead and injured strongly suggests that serious violations of international humanitarian law and human rights have taken place,” she added. , while evidence of war crimes committed in Ukraine is piling up.
5:45 am: The situation on the ground
– Approximately 10,000 civilians are still present in Severodonetsk, a key city in Donbass which the Russians have been trying to seize for weeks. According to the governor of the region, « the Russian army loses hundreds of fighters, but finds reserves and continues to destroy Severodonetsk ».
– There is no overall assessment of the civilian victims of the conflict. For the city of Mariupol (South-East), which fell in May after a terrible siege, the Ukrainian authorities had mentioned some 20,000 dead.
– On the military level, Western security sources now speak of 15,000 to 20,000 Russian soldiers killed. Ukrainian forces are losing around 100 soldiers every day, according to kyiv.
– More than seven million Ukrainians are internally displaced, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Added to this are 7.4 million who have fled abroad, more than half of them to Poland.
The main information of Thursday
- Emmanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz and Mario Draghi were in kyiv on Thursday, after taking a train from Poland.
- They visited Irpin, a devastated suburb of the capital, joined by Klaus Iohannis, the Romanian president. On the spot, Emmanuel Macron praised the « heroism » of the Ukrainians.
- They then spoke with Volodymyr Zelensky in the early afternoon.
- During a press conference, the French, German, Italian and Romanian leaders announced that they wanted Ukraine to be granted “immediate” official candidate status for the EU.
- Ukraine is « ready » to work to become a « full member » of the European Union, replied Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
- France will deliver to Ukraine six Caesars more than the 12 already delivered, self-propelled guns renowned for their precision.
5:45 am: Hello everyone, welcome to this live where we will follow the situation around the conflict in Ukraine, on the 114th day of the Russian invasion.
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