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Ukraine: Two Years of War
Russia has claimed that it captured the village of Tonenke, west of the town of Avedivka, in February, and has continued its slow advance against a Ukrainian army that is short on men and ammunition. “The area of Tonenke (…) was liberated thanks to the coordinated actions of units of the Central Army Group,” the Russian Defense Ministry indicated in its daily report.
Close to the Russian army and followed by more than 1.2 million people, Moscow’s forces are trying to reach the left bank of the local river to launch an offensive towards the villages of Semenivka and Omansk, according to the Rybar Telegram channel. .
Dutch Defense Minister Kajasa Ollongren announced it “The first F-16 fighter jets will arrive in Ukraine this summer”In an interview with Radio Svoboda. “Everyone is working hard, especially Ukrainian pilots and technicians, who must learn to master the F-16 and be able to operate and fight with it when Ukraine has the proper infrastructure.” she said.
The minister, however, did not want to specify the date of shipment. Denmark and the Netherlands formalized their commitment to supply Ukraine with up to 61 fighter jets in August 2023 after Ukrainian pilots are trained.
Pyotr Tolstoy, the vice-president of the Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, threatened France and Emmanuel Macron in an interview with BFM-TV this Thursday. “We are going to kill all the French soldiers who come on Ukrainian soil, he declared. I want to say directly that the idea of sending French troops to Ukraine will end with coffins at Orly”.
Emmanuel Macron, Saturday, March 16, confirmed it “Field Operations” Ukraine may be required by the West “at one point”Even if it “Don’t want it”. In late February, the president had already mentioned a possible send-off “soldiers”
on the ground.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on the West to have the “political will” to help his country counter Russia by providing more anti-aircraft systems, following a missile attack that targeted the capital on Thursday.
“This terror continues day and night. It is possible to put an end to it thanks to global unity (…) if our partners show enough political will, this is absolutely possible,” Mr Zelenskiy said in a specially called social media post. . For air defense like the Patriots.
New Russian missile attack on Kiev. More than 30 missiles, including an air-launched ballistic missile, were shot down. People were injured, and they are all getting the help they need. Such terror continues day and night. It is possible to end it… pic.twitter.com/iv0MWeLyiQ — Volodymir Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) March 21, 2024
Ukraine announced it had shot down 31 Russian missiles targeting Kiev on Thursday, the first major attack on the capital since February 7, with Moscow vowing to retaliate for the bombing of Russian territory. “All missiles were shot down in Kyiv region”, The missiles included two Iskandar and Kinjal ballistic missiles as well as 29 cruise missiles fired by strategic bombers, the Air Force said. According to the Ukrainian Presidency, 13 civilians were injured in different areas of the city as the debris caused damage.
“I want a total ceasefire on Earth during the Olympic Games. No more bombs falling on civilians in Ukraine, Gaza or the West Bank. National Secretary of the French Communist Party, LCI supports Fabian Roussel. “I think personally about the athletes, some train abroad, so that they can participate in the Olympics. That game is a moment where we all come together, that seems important to me. He continued, questioning the International Olympic Committee’s decision that Russian and Belarusian athletes would not parade for the July 26 ceremony.
Russians and Belarusians deprived of the start of the Olympics: “I want that during the Olympics, there will be a complete ceasefire in the world”Source: TF1 information
“For me, this decision is consistent with what has already been done for eight years, because since Sochi 2014, since the scandal in Russia, the flag, national anthem, political and sports recognition have been banned”, Former Minister of Sports and Olympic and Paralympic Games Roksana Marasinanu’s reaction to LCI. Indeed, on Wednesday, the International Olympic Committee decided that Russian and Belarusian athletes would not parade for the July 26 ceremony. “Now, with the invasion of Ukraine, I think the IOC wants to go further by banning the parade of Russians and Belarusians during the ceremony, as the Paralympic Committee has already done”She continues.
Russians and Belarusians are deprived of the start of the Olympics: “This decision is in accordance with what has already happened in Sochi”Source: TF1 information
An AFP reporter noted that after an air alert for missiles and drones launched by Russia, there were several explosions in the center of the Ukrainian capital Kiev on Thursday morning.
From 5 am (3 pm GMT), as well as ten loud bursts of anti-aircraft fire were heard. Vitali Klitschko, the mayor of Kyiv, reported in a message on Telegram that “rocket debris” had fallen in some neighborhoods of the capital, particularly “residential buildings,” and “cars were on fire.”
The last large-scale Russian strike on the Ukrainian capital took place in late January.
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Ukraine and Russia reported, on Wednesday March 20, that the strikes caused the deaths of several civilians on each side of their common border, where bombings have increased in recent times. In the Belgorod region, three people were killed and four were injured in a series of shelling in particular “big” In one of the border districts, said local governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.
At least four people were killed and seven wounded in a daylight Russian strike on the country’s second city, Kharkiv, in Ukraine, about 70 km away, regional governor Oleg Sinegubov announced. Russian bombings killed two civilians near Kherson, a city in southern Ukraine where strikes occur almost daily, the regional governor said, with nighttime attacks also injuring several people in the country’s center-east.
In Kiev where he was on an official visit, the American national security adviser, Jack Sullivan, for his part, declared that he was unable to predict whether and when Congress would adopt a $60 billion military aid program in favor of Ukraine, which is still blocked in the Republicans. Under the leadership of the representative assembly. He reiterated the White House’s position, which said “Confidence” In the prospect of releasing money at one point or another.
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Russia threatened the European Union with legal action “over decades” In the case of using income from its fixed assets for the benefit of Ukraine, which would be the same according to Moscow. “Flight”. The EU on Wednesday presented a plan for Kiev to seize these revenues to finance arms purchases, which should be discussed at a summit of twenty-seven on Thursday and Friday.
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