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- In a video message broadcast on Sunday evening, the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, said he expected a “greater hostile activity on the part of Russia” during the week. “And not only against Ukraine, but also against other European countries”, he says cryptically. He specifies that the Russian army accumulates “forces in the direction of Kharkiv and in Zaporizhia Oblast”, after hitting a Ukrainian fuel infrastructure.
- The Ukrainian army said on Sunday that it had repelled Russian attacks on villages near Sievierodonetsk, in the east of the country, where the belligerents have been clashing for weeks. For its part, the Russian Ministry of Defense declared that “the offensive against Sievierodonetsk is taking place[ait] with success “. The Institute for the Study of War, the ISW, evokes, for its part, “minor gains” Russian forces in the vicinity.
- While the European Commission recommended, at the end of last week, to grant Ukraine the status of candidate to the European Union, his opinion will be discussed on Thursday and Friday at a European summit, so that kyiv officially obtains this status.
- NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has warned Western countries that they must be prepared to offer a long-term support in Kyiv. The war could last ” years “he warned in an interview published on Sunday by the German daily Picture.
- The German and Austrian governments, which nevertheless have Green ministers, announced on Sunday that they would take emergency measures to secure their energy supply, due to recent drops in Russian gas deliveries. This implies, in particular, increased use of coal and the reopening of power plants. A political reversal for Berlin and Vienna, which have promised to phase out coal by 2030.
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Read all our articles, analyzes and reports on the war in Ukraine
Reportage. With the Russian army, in the conquered territories of Ukraine
Narrative. In the Donbass, the noose is tightening around the Luhansk pocket, Moscow’s priority target
Grandstand. Georges Nivat, historian: “Ukraine is where the ‘Ukrainian world’ is”
Factual. France no longer receives Russian gas
Testimonials. “I had saved, but now I have to work. Otherwise, I would have to go back to Moscow”
