Cover image: A car drives past a sign warning of the presence of unexploded mines, in the liberated village of Rus’ki Tyshky, Ukraine, March 27, 2023. Andrii Marienko/AP
- Ukraine and Russia announced on Monday that they had carried out a new exchange of prisoners of war involving around 100 soldiers on each side., the first exchange of its kind in more than a month. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said defenders of the Azovstal factory were among the freed Ukrainian soldiers.
- The complete demining of Ukraine could take thirty years, estimated on Monday, the Ukrainian Minister of Defense, Oleksii Reznikov. “We will need at least 5,000 Ukrainian specialists”and foreign stakeholders, he said, explaining that he based his estimate on Croatia.
- The United States formally denounced, on Monday, the “arbitrary detention” of American journalist Evan Gershkovich detained in Russia on espionage charges. Washington called for his immediate release.
- The Russian opponent Vladimir Kara-Mourza, accused in particular of high treason and who faces twenty-five years in prison, said Monday to be ” proud “ of his political commitmentduring a statement in his trial, emblematic of the all-out repression in Russia.
- Apparent leak of classified U.S. documents linked to Ukraine that mostly appear authentic poses risk ” very serious “ for the national security of the United States, estimated Monday, the Pentagon. kyiv has accused Russia of being involved in these leaks of confidential documents, Moscow denounces a “tendency to always blame Russia”.
- About 1,800 civilians still live in Avdiivka, the target of the ongoing offensive by Russian troops, according to local authorities. This city in eastern Ukraine, which had 32,000 inhabitants before the war, has been shelled for several months by the Russian army, which is seeking to position itself strategically south of Bakhmout.
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