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New strike in the West, the Russian troops reorganize. The pressure is increasing in the West. After the bombardment on Sunday of the Yavoriv military base, less than 20 kilometers from the Polish border, two missiles fell on Monday on a television tower near Rivne, further north. There would be at least nine dead and nine injured according to Vitali Kobal, the head of the local administration. A thinly veiled threat sent to Ukraine’s Western allies. “We are witnessing a battle of harassment of supply routes from NATO countries”, analyzes the military historian Michel Goya on Twitter. At the same time, Moscow and Kyiv began a fourth round of negotiations on Monday, which should continue on Tuesday. On the ground, the lines move little. Russian ground troops continue to reorganize in the face of Ukrainian resistance as the bombs keep raining down. The Russian army “does not rule out the possibility of taking full control of the major cities which are already surrounded”, warns Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. Relive the day this Monday in Ukraine.
France continued to equip Russia militarily until 2020. Despite a 2014 European embargo on new orders, France, through the companies Safran and Thales, continued to honor its contracts concluded previously, reveals the online investigative media Disclose. Deliveries which mainly concern sighting equipment and thermal cameras. Our article.
Thawing of the civil servants’ index point: a belated and electoral gift from Macron. Less than a month from the first round, the executive announces a general increase in the salaries of public officials when it has always refused to do so since 2017. A salary carrot announcing big sticks on pensions and the “pay system”. Our ticket.
At the heart of the Orthodox Jewish school of Seine-et-Marne accused of sectarian aberrations. Students cut off from the world, suspicions of abuse, unsanitary premises… The Talmudic school Beth Yossef in Bussières is the target of damning testimonies. Release, who had access to numerous documents, was able to go there and speak with four of the seven rabbis indicted. Our survey.
Colombia: two months before the presidential election, the left’s leap forward. The progressive coalition of the Historic Pact made an unprecedented breakthrough during the legislative elections on Sunday. Above all, Gustavo Petro, his figurehead, won the primary on the left and appeared more than ever the favorite for the presidential election on May 29. Our article.
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Why the activists who invaded the villa of Poutine’s son-in-law in Biarritz “didn’t think they were breaking the law.” Three men were in police custody on Monday for breaking into a villa in Biarritz belonging to the former son-in-law of Russian President Vladimir Putin, in which they unfurled the Ukrainian flag. They wanted to prepare it to welcome Ukrainian refugees. Our story.
The European Court of Auditors damages the democratic ideal of the Twenty-Seven. By refusing to learn the lessons of the recent excesses revealed by Release, the leaders of the institution supposed to be the “financial conscience” of the EU, are locked in denial. Even if it means denting a little more, with the approval of the States which name them, the European idea. Our ticket.
Meanwhile in Saudi Arabia, 81 prisoners executed in a single day. Taking advantage of the fact that all eyes have logically been on the conflict that has shaken Europe and the world for three weeks, the Saudi authorities released the information on Saturday. Perfectly aware that the 81 executed in twenty-four hours will go unnoticed behind the tens of victims and the hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian refugees, Riyadh has also chosen the beginning of the weekend to make its macabre announcement. Our ticket.
In Roubaix, “we would put the politicians in our situation, they would not know how to live”. During the presidential campaign, Release questions French people who have chosen not to vote or no longer vote. Will they reuse their voter card in April? In the city of the North where the crisis marks the most modest families, half of the voters are not registered on the electoral rolls. Our report.
Intensive care : “The government’s critical care roadmap is unrealistic.” For Professor Djillali Annane, President of the Union of Intensive Care Physicians, the announcements made by the Minister of Health Olivier Véran to strengthen the critical care sector sin in form and substance. Too late to be reliable and insufficient to prevent the saturation of intensive care units in the event of a new wave. Our interview.