The essential
On Monday evening, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the start of the Russian offensive against eastern Ukraine, feared for weeks.
Kreminna, 18,000 inhabitants before the war, was taken overnight from Sunday to Monday by Russian forces.
The city fell after three days of fighting.
The Russians are thus advancing one step towards Kramatorsk, the Ukrainian capital of Donbass, one of Moscow's objectives.
The fighting is also particularly intense in Roubijné and Popasna.
At least eight civilians were killed Monday in Russian shelling in the Donestk and Luhansk regions.
At least seven people were killed and eleven injured in Russian strikes Monday on Lviv, relatively spared until Sunday and the first bombardments.
06:04
No Biden trip to Ukraine
US President Joe Biden does not plan to visit Ukraine anytime soon despite his counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky's wish to do so, the White House said on Monday.
“It is not planned that the president will go there, allow me to repeat it”, assured the spokesperson for the American executive Jen Psaki during a press conference.
The US government is considering sending an envoy to kyiv, but the White House has ruled out a high-risk trip by the president himself for security reasons.
06:02
New weapons are starting to arrive
The first shipments of the new tranche of US military aid for Ukraine have already arrived at the country's borders to be handed over to the Ukrainian military, the Pentagon said last night.
05:54
“We will defend ourselves”, promises Zelensky
"A very large part of the entire Russian army is now devoted to this offensive," the Ukrainian president said last night in a speech broadcast on Telegram.
And to assure: “No matter how many Russian soldiers are brought here, we will fight.
We will defend ourselves!”
05:53
Hello and welcome to this live
This live is dedicated to events related to the 55th day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which takes a new turn with the return of the dreaded offensive in Donbass.
