The essential
France has said it is ready for an "operation" to lift the blockade of the port of Odessa in order to unblock the cereals at the origin of a world food crisis.
Emmanuel Macron could go to kyiv in the middle of next week, according to our information.
Biden assured Friday that President Zelensky "didn't want to hear" American warnings ahead of Russia's invasion of his country.
A tribute was paid yesterday afternoon in Paris to journalist Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff, fatally hit by shrapnel at the end of May.
07:02
In the field
In the Donbass, the battle for the key city of Severodonetsk and its twin Lyssytchansk continues, increasingly deadly.
In his usual daily evening message, Mr. Zelensky reported “very heavy fighting” in the Donbass.
“Russia wants to devastate every city in Donbass, every one, without exaggeration.
Like Volnovakha, like Mariupol,” he noted.
"The Ukrainian military is doing everything to stop the attacks of the occupiers, as much as possible with as many heavy weapons and modern artillery" that Ukraine has, "everything we asked and we continue to ask our partners,” he said.
The Chief of Staff of the Ukrainian armies said Saturday morning that the Russians were advancing towards Novotoshkivske-Orikhove and had a “partial success” near the village of Orikhovo.
06:55
Biden: 'A lot of people thought I was exaggerating'
“A lot of people thought I was exaggerating” by talking about a Russian attack on Ukraine before it started, US President Joe Biden said on Friday.
“But I knew we had information to that effect.
(Russian President Vladimir Putin) was going to cross the border.
There was no doubt and Zelensky did not want to hear it,” he added in front of reporters.
06:45
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